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How to copy an Apple Podcasts transcript.

In the Podcasts app, select the transcript text and tap Copy. Apple allows up to 200 words at a time and adds a link to the episode. To copy the whole transcript in one go, paste the episode's link below: you get all of the text, ready in about two minutes, for $1.

Paste the Apple Podcasts episode link to get all of it:

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Copy a passage on iPhone or iPad

  1. Open the transcript: play the episode and tap View Transcript, or open the episode page and scroll to Transcripts.
  2. Touch and hold the text where the passage starts and choose Select.
  3. Drag the handles to cover what you want, up to 200 words.
  4. Tap Copy, or Share to send it with a link to that moment.

Copy a passage on a Mac

  1. In the Podcasts app, open the episode's transcript with View Transcript.
  2. Select the text, up to 200 words.
  3. Control-click the selection and choose Copy, or Share from the timestamp to link straight to that point.

Why only 200 words

Apple sets the limit for listeners, and there is no "copy all" and no download. Copying a whole hour that way means about 55 rounds of select and copy: in the episodes we have transcribed, hosts speak a median of 186 words a minute, around 11,000 words an hour.

Copy all of it

Paste the episode link in the box above. We transcribe the show's public audio, and the whole episode is yours: select all and copy, or download it as plain text, text with timestamps, .srt and .vtt subtitles, and word-level JSON. It works on any device, not just Apple's.

If you are technical and on a Mac, there are unofficial tools that read the transcript files the Podcasts app caches. They depend on your macOS version, and Apple can change the format at any time.

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Questions people ask

Can I copy an Apple Podcasts transcript on Windows?
There is no Apple Podcasts app with transcripts on Windows. Copy the episode link from podcasts.apple.com and paste it above instead. More on Windows and Android.
Where does the 200-word figure come from?
From Apple's own guide for podcasters: listeners "can select and copy up to 200 words", and the copied text carries a link to the episode.
Can I translate a passage?
On iPhone, after selecting text, the arrow in the menu offers Translate for that selection.

Facts on this page checked October 29, 2026. Sources: Apple: Transcripts on Apple Podcasts, Apple: View podcast transcripts on iPhone, Apple: Read along with transcripts on Mac, Apple: 100 million episodes transcribed