Youtube Comments Scraper

What does YouTube Comments Scraper do?

YouTube Comments Scraper extracts comments from YouTube videos, collecting the comment text, author names, like counts, reply counts, and timestamps for every comment on a given video. It also captures the video URL and title for easy reference. This actor is ideal for content creators analyzing audience feedback, researchers studying online discourse, and marketers tracking brand mentions in video comments.

Why use YouTube Comments Scraper?

• Complete comment extraction -- Collects all visible comments including metadata like likes and reply counts.
• Multi-video support -- Scrape comments from multiple YouTube videos in a single run for efficient batch processing.
• Structured, exportable data -- Output is clean JSON that can be downloaded as CSV or Excel, or accessed via the Apify API.
• Affordable at scale -- Utility-tier pricing ensures low cost even when collecting thousands of comments.
• Proxy-backed reliability -- Uses Apify Proxy to maintain stable connections and avoid rate limiting.

How to use YouTube Comments Scraper

1. Visit the Apify Store and search for YouTube Comments Scraper.
2. Click Try for free to open the actor in the Apify Console.
3. Paste one or more YouTube video URLs into the Video URLs field.
4. Set the Max Comments limit to control how many comments to collect per video.
5. Click Start to run the actor.
6. When the run completes, download your results from the Dataset tab in JSON, CSV, or Excel format.

Input configuration

Field	Type	Description	Default
videoUrls	Array of strings	YouTube video URLs to scrape comments from	["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"]
maxComments	Integer	Maximum number of comments per video	100

Output data

Each comment is stored as a separate record. Here is an example output:

{
  "videoUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
  "videoTitle": "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Music Video)",
  "commentText": "I came here voluntarily this time. Still a masterpiece after all these years.",
  "author": "MusicFan2025",
  "likes": 1523,
  "replyCount": 47,
  "date": "2025-08-14"
}

Cost of usage

YouTube Comments Scraper uses Pay-Per-Event (PPE) pricing at the Utility tier:

Tier	Cost per 1,000 events	Free tier (approx.)
Utility	$0.30	~16,600 events/month

One event equals one comment scraped. Collecting 100 comments from a single video costs approximately $0.03. The free tier provides roughly 16,600 comments per month, which is generous enough for regular monitoring of multiple channels.

Tips and advanced usage

• Audience sentiment tracking -- Set up scheduled runs to collect comments from new videos as they are published and track audience sentiment over time.
• Identify top feedback -- Sort comments by likes to surface the most popular audience opinions and suggestions.
• Analyze reply threads -- Use the replyCount field to identify comments that sparked the most discussion.
• Brand monitoring -- Scrape comments on videos that mention your brand or products to understand public perception.
• Content strategy research -- Analyze competitor video comments to discover what topics and formats their audience responds to most.

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