YouTube Comments Scraper: Top Comments, Likes & Replies

Reading comments by hand is slow, and the good ones are buried. Comments are where viewers say what they want next, what confused them and what they would pay for. Paste video links or IDs and get the top comments as clean rows: text, likes, reply count and date, in YouTube's own top order. Up to 700 comments per video.

Missing or private videos get a clear status row and are never charged.

Who it's for

• Creators and small channels: see what people ask for under a competitor's video before you script your next one.
• POD, merch and Etsy sellers: find the phrases and inside jokes fans repeat, then test them as designs or titles.
• Marketers and researchers: pull comments into a sheet for sentiment, FAQ ideas or product feedback.

What you get

• One comment row per comment: text, likes, replyCount, publishedAgo, publishedAt (estimated), position
• One video row per video: status, videoTitle, commentsCount (YouTube's total), commentsDelivered, topCommentLikes
• Commenter name, channel link and avatar only if you turn on includeCommenterNames
• A status on every video row: ok, no_comments, not_found, error or invalid_input

Input

Field	What it does
videos	YouTube links (watch, youtu.be, Shorts, embed, live) or 11-character video IDs (up to 200)
maxCommentsPerVideo	Top comments per video (default 100, max 700). Free Apify plans: 100
includeCommenterNames	Add commenter name, link and avatar (default off)
country	Country edition (name or 2-letter code). Defaults to United States
language	Language code (e.g. en, de). Defaults to the country's main language
maxVideos	Hard cap for this run (default 100, max 200). Free Apify plans: 5

{
  "videos": ["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ", "jNQXAC9IVRw"],
  "maxCommentsPerVideo": 20
}

Output

A comment row (real result, Nov 7 2026):

{
  "type": "comment", "videoId": "dQw4w9WgXcQ", "position": 1,
  "text": "Gonna flag this for nudity so I can rick roll the YouTube staff",
  "likes": 570000, "replyCount": 729, "publishedAgo": "6 years ago",
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ", "charged": true
}

A video summary row:

{
  "type": "video", "status": "ok", "videoId": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
  "videoTitle": "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Video) (4K Remaster)",
  "commentsCount": 2461417, "commentsDelivered": 20, "topCommentLikes": 570000, "charged": true
}

Pricing

• $0.0003 per comment delivered (event comment), so 1,000 comments cost $0.30.
• $0.001 per video looked up (event video-comments), also when the video has comments turned off.
• $0.005 per run start fee (apify-actor-start).
• Not charged: missing or private videos, provider errors, invalid inputs, duplicates.
• Example: 10 videos at 100 comments each = $0.005 + $0.01 + $0.30 = $0.315.
• Set a maximum charge per run and the Actor stops there.

Use from AI agents (MCP)

AI assistants such as Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor can run this Actor through Apify's MCP server (https://mcp.apify.com). Runs use your own Apify account and are charged at the prices on this page.

• Actor name: vncntlabs/youtube-comments-scraper
• Server URL with only this tool: https://mcp.apify.com?tools=vncntlabs/youtube-comments-scraper

{ "mcpServers": { "apify": { "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=vncntlabs/youtube-comments-scraper" } } }

Example prompt: "Use vncntlabs/youtube-comments-scraper to get the top 50 comments on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ and list what viewers ask for most."

FAQ

Do I need a YouTube login or API key? No. Comments come from a licensed SERP data API.

Can I get every comment on a big video? No. You get the top comments YouTube shows first, up to 700 per video. That is usually the part worth reading. If you need every single reply, this isn't the right tool.

Are replies included? You get each top comment's reply count, not the reply threads.

Why are commenter names off by default? Most people want the words, not the people. Leaving names out keeps your dataset lighter on personal data. Turn them on if you need them.

How fast is it? A few videos usually take one to two minutes. Slow provider queues get a priority retry after 60 seconds.

Can I search YouTube first? Use YouTube Search Scraper to find videos by keyword, then paste the links here. For views, likes and subscriber counts use YouTube Video Details.

Public YouTube comments delivered through a licensed SERP data API. Comment texts belong to their authors. Not affiliated with or endorsed by YouTube or Google. Questions: hello@vncntlabs.com