YouTube transcription, $4.3K MRR, Stripe-verified by TrustMRR: API access

A web tool turns YouTube videos into transcripts, summaries, translations and subtitles. Its $4.3K MRR is verified through the payment provider's API by TrustMRR (Stripe), as of September 30, 2026.

What it actually sells

YoutubeToText turns a YouTube URL into a searchable transcript with speaker labels, timestamps and a choice of verbatim or AI-cleaned output. It also offers translation, summaries and subtitle exports.

The product covers individual videos, playlists and channels. It exports TXT, SRT and WebVTT files, and can burn captions into videos for TikTok, Reels and Shorts.

How it charges

Free accounts include 10 minutes. Customers can choose subscriptions for regular use or credit packs for a one-off project, with additional transcription minutes included. The site also offers a Pro plan for agencies and power users.

Month by month

Monthly revenue as read from the payment provider by TrustMRR, in US dollars, as of September 30, 2026.

Month	Revenue (USD)
2025-10	$1,551
2025-11	$1,703
2025-12	$2,478
2026-01	$2,937
2026-02	$3,541
2026-03	$3,378
2026-04	$5,051
2026-05	$5,128
2026-06	$4,310
2026-07	$4,190
2026-08	$4,335
2026-09	$6,163

Where customers come from

The founder lists Google Ads and SEO as growth channels. The site presents the product to students, content repurposers, international users, creators, researchers and agencies.

The site says it is trusted by 42,800+ creators and asks users to write reviews. It also offers REST API access and MCP access for Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor.

What stands out

The product combines transcription, translation, summaries, speaker labels, timestamps and subtitle delivery in one workflow. It supports TXT, SRT and WebVTT exports, plus burned-in captions for short-form platforms.

It also provides REST API and MCP access alongside website minutes.

From the official site

Students Study smarter, not longer Paste a lecture, get searchable notes.

The TL;DR without the DR. Key points, pull-quotes, and timestamps, done.

Excerpts from the official website, fetched October 1, 2026.

Where it sits in the data

YoutubeToText's $4.3K MRR is higher than 89% of the 5,602 projects with payment-verified revenue in our dataset; the median across them is $150. Within the “Education” category (517 projects) it is higher than 90% (category median $156). Snapshot: 2026-09-02 to 2026-09-30. The dataset only covers founders who chose to publish their numbers, so it leans toward businesses that work; use it for scale, not as an average.

Currency

All figures are in US dollars as published. A rough yuan or euro conversion is not applied here because prices, taxes and acquisition costs differ by country.

Could you build something like this?

In my view, the demand is clearest for people who need usable text or subtitles from video: students working through lectures, creators repurposing material, researchers searching footage and agencies producing captions.

Distribution would need to come from search, paid acquisition and useful output formats. The hard parts are transcription quality, reliable processing, language coverage, subtitle accuracy, API support and managing customer demand. Competition would come from other transcription, captioning and AI productivity tools.

Verdict: Needs real work.

One thing to take from it

YoutubeToText sells a workflow around video conversion rather than transcription alone: clean text, summaries, translations, subtitles and multiple export paths. The combination of a free starting allowance, paid minute packs and API access gives different kinds of users a way to begin and a way to scale usage.

Sources

YoutubeToText official website, fetched October 1, 2026
YoutubeToText pricing page, fetched October 1, 2026
TrustMRR: revenue verified through the payment provider's API by TrustMRR (Stripe), as of September 30, 2026

Revenue, team and start-cost figures are what the founder reported at the interview date, not current figures and not a prediction of what you will earn. Product and pricing facts come from the business's own website as checked on 30 September 2026. Method & sources · Disclosure