Convert YouTube to MP3 Audio (No Video File)
Rip the audio off a YouTube talk, lecture or podcast and get a plain MP3 back, with no video file taking up space on your drive.
What this run is set to
The settings saved on this example. Every one of them is editable once you open it on Apify — these are a starting point, not a limit.
| Setting | Value | What it does |
|---|---|---|
YouTube URLs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jPQjjsBbIc | One or more YouTube video links: watch, Shorts, youtu.be, live, embed or mobile links, or bare video ids. |
Max quality | audio | Video quality to download, measured on the short side of the picture - 720 means 1280x720 for landscape video and 720x1280. |
Audio only (MP3) | on | Extract audio as MP3 instead of video. |
Download subtitles | off | Also fetch subtitles/auto-captions as SRT. |
Include metadata | on | Return title, channel, duration, views, etc. |
Pricing
$0.005 per megabyte downloaded = $5 per 1,000
| You are charged for | When | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Megabyte downloaded | Each 1 MB of media actually delivered. Failed or skipped downloads are not charged. | $0.005 |
Pay-per-event pricing: you are billed per result, not per subscription. Billing is handled by Apify on your own account. These are the live Apify store prices, in effect since 2026-08-17, and they are what you are actually charged.
What you get
A structured dataset — each result includes fields like:
channeldurationSecondsfileSizeBytesformatmediaKeymediaUrlresolutiontitleuploadDateurlviewCountExport every run as JSON, CSV or Excel, or send it to your app, a database, Google Sheets, or an AI agent.
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Built on YouTube Video & Audio Downloader — every input, output field, price and the full how-to are on the tool page.
Where this tool sits
- Categories
- YouTube & Creator Tools
- Platforms
- YouTube