---
title: "Social Video Transcript API: Every Platform · SocialToAI"
canonical: https://socialtoai.com/transcript-api/
updated: 2026-11-06
---

# Transcript API for social video

6 of 18 social platforms here give a video's transcript: TikTok, Instagram, X, Reddit, YouTube, LinkedIn. It is the detail call with `include=transcript`, from 2 credits a video. What comes back differs: some give timed segments, some one text. This table says which. Failed calls are free.

- Page: https://socialtoai.com/transcript-api/
- Last updated: 2026-11-06

## Every platform

| Platform | Available | Credits a call | About | What comes back |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [TikTok](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/tiktok.md) | [Yes](https://socialtoai.com/tiktok-transcript-api.md) | 2 | $0.0067 | timed segments |
| [Instagram](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/instagram.md) | [Yes](https://socialtoai.com/instagram-transcript-api.md) | 2 | $0.0067 | one text |
| [X](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/x.md) | [Yes](https://socialtoai.com/x-detail-api.md) | 2 | $0.0067 | one text |
| [Reddit](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/reddit.md) | [Yes](https://socialtoai.com/reddit-detail-api.md) | 2 | $0.0067 | timed segments, language |
| [YouTube](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/youtube.md) | [Yes](https://socialtoai.com/youtube-transcript-api.md) | 2 | $0.0067 | timed segments, language |
| [Facebook](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/facebook.md) | No | — | — | — |
| [LinkedIn](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/linkedin.md) | [Yes](https://socialtoai.com/linkedin-detail-api.md) | 2 | $0.0067 | one text |
| [Threads](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/threads.md) | No | — | — | — |
| [Telegram](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/telegram.md) | No | — | — | — |
| [Pinterest](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/pinterest.md) | No | — | — | — |
| [RedNote](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/xiaohongshu.md) | No | — | — | — |
| [Douyin](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/douyin.md) | No | — | — | — |
| [Weibo](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/weibo.md) | No | — | — | — |
| [WeChat Articles](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/wechat.md) | No | — | — | — |
| [Bilibili](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/bilibili.md) | No | — | — | — |
| [Zhihu](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/zhihu.md) | No | — | — | — |
| [Kuaishou](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/kuaishou.md) | No | — | — | — |
| [WeChat Channels](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/wechat-channels.md) | No | — | — | — |

A platform marked No has no such value of its detail call yet. For its video's words, read its comments or description instead. A platform that gains one appears here by itself.

## One request, on any of them

**cURL**

```
curl https://api.socialtoai.com/v1/detail \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SOCIALTOAI_API_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "platform": "tiktok",
    "id": "7665840565958872333",
    "include": "transcript"
  }'
```

## FAQ

### Which platforms' videos can be turned into text?

TikTok, Instagram, X, Reddit, YouTube, LinkedIn.

### Does every platform give timestamps?

No. With timed segments: TikTok, Reddit, YouTube. The rest give one text.

### What does it cost?

From 2 credits a video ($0.0067 at the first pack), and a failed call is free. 100 free credits on sign-up, no card.

- [TikTok transcript API](https://socialtoai.com/tiktok-transcript-api.md): Fields, a request and a recorded answer.
- [Instagram transcript API](https://socialtoai.com/instagram-transcript-api.md): Fields, a request and a recorded answer.
- [YouTube transcript API](https://socialtoai.com/youtube-transcript-api.md): Fields, a request and a recorded answer.