YouTube Comments Scraper - Comments, Replies & Commenters

Extract every comment and reply from any YouTube video - text, author, channel link, like count, reply count, pinned and creator-hearted flags - sorted by Top or Newest. Or flip to Commenters mode and get a de-duplicated list of everyone who commented across a set of videos, ranked by activity. No login, no cookies, no YouTube API quota.

Paste video URLs, pick how many comments you want, and export to JSON, CSV, Excel or Google Sheets.

What you get

Comments mode - one row per comment or reply:

• commentId, commentUrl (deep link that opens the comment on YouTube), parentCommentId, isReply
• text - the full comment
• authorName, authorHandle, authorChannelId, authorChannelUrl, authorAvatarUrl
• authorIsVerified, authorIsCreator (the video's own channel replying)
• likeCount, replyCount, publishedText ("3 weeks ago")
• isPinned, isHeartedByCreator
• videoId, videoUrl, videoTitle, channelTitle, position

Commenters mode - one row per unique author across all videos in the run:

• authorChannelId, authorName, authorHandle, authorChannelUrl, authorAvatarUrl, authorIsVerified
• commentCount, replyCount, totalLikesReceived
• videosCommented, videosCommentedCount - which of your input videos they engaged with
• latestCommentText, mostLikedCommentText, mostLikedCommentLikes, sampleComments

Use cases

• Audience research - read what viewers actually say about a product, creator or topic at scale
• Sentiment and feedback mining - feed comments into your own analysis, LLM or dashboard
• Lead generation - Commenters mode turns engaged viewers on competitor videos into a contactable channel list
• Community management - export pinned, hearted and most-liked comments for reports
• Giveaway and contest picking - pull every commenter, then choose winners
• Dataset building - collect labelled comment data for research or model training

How to use

1. Enter one or more Video URLs (watch, youtu.be, Shorts or live links, or bare video IDs).
2. Set Max top-level comments per video (default 100, 0 for everything).
3. Choose Sort by: Top (YouTube's ranking) or Newest first.
4. Leave Include replies on to get replies as their own rows, and set Max replies per comment (0 for all).
5. Pick Output mode: Comments or Commenters.
6. Run the actor - rows stream into the Dataset tab as they are found.

Output format

Comments mode:

{
  "videoId": "kJQP7kiw5Fk",
  "videoUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJQP7kiw5Fk",
  "videoTitle": "Luis Fonsi - Despacito ft. Daddy Yankee",
  "channelTitle": "Luis Fonsi",
  "commentId": "UgzZfEnq23bUSeNQLX54AaABAg",
  "commentUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJQP7kiw5Fk&lc=UgzZfEnq23bUSeNQLX54AaABAg",
  "parentCommentId": null,
  "isReply": false,
  "text": "who's here after 9 billion??",
  "authorName": "@YouTube",
  "authorChannelId": "UCBR8-60-B28hp2BmDPdntcQ",
  "authorChannelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@YouTube",
  "authorHandle": "@YouTube",
  "authorAvatarUrl": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/...",
  "authorIsVerified": true,
  "authorIsCreator": false,
  "publishedText": "4 months ago",
  "likeCount": 80000,
  "replyCount": 973,
  "isPinned": false,
  "isHeartedByCreator": false,
  "position": 1
}

Commenters mode:

{
  "authorChannelId": "UCKXRG-Xt8lj1Os4RLf02UgQ",
  "authorName": "@PatriciaNgassaki-w6c",
  "authorHandle": "@PatriciaNgassaki-w6c",
  "authorChannelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@PatriciaNgassaki-w6c",
  "authorAvatarUrl": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/...",
  "authorIsVerified": false,
  "commentCount": 2,
  "replyCount": 0,
  "totalLikesReceived": 1,
  "videosCommented": ["kJQP7kiw5Fk"],
  "videosCommentedCount": 1,
  "latestCommentText": "Who's here before 10 billion ???",
  "mostLikedCommentText": "Who's here before 10 billion ???",
  "mostLikedCommentLikes": 1,
  "sampleComments": ["Who's here before 10 billion ???", "Legendary song"]
}

Pricing

You pay a small fixed amount per comment (or per commenter in Commenters mode) returned. Videos with comments turned off cost nothing.

Tips

• Replies are interleaved directly after their parent comment, so a CSV export reads top to bottom like the page.
• Like counts above 1,000 are the rounded figures YouTube displays (for example 80K becomes 80000).
• Use Newest first on a schedule to monitor fresh comments on your own or a competitor's videos.
• Turn off Include replies for the fastest run when you only need top-level comments.

FAQ

Why are there fewer comments than the video shows? YouTube's displayed total includes deleted, held and spam-filtered comments that are never served publicly.

Can I get the commenter's email? No - YouTube does not expose emails. Use the channel URL with the YouTube Creator Contact Finder to look up public contact details.

Does it work on Shorts and live streams? Yes. Paste the Shorts or live URL; comments are fetched the same way.