# YouTube comments of a video

**Use case:** 

Comments of any YouTube video as rows: text, author, author channel, likes, reply count, date, verified and creator flags. Top comments or newest first, as many as you need, with up to five replies under each. Paste one or more video URLs. Export to CSV, Excel or JSON for sentiment analysis, feedback mining or research. No API key. $0.50 per 1,000 comments, no start fee.

## Input

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "data engineering tutorial"
  ],
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
    }
  ],
  "maxVideos": 20,
  "scrapeDetails": true,
  "engagementCounts": false,
  "transcript": false,
  "transcriptLanguage": "en",
  "maxComments": 500,
  "maxReplies": 5,
  "commentsSort": "top",
  "channelDetails": false,
  "sortBy": "relevance",
  "uploadDate": "any",
  "channelTab": "videos",
  "maxConcurrency": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "type": {
    "label": "Type",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "name": {
    "label": "Channel record",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "channelName": {
    "label": "Channel",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "publishedAt": {
    "label": "Published",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "publishedText": {
    "label": "Posted",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "viewCount": {
    "label": "Views",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "likeCount": {
    "label": "Likes",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "commentCount": {
    "label": "Comments",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "subscriberCount": {
    "label": "Subscribers",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "durationText": {
    "label": "Duration",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "URL",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "text": {
    "label": "Comment",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "author": {
    "label": "Author",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [YouTube Scraper · Transcripts & Comments · $0.5/1k](https://apify.com/alfalfa/youtube-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/alfalfa/youtube-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


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