YouTube Comments API

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Extract public YouTube comments from known video URLs or IDs and return structured comment rows.

What it returns

Each successfully returned comment is written as one dataset row with fields such as:

• video ID, URL, and title
• comment rank
• comment ID
• parent comment ID
• reply/top-level flag
• comment text
• author name and author/channel identifiers when available
• like count
• timestamp / relative time text
• uploader/favorited flags when available
• UTC collection timestamp

Per-video failures and run-level diagnostics are summarized in the OUTPUT record.

Input example

{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
  ],
  "maxCommentsPerVideo": 50,
  "sort": "newest",
  "includeReplies": true
}

Accepted input forms include standard watch URLs, youtu.be links, Shorts URLs, embed/live URLs, and raw 11-character video IDs.

Sorting

sort supports:

• newest — recent-comment ordering
• top — YouTube's top-comment ordering

Comment feeds are dynamic. Results can change between runs even for the same input.

Replies

When includeReplies=true, reply rows count toward maxCommentsPerVideo.

When includeReplies=false, the Actor requests top-level parent comments only.

Pricing

Primary PPE event: comment-result.

You are charged only for comment rows successfully written to the dataset.

Current tiers:

• FREE: $1.00 / 1,000 successful comments
• BRONZE: $0.90 / 1,000
• SILVER: $0.80 / 1,000
• GOLD / PLATINUM / DIAMOND: $0.70 / 1,000

A small synthetic Actor-start event may also be charged by the platform.

Scope and limitations

This Actor is intentionally focused on public comments for known YouTube videos.

It does not claim to provide video search, transcripts, channel crawling, video/audio downloads, private comments, restricted content, or exhaustive YouTube data.

A video can return no comment rows when comments are disabled, unavailable, restricted, removed, account/region dependent, temporarily inaccessible, or blocked by upstream platform behavior.

No YouTube Data API key is required from the user.

Responsible use

Use only for lawful purposes. Respect applicable platform terms, copyright, privacy obligations, and local law. Do not use comment content in ways that infringe third-party rights.