YouTube Community Posts Scraper — Polls, Images & Comments

Get the community tab ("Posts") of any YouTube channel as structured data, without an account or an API key: post text, likes, comment counts, images, polls with their choices and total votes, linked videos, and on request the comments and replies under each post.

What it does

Input	You get	Row type
Channel handle, link or id	One summary row for the channel, then its community posts, newest first	channel, post
Community post link or id	That post in full	post
includeComments	The comments under every post in the run	comment
includeReplies	The replies under each comment that has at least 3	reply

The dataset has Posts and Comments views.

How It Works

Why this one

• No login, no API key, no proxy. The official YouTube Data API has no endpoint for community posts at all.
• Every kind of post. Text, single image, image gallery, poll, shared video.
• Polls as data. The choices and the total number of votes.
• Comments and replies. Each reply points at its parent comment, and creator replies are flagged.
• Any way of naming a channel. @handle, a channel link, or a UC… channel id.

Input

Field	Type	Description
channels	string[]	Handles (@MrBeast, MrBeast), channel links or channel ids.
maxPostsPerChannel	integer	Newest posts per channel. Default 20, minimum 5.
postUrls	string[]	Post links (https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx…) or post ids.
includeComments / maxCommentsPerPost	boolean / integer	Comment rows for every post in the run. Default 40 per post.
includeReplies / maxRepliesPerComment	boolean / integer	Reply rows. Default 10 per comment.
language / country	string	Language of YouTube's own texts such as "2 days ago" (default en), and the country asked from (default US).
maxItems	integer	Cap on post rows per run. Default 1,000.

Example: a channel's latest posts

{
  "channels": ["@MrBeast", "https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd"],
  "maxPostsPerChannel": 30
}

Example: posts with comments and replies

{
  "channels": ["@MrBeast"],
  "maxPostsPerChannel": 10,
  "includeComments": true,
  "maxCommentsPerPost": 100,
  "includeReplies": true
}

Example: one post in full

{
  "postUrls": ["https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxZusu9I1Z-VuU5PGZNA2gclHi8V9CJVZk"],
  "includeComments": true,
  "maxCommentsPerPost": 500
}

Output

Post:

{
  "type": "post",
  "postId": "UgkxZusu9I1Z-VuU5PGZNA2gclHi8V9CJVZk",
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxZusu9I1Z-VuU5PGZNA2gclHi8V9CJVZk",
  "text": "Would you rather stop aging for 100 years or receive 1 billion dollars right now?",
  "publishedText": "2 months ago",
  "likes": 104000,
  "likesText": "104K",
  "comments": 10000,
  "commentsText": "10K",
  "attachmentType": "poll",
  "images": [],
  "pollChoices": [
    { "text": "100 Years Of No Aging", "votes": null, "percentage": null },
    { "text": "1 Billion Dollars", "votes": null, "percentage": null }
  ],
  "pollTotalVotes": 1800000,
  "videoUrl": null,
  "channelId": "UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA",
  "channelName": "MrBeast",
  "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast",
  "source": "channel"
}

attachmentType is none, image, multi_image, poll or video. Image posts carry images[] at the largest size; a shared video carries videoId, videoTitle and videoUrl.

Comment:

{
  "type": "comment",
  "commentId": "UgzaP-TSF3uoXlMuJHh4AaABAg",
  "postId": "UgkxHIfkQ3K2my65-kPq4VkRv9KrBRyN7alx",
  "postUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxHIfkQ3K2my65-kPq4VkRv9KrBRyN7alx",
  "parentCommentId": null,
  "text": "“Juan and the gang” is a peak name.",
  "publishedText": "12 days ago",
  "likes": 7200,
  "replyCount": 36,
  "authorName": "@Nexxasvr",
  "authorChannelId": "UCSJGbr-KeIRZBzJZyopKhbQ",
  "authorUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@Nexxasvr",
  "authorIsCreator": false
}

A reply row has the same fields with parentCommentId set. A channel row has channelId, channelName, channelUrl, communityUrl and hasCommunityPosts.

Pricing

Pay per event. You pay for rows you receive; a channel or post that is not found costs nothing.

Event	When	Price
Actor start	Once per run	$0.005
Channel	Each channel found, with or without posts	$0.005
Post	Each community post	$0.003
Comment	Each comment or reply row	$0.0015

1,000 posts cost $3; 1,000 comments cost $1.50. Set a maximum cost per run in the run options and the Actor stops there with what it has.

FAQ

Do I need a YouTube account, an API key or a proxy? No.

Why are dates texts like "2 months ago"? YouTube shows community posts and their comments with relative dates only, so that is what exists. Counts come both as YouTube prints them (likesText: "104K") and as a number (likes: 104000).

Why are a poll's per-choice votes empty? YouTube shows the split only to signed-in viewers who have voted. The choices and the total number of votes are always returned.

Why did I get 10 posts when I asked for 12? Posts arrive in pages of 10. A further page is read only when at least 5 more are wanted, so small remainders are dropped.

Why do some posts have no comment rows? Comments are read for posts with at least 5 comments, and replies for comments with at least 3 replies.

The channel row says hasCommunityPosts: false. The channel exists but has never posted on its community tab, or has removed its posts.

🤖 For AI Agents & LLM Apps

Purpose: YouTube community posts, their polls and images, comments and replies as structured JSON, with no login or API key.

Minimal input: {"channels": ["@MrBeast"], "maxPostsPerChannel": 10}

Output: rows with type = channel | post | comment | reply. Posts: postId, url, text, publishedText, likes, comments, attachmentType, images, pollChoices, pollTotalVotes, videoUrl, channelId, channelName. Comments: commentId, postId, parentCommentId, text, likes, replyCount, authorName, authorChannelId, authorIsCreator.

Behaviors to know: maxItems caps post rows only. Per-source minimums are 5. Dates are relative texts. Free-plan runs return up to 100 posts.

⚠️ Disclaimer

This Actor collects publicly available data only. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by YouTube or Google LLC. You are responsible for using the data in line with applicable laws and YouTube's terms, including rules on personal data.

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