🎥 Youtube Comments Scraper

Fetch YouTube video comments, author details, emojis, and engagement metrics via Apify Proxy. Perfect for social media analysts, sentiment tracking, community managers, and data-driven content creators.

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🌐 Website

Target: https://www.youtube.com
Function: Scrapes top-level comments (and replies) from YouTube video pages.

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📥 Input Example

{
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  },
  "urls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6StfpqCnOOw&ab_channel=zalan"
  ]
}

• proxyConfiguration.useApifyProxy: Enables Apify Proxy for reliable crawling.
• urls: Array of YouTube video URLs to scrape comments from.

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📤 Output Example

{
  "commentId": "UgyWbeNRLpPY8BoPBgV4AaABAg",
  "content": "So many character so much fun .\n\nZalan  keep going on dont be sad happy new year 2081😍❤❤❤🎉🙏🎧",
  "publishedTime": "1 year ago",
  "replyLevel": 0,
  "authorButtonA11y": "@bibekpun7786",
  "emojis": [
    { "label": "😍", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/s/gaming/emoji/…emoji_u1f60d.png" },
    { "label": "❤", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/s/gaming/emoji/…emoji_u2764.png" },
    …
  ],
  "author": {
    "channelId": "UCTSjGqTWyGtsgZLjiQVZr_Q",
    "displayName": "@bibekpun7786",
    "avatarThumbnailUrl": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/…=s88-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj",
    "isVerified": false,
    "isCreator": false
  },
  "toolbar": {
    "likeCountLiked": "13",
    "likeCountNotliked": "12",
    "replyCount": "1",
    "likeCountA11y": "12 likes",
    "replyCountA11y": "1 reply"
  }
}

Returns structured JSON for each comment, including content, emojis, author info, and engagement stats.

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✅ Use Cases

• Sentiment analysis on video feedback
• Community engagement monitoring
• Content moderation and compliance
• Trend analysis for creators and marketers

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🚀 How It Works

1. Provide YouTube video URL(s) and enable Apify Proxy.

2. The actor navigates to each video page and extracts:

   • Comment ID, text, publish time, reply level
   • Author handle, avatar, verification/creator flags
   • All emojis used in the comment
   • Like counts, reply counts with accessibility labels

3. Outputs an array of JSON objects per comment for downstream processing.

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🔧 Advanced Options

• Webhooks: Trigger notifications or post-processing after each run.
• Dataset Export: Save results to CSV, JSON, or Excel for analysis.
• Scheduling: Run hourly, daily, or weekly to track evolving discussions.

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🛟 Support

For help, feature requests, or bug reports:

📧 Email: support@getdataforme.com 🌐 Contact: https://getdataforme.com/contact/

Please include your Apify run ID or input URL in the subject line.

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📝 Author

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