Extract comments that YouTube exposes in public watch-page HTML, including author, engagement, reply, channel, and optional video metadata. Some public pages do not embed comment threads; those cases produce an exact diagnostic instead of an invented result.

The actor uses public HTML only. It does not accept API keys, call private continuation clients, use browser automation, or attempt identity/fingerprint evasion.

Inputs include videoUrls/videoIds, maxCommentsPerVideo (1–500), sortComments, includeReplies, includeVideoMetadata, bounded retry/delay/timeout controls, includeDiagnostics, and optional standard Apify Proxy configuration.

Successful records contain recordType, video/comment URLs and IDs, text and length, author fields, like/reply counts, moderation flags, published/updated text, channel fields, optional video title/description/statistics/thumbnail, provenance, and scrapedAt.

npm ci
npm test
npx --yes apify validate-schema .actor/input_schema.json
npx --yes apify run --purge --input-file qa-inputs/youtube-comment-scraper/local-validation.json
npm run validate-dataset

YouTube Comments API

soilair/youtube-comments-api

Extract public YouTube comments by video URL or ID. Return comment text, authors, likes, timestamps, reply relationships, and video metadata. No YouTube Data API key required.

Salih Can Kurnaz

YouTube Hashtag Video & Shorts Scraper

w3crawler/youtube-hashtag-video-shorts-scraper

Collect current YouTube hashtag videos and Shorts through YouTube browse continuations, with source-provided metadata.

w3crawler

YouTube Email Scraper

w3crawler/youtube-email-scraper

Collect only email addresses that channel owners publicly expose in YouTube channel descriptions or public link metadata.

w3crawler

YouTube Comments Scraper: Comments, Likes & Replies

buy-it/youtube-comments-scraper

Scrape comments from any YouTube video by URL or ID. Get comment text, author, likes, reply count, posting time and pinned or hearted status, with optional replies. Sort by top or newest. Export JSON, CSV or Excel, use the API, or schedule runs.

Ioannis Kokkinis

YouTube Comments Scraper | Replies for Videos

datascraperes/youtube-comments-scraper

Scrape public YouTube video comments and replies from up to 10 video URLs or IDs. Get one unique Dataset row per comment, with author details, timestamps, likes, and reply relationships; each run has a hard cap of 100,000 comments, with up to 10,000 per video.

DataScraperES

YouTube Video Comments Scraper – Text & Authors

scrapingmonkey/youtube-video-comments-scraper

Collect public YouTube video comments with text, authors, likes, reply counts, and source-video context. Set a page budget and export one row per comment.

ScrapingMonkey

YouTube Post Comments Scraper – Community Discussion

scrapingmonkey/youtube-post-comments-scraper

Collect public YouTube community-post comments with text, authors, likes, reply indicators, and source-post context. Paginate comments and export individual rows.

ScrapingMonkey

YouTube Comment Scraper

datascrapers/youtube-comment-scraper

Scrape comments from YouTube videos and playlists. Supports multiple video or playlist URLs, comment sorting, and a global comment limit.

Farhan Ali

TikTok Public Profile Scraper

w3crawler/tiktok-profile-scraper

Extract source-backed public TikTok profile fields from one or more usernames.

w3crawler

YouTube Comment Scraper

lightmoon/youtube-comment-scraper

Export every comment under a YouTube video: text, author with channel link, likes, reply count, date and whether it is pinned, in YouTube's own order. From $0.40 per 1,000. Replies optional, sorted by top or newest, no account or API key needed.