YouTube Comments Scraper — Bulk Comments & Replies with Likes, Authors and Dates

Pull every comment from a video, a whole channel, or a playlist in one run. Top-level comments and reply threads, with like counts, reply counts, author channel IDs, verified and creator flags, and a direct link to each comment.

What it does well

• Bulk input — videos, @handles, channel URLs and playlists in the same run. Channels are expanded automatically.
• Real pagination — pulls hundreds of comments per video, not just the first page. (Getting this right is subtle: YouTube's page token and its reply-thread tokens are the same shape, and matching on shape rather than position quietly paginates into one reply thread and stops at ~30 comments. This actor does not do that.)
• Replies — optional full reply-thread expansion, flagged with isReply and replyLevel.
• Sort control — Top comments, or Newest first for monitoring.
• Server-side filtering — keep only comments containing your keywords, or above a like threshold. Filtered comments are not billed.
• Throttle handling — datacenter → residential proxy escalation with per-video IP sessions.

Input

{
  "videoUrls": ["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S0FDjFBj8o", "@veritasium"],
  "maxVideos": 25,
  "maxCommentsPerVideo": 500,
  "sortBy": "newest",
  "includeReplies": true,
  "filterKeywords": ["pricing", "alternative", "how do I"],
  "minLikeCount": 2
}

Output

{
  "videoId": "8S0FDjFBj8o",
  "commentId": "UgxRK6CK8oblNf__AHx4AaABAg",
  "text": "This is the equivalent to adding random words to reach the word count.",
  "likeCount": 12000,
  "replyCount": 14,
  "publishedTimeText": "7 years ago",
  "isReply": false,
  "replyLevel": 0,
  "authorName": "@davidrojas9668",
  "authorChannelId": "UCzvkFTT6KgHZeMYf0gczw5Q",
  "authorChannelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzvkFTT6KgHZeMYf0gczw5Q",
  "authorIsVerified": false,
  "authorIsCreator": false,
  "commentUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S0FDjFBj8o&lc=UgxRK6CK8oblNf__AHx4AaABAg",
  "videoTitle": "The Danger of Silence"
}

Common uses

• Brand & competitor monitoring — watch a competitor's channel for complaints and feature requests.
• Lead generation — filterKeywords on buying-intent phrases, then work the author channels.
• Audience research — what your viewers actually ask, in their own words.
• Sentiment & moderation datasets — export to CSV or JSON with author metadata attached.
• Creator analytics — find your most-engaged commenters across a back catalogue.

Pricing

Pay per comment delivered. Comments removed by your keyword or like filters, videos with comments disabled, and failed requests cost nothing.

Starting a run costs $0.00004 — the platform's $0.00001 minimum, charged once per GB of memory, and these Actors run on 4 GB. That is four cents per thousand runs, and it is the only charge not tied to a row you received.

FAQ

Does it need a YouTube API key? No.

Comments disabled on a video? That video is skipped and reported in the run summary; you are not charged.

How many comments can I get per video? As many as YouTube will paginate — set maxCommentsPerVideo to control cost.

Can I run it on a schedule? Yes, via Apify Schedules, webhooks, or the API. Also available over MCP for AI agents.