# YouTube Comments Scraper - videos, playlists, channels (`xargaar_tools/youtube-comments-scraper-fast`) Actor

Extract YouTube comments with likes, authors, dates and replies from videos, playlists or channels. No API key. Pay only per comment delivered.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/xargaar_tools/youtube-comments-scraper-fast.md
- **Developed by:** [Tyr Xargaar](https://apify.com/xargaar_tools) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Videos, AI
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$1.50 / 1,000 comment scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## YouTube Comments Scraper

Extract comments from YouTube videos, playlists and channels as clean JSON, CSV or Excel. No API key and no login.

### What you get per comment

Comment ID and link, text, author name and channel ID, published time, like count, reply count, whether it is a reply, and whether the author is the channel owner.

### Input

- `startUrls`: video, playlist or channel URLs (or video IDs)
- `maxCommentsPerVideo`: how many top comments per video
- `maxVideos`: videos to read for playlists and channels
- `includeReplies`: also return replies (each reply is a billed comment)

### Pricing (pay per event)

$0.0015 per comment or reply returned. You pay only for comments delivered.

### Use cases

Sentiment analysis, audience research, brand monitoring, creator analytics, LLM and RAG datasets.

### Notes

Comments are returned in YouTube's "Top comments" order. Videos with comments turned off return nothing and are not charged.

### Example input

```json
{"startUrls":["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"],"maxCommentsPerVideo":100,"includeReplies":false}
```

### How to use it

- **Apify Console:** open the Actor, fill the input form, press Start, then download JSON, CSV or Excel from the Storage tab.
- **API and Python:** `ApifyClient("TOKEN").actor("xargaar_tools/youtube-comments-scraper-fast").call(run_input=...)` and read the dataset items.
- **No-code:** connect it to Make, n8n, Zapier or Google Sheets with the Apify integrations.
- **Scheduling:** run it hourly, daily or weekly from the Schedules page.
- **AI agents:** works as a tool through the Apify MCP server.

### FAQ

**Do I need an API key or login?** No. Only an Apify account.
**What does it cost?** Only the per-result price above. You are never charged for results that were not delivered.
**Something is missing or broken.** Open an issue on the Actor page with the input you used and I will look at it.

### More Actors by Xargaar Tools

- YouTube Transcript Extractor: https://apify.com/xargaar_tools/youtube-transcript-extractor-batch
- YouTube Comments Scraper: https://apify.com/xargaar_tools/youtube-comments-scraper-fast
- YouTube Search Scraper: https://apify.com/xargaar_tools/youtube-search-video-scraper
- Google News Scraper with Full Article Text: https://apify.com/xargaar_tools/google-news-scraper-article-text

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Video, playlist or channel URLs, or bare video IDs.

## `maxCommentsPerVideo` (type: `integer`):

Top-level comments to return per video.

## `maxVideos` (type: `integer`):

Videos to read when the URL is a playlist or channel.

## `includeReplies` (type: `boolean`):

Also return replies to each comment (each reply is a billed comment).

## `useResidentialProxy` (type: `boolean`):

Recommended. YouTube blocks datacenter IPs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
  ],
  "maxCommentsPerVideo": 50,
  "maxVideos": 5,
  "includeReplies": false,
  "useResidentialProxy": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Dataset items

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "startUrls": [
        "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("xargaar_tools/youtube-comments-scraper-fast").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "startUrls": ["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("xargaar_tools/youtube-comments-scraper-fast").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
  ]
}' |
apify call xargaar_tools/youtube-comments-scraper-fast --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,xargaar_tools/youtube-comments-scraper-fast"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/tURQieLdXhldOE1gd/builds/bVdD7B5h7aTlUgrWq/openapi.json