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🚀 YouTube Shorts Comments Scraper

Extract all comments from YouTube Shorts videos easily and reliably. Perfect for research, analysis, moderation, sentiment tracking, content strategy, and automation workflows.

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📥 Overview

YouTube Shorts Comments Scraper allows you to collect comments from one or multiple YouTube Shorts videos in a clean, structured format.

With simple inputs, you can:

• Fetch top comments or newest comments
• Limit the number of comments or get all available comments
• Collect detailed metadata for each comment
• Export results in ready-to-use JSON format

No manual copying. No mess. Just clean data. ✅

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📊 What Data This Actor Provides

For each YouTube Shorts video, the actor extracts:

• Video ID
• Video URL
• Video title
• Total comments count
• Full list of comments
• Individual comment details (author, text, time, likes, replies, etc.)

Everything is structured and organized for direct use in analytics, dashboards, databases, or automation tools.

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🧾 Output Fields Explained (One by One)

🎬 Video Level Fields

Field	Description
videoUrl	The full URL of the YouTube Shorts video
videoId	Unique YouTube video ID
title	Title of the Shorts video
commentsCount	Total number of comments available on the video
scrapedCount	Number of comments actually collected
comments	List of all extracted comments

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💬 Comment Level Fields

Each item inside comments contains:

Field	Description
cid	Unique comment ID
type	Always set as "comment"
publishedTimeText	Human-readable time (e.g. "2 days ago")
publishedTimeTs	Timestamp version of publish time
comment	The actual comment text
author	Name of the comment author
replyCount	Number of replies on the comment
voteCount	Number of likes on the comment
videoId	Video ID the comment belongs to
pageUrl	Video URL where the comment was found

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🎯 Features & Highlights

• ✨ Multiple URL Support – Add one or many Shorts links in one run
• ✨ Top or Newest Sorting – Choose how comments are ordered
• ✨ All Comments Mode – Fetch every available comment
• ✨ Limit Control – Set maximum number of comments
• ✨ Structured Output – Clean JSON, easy to parse
• ✨ Ready for Automation – Perfect for pipelines and integrations
• ✨ No Manual Work – Fully automated process

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🧠 Why Use This Actor? (Benefits & Advantages)

• ✅ Save hours of manual copying
• ✅ Get complete comment datasets in seconds
• ✅ Ideal for sentiment analysis, research, moderation, and reporting
• ✅ Clean structure = less data cleaning work
• ✅ Works with multiple videos in one run
• ✅ Perfect for agencies, marketers, developers, and researchers

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📝 Input Configuration

🔹 Required Field

startUrls

List of YouTube Shorts URLs to extract comments from.

Example:

"startUrls": [
  { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/z8JfN67sXTY" },
  { "url": "https://youtube.com/shorts/k3Mm28-CqwQ?si=f2xA5k55E5srjnu3" }
]

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🔹 Optional Fields

maxComments

Maximum number of comments to scrape.

• Example: 100
• Leave empty to remove limit

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getAllComments

If enabled, all available comments will be scraped.

• true → get everything
• false → respect maxComments limit

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sortBy

Choose how comments are sorted:

• "top comments" → most liked first
• "newest comments" → latest first

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📥 Full Input Example

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/z8JfN67sXTY" },
    { "url": "https://youtube.com/shorts/k3Mm28-CqwQ?si=f2xA5k55E5srjnu3" }
  ],

  "maxComments": 100,

  "getAllComments": false,

  "sortBy": "newest comments"
}

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📤 Output Example

{
  "videoUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/z8JfN67sXTY",
  "videoId": "z8JfN67sXTY",
  "title": "Amazing Street Performance",
  "commentsCount": 356,
  "scrapedCount": 200,
  "comments": [
    {
      "cid": "Ugy123...",
      "type": "comment",
      "publishedTimeText": "2 days ago",
      "publishedTimeTs": 1700000000,
      "comment": "This is incredible 🔥",
      "author": "John Doe",
      "replyCount": 5,
      "voteCount": 120,
      "videoId": "z8JfN67sXTY",
      "pageUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/z8JfN67sXTY"
    }
  ]
}

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🧭 Best Practices for Best Results

• ✔ Always use valid YouTube Shorts URLs
• ✔ Use getAllComments = true for full analysis
• ✔ Use maxComments for quick testing
• ✔ Choose newest comments for trend tracking
• ✔ Choose top comments for popularity analysis
• ✔ Run once, check output, then scale up

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⚠️ Possible Issues & How to Avoid Them

❌ No comments returned

Cause: Video has comments disabled or none available Solution: Try another video with active comments

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❌ Empty title or missing metadata

Cause: Video information is restricted or unavailable Solution: This does not affect comment extraction

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❌ Less comments than expected

Cause: Limit is set or comments are restricted Solution: Enable getAllComments and remove limit

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❌ Invalid URL error

Cause: Wrong or broken Shorts link Solution: Copy the full Shorts URL directly from YouTube

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📈 Use Cases

• 📊 Social media analysis
• 📢 Brand monitoring
• 🧪 Research & surveys
• 🛡️ Comment moderation systems
• 🤖 AI training datasets
• 📈 Trend detection
• 📰 Content strategy planning

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🏁 Summary

YouTube Shorts Comments Scraper is a powerful, easy-to-use tool designed to give you full access to comment data from YouTube Shorts videos in a clean, structured format.

Whether you're a developer, marketer, researcher, or analyst, this actor helps you turn comments into actionable insights. 💡

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