YouTube Comments Scraper: Comments & Replies Export

YouTube Comments Scraper: Comments & Replies Export

Export YouTube comments and replies from videos, Shorts and whole channels to CSV, Excel or JSON: comment text, author, likes, reply count, date, pinned and hearted by the creator. Filter by keyword and date, sort by top or newest, and schedule Only new comments to get just the comments posted since the last run.

{ "videos": ["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"], "maxComments": 500, "includeReplies": true }

No YouTube API key, no quota, no browser extension, no login. Use it as a YouTube comments API: one call returns clean JSON.

What you get

One row per comment or reply. Real example, Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up", September 2026:

author	text	likes	replyCount	publishedTimeText	isPinned	isHeartedByCreator
@YouTube	can confirm: he never gave us up	320000	963	1 year ago	true	true
@Oatman69	Gonna flag this for nudity so I can rick roll the ...	567000	705	6 years ago	false	false
@KhayaNxumalo-b7j	I can't believe I was Rick rolled in 2026	153	11	2 days ago	false	false

Field	Description
text	Full comment text with emoji and line breaks
author, authorChannelId, authorUrl, authorAvatar	Commenter's @handle, channel ID, channel link and picture
authorIsVerified, authorIsChannelOwner	Verified badge; the comment is by the video's creator
likes, replyCount	Likes (YouTube rounds large numbers: 320K = 320000) and replies
publishedTimeText, publishedDate, isEdited	As shown on YouTube (2 days ago), the approximate date, edited flag
isPinned, isHeartedByCreator	Pinned by the creator, liked with a heart by the creator
isReply, parentCommentId, replyLevel	Replies follow their comment; parentCommentId links them
position	Place of the comment in the chosen order (top or newest)
commentId, commentUrl	ID and a direct link that opens the comment on YouTube
videoId, videoTitle, videoUrl, channelName, channelId, videoCommentsCount	The video, on every row

How it works

1. Add videos, Shorts, channels or playlists: youtube.com/watch?v=..., youtu.be/..., /shorts/..., video IDs, youtube.com/@handle, /channel/UC..., @handle or a playlist link ?list=...
2. Set Max comments per video (0 = all) and Sort: top comments or newest first
3. Optional: Include replies, Only comments containing (keywords), Newer than (7 days, 24 hours, 2026-09-01)
4. Run, then download the dataset as CSV, Excel, JSON or HTML

Input	What it does
Videos, Shorts, channels or playlists	A channel gives the comments of its latest uploads, a playlist of its videos (Videos per channel or playlist, default 10)
Max comments per video	Top-level comments per video; replies come on top. 0 = all
Sort comments by	top (as YouTube shows them) or newest
Include replies, Max replies per comment	Reply threads, oldest first as on YouTube; 0 = all replies
Newer than	Only recent comments. With newest first the scan stops at the first older comment: seconds even on viral videos
Only comments containing	Keep comments that contain any of your words: brand, product, ? for questions. You pay only for matches
Only new comments	Monitoring: each scheduled run returns only new comments (see below)

Why this Actor

📺 Whole channels	A channel link gives the comments of its latest videos in one dataset, with the video on every row
🔔 Only new comments	Schedule it and get only what was posted since the previous run, plus new replies to recent comments
🔍 Keyword filter	Brand mentions, product names, questions; skipped comments are free
📅 Date filter	Last 24 hours, 7 days or since a date, with an early stop
📌 Creator signals	Pinned, hearted by the creator, replies by the channel owner
💰 $0.30 per 1,000 comments	Cheaper than the popular comment scrapers, no subscription

Only new comments: monitoring your videos

1. Switch on Only new comments and give the task a Monitor name
2. Save as a task and add a schedule, e.g. every hour or every morning
3. First run returns the latest comments (up to Max comments per video) and remembers them. Every later run returns only comments posted since, newest first, and with Include replies also new replies to threads it has seen (threads up to 500 replies). An empty result means no new comments

Connect Slack, email or Google Sheets with an integration to receive the new comments. Use a different Monitor name for each task.

Pricing

Pay per result, no subscription:

Event	Price
Run start	$0.001
Video (opened for its comments; also in only-new mode)	$0.001
Comment or reply in the results	$0.0003

Task	Cost
1,000 comments of one video	~$0.30
100 comments on each of a channel's 10 latest videos	~$0.31
Only new comments on 3 videos, hourly for a month, ~20 new a day	~$3.10 per month

Comments removed by your keyword or date filters are not charged.

Ready-made tasks

Open one, change the videos or channels, and run:

Task	What you get
Export YouTube Comments to CSV or Excel	The top 500 comments of a video in a spreadsheet
YouTube Comment and Replies Extractor: Full Threads	Comments with every reply
Download YouTube Shorts Comments	Comments of Shorts

FAQ

Can it get all comments of a video? Yes, set Max comments per video to 0. A video with 10,000 comments takes a few minutes. Comments held for review, hidden or removed by the creator are not public and are not included, so the total can be lower than the counter under the video.

Why are likes round numbers? YouTube shows 320K instead of the exact count to every visitor and every app, so exact likes above 1,000 are not available anywhere without the owner's access.

How exact is publishedDate? YouTube shows relative dates (3 weeks ago). The Actor turns them into a date counted back from the run: exact to the day for recent comments, approximate for older ones (2 years ago). The original text is in publishedTimeText.

Does it work with Shorts and live stream replays? Yes, Shorts links and past live streams work like videos. Live chat is not comments and is not collected.

What if comments are turned off? The video is skipped, logged, and the rest of the run continues. You pay only the video event.

Do I need a YouTube API key? No. The Actor reads public comments the way the YouTube website does, so there is no quota of 10,000 units a day.

Use with the API and AI agents

Run it via the Apify API from Python, Node.js or any HTTP client, or connect it to Claude, ChatGPT and other AI agents through the Apify MCP server: "Summarize what viewers complain about in the comments of my last 5 videos."

Other YouTube tools

Tool	What it does
YouTube SEO & Rank Tracker	Searches a video ranks for, keyword rankings, tags, suggestions
Google Sheets Import & Export	Send the comments to a Google Sheet

Is it legal?

The Actor collects only public comments that YouTube shows to any visitor, without logging in. Comments contain names and handles of their authors: use the data in line with GDPR and other privacy laws, for example for aggregated analysis, and do not use it for spam.