YouTube Comments Scraper - Replies, Likes & Sort by Newest

What does YouTube Comments Scraper do?

YouTube Comments Scraper gets the comments and replies of any YouTube video or Short, in bulk, through a simple API. Paste video URLs from YouTube and get every comment's text, author, author channel ID, like count, reply count, publish time and the pinned and hearted flags, sorted by top comments or newest first.

It uses plain HTTP requests (no browser), so it is fast and cheap: you pay $0.60 per 1,000 comments, and videos without comments, videos with comments turned off and failed videos are free.

Why use this YouTube comments scraper?

• Audience research and sentiment analysis: feed real viewer opinions into a spreadsheet, BI tool or LLM.
• Brand and product monitoring: track what people say under reviews, launches and sponsored videos, newest first.
• Creator analytics: see which comments the creator pinned, hearted or replied to (creator replies are flagged).
• Lead and community insight: find the most liked questions and complaints, with the author's channel link.
• AI training and RAG datasets: clean comment text with stable comment IDs, deduplicated.

What data can it extract?

Field	Example
text	can confirm: he never gave us up
author, authorChannelId, authorChannelUrl	@YouTube, UCBR8-60-B28hp2BmDPdntcQ
likeCount, replyCount	323000, 962
publishedTime, isEdited	1 year ago, false
isPinned, isHearted	true, true
authorIsVerified, authorIsChannelOwner	true, false
isReply, parentCommentId	false, null
commentId, commentUrl	direct link to the comment
videoId, videoTitle, videoChannel, videoCommentCount	video context on every row

How to scrape YouTube comments

1. Open the Actor and paste one or more YouTube video or Shorts URLs (or 11-character video IDs).
2. Set Max comments per video and choose Top comments or Newest first.
3. Turn on Include replies if you want reply threads, and set the max replies per comment.
4. Click Start, then download the comments as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read them through the API.

How much does it cost to scrape YouTube comments?

Pay per result: $0.0006 per comment or reply ($0.60 per 1,000 comments), plus a tiny $0.00005 start fee per run. There is no per-video fee and no extra fee for reply threads. Videos with no comments, comments turned off, private or removed videos and any failed request are free. Set a maximum cost per run and the Actor stops cleanly when it is reached.

Input

{
    "videos": ["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ", "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vVTa1_hm4n4"],
    "maxComments": 100,
    "sortBy": "newest",
    "includeReplies": true,
    "maxRepliesPerComment": 20
}

Output

One row per comment or reply. Replies follow their parent comment. You can download the dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML.

{
    "videoId": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
    "videoTitle": "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up",
    "videoCommentCount": 2458225,
    "sortBy": "top",
    "commentId": "Ugzge340dBgB75hWBm54AaABAg",
    "parentCommentId": null,
    "isReply": false,
    "text": "can confirm: he never gave us up",
    "author": "@YouTube",
    "authorChannelId": "UCBR8-60-B28hp2BmDPdntcQ",
    "authorChannelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@YouTube",
    "authorIsVerified": true,
    "authorIsChannelOwner": false,
    "likeCount": 323000,
    "replyCount": 962,
    "publishedTime": "1 year ago",
    "isEdited": false,
    "isPinned": true,
    "isHearted": true,
    "commentUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ&lc=Ugzge340dBgB75hWBm54AaABAg",
    "error": null
}

Videos that cannot be scraped return one free row with an error message (for example "Comments are turned off for this video. Not charged.").

Tips

• Newest first is the best choice for monitoring: schedule the Actor daily with a small max comments value.
• Like counts above 1,000 are rounded by YouTube itself (for example 323K becomes 323000).
• maxComments includes replies, so raise it when you turn on replies.
• Comments are deduplicated by commentId, so the pinned comment never appears twice.

FAQ

Can I scrape comments from YouTube Shorts?

Yes. Paste the Shorts URL (youtube.com/shorts/...) like any other video.

Can I scrape all comments of a channel or playlist?

Not directly. Paste the individual video URLs; channel and playlist URLs return a free error row.

Do I need a YouTube account, cookies or an API key?

No. The Actor reads public comments only, without logging in.

Why did a video return an error?

The video may be private, removed, age-restricted or have comments turned off. These rows are never charged.

Disclaimer

This Actor extracts only publicly available comments. Comments can contain personal data protected by GDPR and other laws. Do not scrape personal data unless you have a legitimate reason, and check with your lawyer if you are unsure. YouTube is a trademark of Google LLC; this Actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by YouTube or Google.

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