How do I analyze a YouTube channel with AI?

List the channel's videos (newest or most popular), fetch their transcripts, and give them to your model with the questions you care about: topics, claims, products, hooks or tone. For a whole channel, run it as one background job.

Can I monitor YouTube channels for new videos?

Yes. A monitor checks a YouTube channel or a TikTok or Instagram profile on the interval you choose and sends each new video to your webhook, with its transcript when you turn transcripts on.

Can I track mentions of a brand or product?

Search for the name, fetch the transcripts and look for it in what was said, not just in titles. Add monitors on the channels you care about to catch new mentions as they are posted.

Does it cover TikTok research?

Yes. Search TikTok by keyword, list a profile's videos and fetch transcripts, including AI transcription for videos without captions.

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Research YouTube and TikTok with AI

Titles and view counts say what a video is called. The transcript says what it claims, recommends and argues. TranscriptFetch gives your analysis the words from whole channels, searches and new uploads, so a model can compare competitors, track a topic or flag every mention of a brand.

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How it works

01
Pick what to study
A channel or profile, a list of competitors, or a topic: search YouTube by keyword with filters for date, length and captions, or search TikTok and Instagram.
02
Pull the transcripts
List the videos, or run a search that returns transcripts with the results in one call. Sort a channel by its most popular videos to study what works.
03
Analyze with AI
Have a model extract claims, products, recommendations and questions, compare channels side by side, or score each video against your criteria.
04
Keep watching
Monitors check a channel or profile on a schedule and send every new video to your webhook, with its transcript if you want it.

Example

curl: search a topic and get the transcripts with the results

bash

curl https://transcriptfetch.com/api/v2/transcripts/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer tf_live_YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query": "best project management software", "upload_date": "month", "limit": 10, "transcripts": true}'

What you get

Search results with title, channel, duration, publish date and plays, and transcripts in the same call
Channel listings by newest, most popular or oldest, including Shorts and live streams
Monitors that report each new upload by webhook, with its transcript
The same data from TikTok and Instagram profiles

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Questions

How do I analyze a YouTube channel with AI?
List the channel's videos (newest or most popular), fetch their transcripts, and give them to your model with the questions you care about: topics, claims, products, hooks or tone. For a whole channel, run it as one background job.
Can I monitor YouTube channels for new videos?
Yes. A monitor checks a YouTube channel or a TikTok or Instagram profile on the interval you choose and sends each new video to your webhook, with its transcript when you turn transcripts on.
Can I track mentions of a brand or product?
Search for the name, fetch the transcripts and look for it in what was said, not just in titles. Add monitors on the channels you care about to catch new mentions as they are posted.
Does it cover TikTok research?
Yes. Search TikTok by keyword, list a profile's videos and fetch transcripts, including AI transcription for videos without captions.

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