YouTube Caption Search

With YouTube Caption Search, find words in videos across a channel or playlist. Search YouTube transcripts and jump to the moment.

Find words and phrases in one video or across a channel or playlist with one query. YouTube Caption Search shows matches with context and timestamps, so you can jump to the relevant moment. Use youtube transcript search to find mentions in interviews you have not watched, check a quote or revisit an explanation from a course. You do not need to know which video contains the words you want. Results appear as videos are processed. Check up to 200 videos per batch, then continue with more batches without an overall video limit. 🚀 How to search YouTube transcripts 1. Open a video, channel or playlist. 2. Launch the Chrome extension and enter a word or phrase. 3. Review results as they appear. 4. Click a timestamp to jump to that moment. The youtube caption search extension for Chrome finds available captions, with no links to paste or files to upload. 🔎 Choose where to look 🟠 Current video: find a word or phrase in the recording you have open. 🟠 Channel: find mentions across uploads. 🟠 Playlist: find matches across a collection of videos. YouTube Caption Search stays within your selection. It does not scan the whole platform. 📌 Follow each match ➤ See which clip contains the match. ➤ Read the surrounding text. ➤ Jump to the moment and listen. You can search youtube captions for words missing from the video title. Check the audio before quoting a speaker. 📰 Research videos you have not watched A YouTube channel transcript search helps you find names and terms without knowing which video contains them. Search YouTube channel transcripts to see where an organization is mentioned, then open each passage to assess the context. 📰 Journalists: trace a statement to its source. 📊 Analysts: examine mentions of a company or product. 🔬 Researchers: compare terminology across talks. 🎓 Students: revisit a difficult explanation. Use the youtube caption search extension to follow a lead or check videos on the same subject. 🎯 Match the spoken wording How to search YouTube transcript text: 1️⃣ Enter a word to find where it appears. 2️⃣ Enter a phrase to find those words together in the same order. 3️⃣ Try another expression if the wording is uncertain. Capitalization and basic punctuation are ignored. There is no semantic matching, synonym expansion or typo correction. For example, inflation does not match rising prices. 📚 Work through a course or series Search YouTube videos by transcript within a selected playlist to locate definitions, examples or references. With YouTube Caption Search, each result links to the matching moment in the original recording. 💬 Check a quote in context To search in YouTube captions for a phrase, enter a distinctive part of the statement. Read the surrounding lines, then listen to confirm the wording and speaker. To find a word in a video, try a distinctive name or term. 💡 Find an explanation you remember Wondering how to find a word in a video with subtitles? Open the channel or playlist where you think you heard it and enter a short phrase. The youtube caption search extension can locate the passage even if you have forgotten the video title. 🌐 Subtitle language matters You can search youtube subtitles, whether added by the creator or generated automatically. Enter your query in the language of the captions. The extension does not translate your input or create a new transcription from audio. ⚠️ Know what can be checked ▸ Captions must be available. ▸ Recordings without subtitles cannot return matches. ▸ Private uploads and ongoing live streams are unsupported. When you search within YouTube captions for a word, missing or inaccurate text can hide a relevant passage. 📌 Common questions ❓ Can I search YouTube by captions? 💡 Yes, within the selected video, channel or playlist. Results come from captions the extension could load and check. ❓ Is registration required? 💡 No. You can use the extension without creating an account. ❓ Is 200 the total limit? 💡 No. It is the maximum batch size. Continue with further batches to check more recordings. 🔒 Keep processing local YouTube Caption Search processes and stores queries and caption text in your browser, without sending them to our servers. Retrieving subtitles requires an internet connection. ⏱️ Find the relevant moment Learn how to find words in videos without replaying entire recordings: search youtube video captions for a quote, read the context and follow a timestamp to hear the original statement.