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Youtube Comment Scraper

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Scrape YouTube video comments with full metadata. Extracts comment text, author info, likes, timestamps, pinned/hearted status, and reply threads. Supports sorting by Top comments or Newest first.

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from $1.00 / 1,000 results

Rating

5.0

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Developer

Crawler Bros

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Monthly active users

17 days ago

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Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
`videoUrls`	array	required	YouTube video URLs, short links (youtu.be), shorts URLs, or plain video IDs
`maxComments`	integer	100	Max top-level comments per video (1–50,000). Replies don't count toward this limit
`includeReplies`	boolean	true	Whether to fetch reply threads for each comment
`maxRepliesPerComment`	integer	5	Max replies to fetch per comment (0–100)
`sortBy`	string	"top"	Sort order: "top" (most relevant) or "newest" (chronological)

Supported URL Formats

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dQw4w9WgXcQ
https://www.youtube.com/embed/dQw4w9WgXcQ
https://www.youtube.com/live/dQw4w9WgXcQ
dQw4w9WgXcQ (bare video ID)

Example Input

{
    "videoUrls": [
        "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
    ],
    "maxComments": 100,
    "includeReplies": true,
    "maxRepliesPerComment": 5,
    "sortBy": "top"
}

Output

Each row in the dataset is either a top-level comment (replyDepth: 0) or a reply (replyDepth: 1). Replies appear immediately after their parent comment.

Field	Type	Description
`commentId`	string	Unique comment identifier
`text`	string	Comment text content
`authorName`	string	Author's display name
`authorChannelId`	string	Author's YouTube channel ID
`authorChannelUrl`	string	Author's channel URL
`authorProfileImageUrl`	string	Author's profile image URL
`authorIsChannelOwner`	boolean	Whether the author is the video's channel owner
`likeCount`	integer	Number of likes on the comment
`replyCount`	integer	Number of replies (top-level comments only)
`publishedTimeText`	string	Relative publish time (e.g., "2 days ago")
`isHearted`	boolean	Whether the creator hearted this comment
`isPinned`	boolean	Whether this comment is pinned
`isReply`	boolean	Whether this is a reply (true) or top-level comment (false)
`parentCommentId`	string/null	Parent comment ID (replies only, null for top-level)
`replyDepth`	integer	0 for top-level comments, 1 for replies
`videoId`	string	YouTube video ID
`videoUrl`	string	Full video URL
`videoTitle`	string	Video title
`videoChannelName`	string	Video channel name
`videoChannelId`	string	Video channel ID
`scrapedAt`	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when the data was scraped

Example Output

{
    "commentId": "UgxB...",
    "text": "Great video!",
    "authorName": "John Doe",
    "authorChannelId": "UCxxx...",
    "authorChannelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@johndoe",
    "authorProfileImageUrl": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/...",
    "authorIsChannelOwner": false,
    "likeCount": 42,
    "replyCount": 3,
    "publishedTimeText": "2 days ago",
    "isHearted": false,
    "isPinned": false,
    "isReply": false,
    "parentCommentId": null,
    "replyDepth": 0,
    "videoId": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
    "videoUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
    "videoTitle": "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up",
    "videoChannelName": "Rick Astley",
    "videoChannelId": "UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-02-11T12:00:00.000000+00:00"
}

Cost

Average run: ~$0.01–0.05 per video (100 comments)
Uses HTTP requests (no browser) for comment fetching, keeping costs low
Reply fetching adds minimal cost per reply thread

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