# Changelog of YouTube Comments Scraper - Lowest Cost on Apify (`sian.agency/cheapest-youtube-comments-scraper`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/sian.agency/cheapest-youtube-comments-scraper/changelog.md
- **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/sian.agency/cheapest-youtube-comments-scraper.md

## Changelog

All notable changes and improvements to Cheapest YouTube Comments Scraper.

### 2025-02-27

#### ✨ New Features

- **Scrape All Comments Toggle:** Added `scrapeAll` boolean option to extract ALL available comments from video(s), ignoring the maxComments limit for effortless full dataset extraction
- **Simplified Logging:** Streamlined console output for cleaner, more readable run feedback

#### 🎯 User Benefits

- **Zero-Config Full Extraction:** Enable "Scrape All Comments" to get complete datasets without calculating comment limits
- **Faster Setup:** No need to estimate comment counts or adjust maxComments per video
- **Cleaner Output:** Improved log readability makes monitoring runs and debugging easier

### 2025-02-24

#### ✨ New Features

- **Initial Release:** Full-featured YouTube comments extraction platform
- **Single & Bulk URL Processing:** Extract from one or multiple videos in a single run
- **Flexible YouTube URL Support:** Handles youtube.com, youtu.be, shorts, and embed formats
- **Tier-Based Processing:** FREE tier (5 comments/run) for testing, PAID tier for unlimited extraction
- **Rich Comment Metadata:** Author info, text, timestamps, likes (K/M/B parsed), reply counts, verification badges
- **Sorting Options:** Top comments or newest first
- **HTML Report Generation:** Automatic SIÁN-branded processing reports

#### 🎯 User Benefits

- **Test Before Upgrade:** FREE tier lets users verify output quality before committing
- **Bulk Efficiency:** PAID tier processes 100+ videos in a single run for large-scale analysis
- **Professional Output:** Clean dataset structure optimized for analysis workflows
- **Developer Friendly:** REST API with JavaScript, Python, and cURL integration examples