Youtube Comments Scraper

This Apify Actor extracts comments from YouTube videos based on provided video URLs. It retrieves comment text, author info, timestamps, likes, and more. Perfect for audience sentiment analysis, content feedback tracking, and YouTube engagement monitoring. 🎥💬

Features

• 🔍 Scrape comments from multiple YouTube videos
• 👤 Extract author details and channel URLs
• ❤️ Collect like counts on comments
• 📅 Retrieve timestamps (text + interpolated format)
• 🔢 Limit the number of comments per video

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Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
videoUrls	string[]	✅	Array of YouTube video URLs to extract comments from.
resultsLimit	number	❌	Maximum number of comments per video (optional). If not set, the actor will return a default limited amount.

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Example Input

1{
2  "videoUrls": [
3    "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxXruY7llcc"
4  ],
5  "resultsLimit": 50
6}

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Output Data

The actor returns an array of JSON objects containing comment data for each video.

Example Output

1[
2  {
3    "commentText": "Quick question, do you like these types of convos? If so please hit the like button on the vid - that’s the best way to let us know ❤ (also, would be doing me a big favour if you could subscribe & join our community 🙏🏾🥲) i appreciate you - SB! X",
4    "id": "UgxQG0IlkB-0SEbeLS54AaABAg",
5    "publishedTime": "2 days ago",
6    "interpolatedTimestamp": 1744020870611,
7    "likeCount": 295,
8    "author": {
9      "channelId": "UCGq-a57w-aPwyi3pW7XLiHw",
10      "displayName": "@TheDiaryOfACEO",
11      "avatarThumbnailUrl": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/JHCZDz37bsTmwoE1o4LEodF5vhsHfk29kCEauDTFr27-7hHXsHHvvWGzcG77v32ERrkpfInkGQ=s88-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj",
12      "isVerified": true,
13      "profileUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@TheDiaryOfACEO"
14    },
15    "videoUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxXruY7llcc"
16  }
17]

✳️ Let us know if you'd like additional fields or comment replies support!

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Usage

1. Create an Apify account and navigate to the actor.
2. Configure your input using the Apify interface or API.
3. Run the actor and track its progress.
4. Download the output in your preferred format (JSON, CSV, Excel).

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Limitations & Notes

• The scraper works on publicly visible comments only.
• YouTube rate limits may apply with large volumes or frequent runs — consider using proxy rotation.
• Be mindful of YouTube’s Terms of Service when scraping and storing user-generated data.

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Works Best With

Combine this actor with other tools for full content intelligence:

✅ Best Use Case Scenario

• Gather video URLs from search results (e.g., using YouTube Search Scraper).
• Feed the URLs into YouTube Comments Scraper to collect discussion data.
• Use this to analyze viewer sentiment, feedback, and engagement patterns.

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Support & Contact

✉️ Need help or want to suggest a feature? Open an issue or contact us at scraper1one@gmail.com.