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What can YouTube Comment Scraper do? {#what-can-youtube-comment-scraper-do}

YouTube Comment Scraper lets you scrape YouTube comments from any public video and returns them as structured, analysis-ready data. Drop in one or more video links (or a channel, a Shorts tab, a search-results page, or plain search keywords) and the Actor gathers the comment threads for you — no scrolling, no browser extensions, no Google account, and no developer API key.

Every comment comes back with the author, the full comment text, like counts, reply counts, the thread level (top-level comment vs. reply), the published timestamp, the author's channel ID and avatar, and whether the author is a verified channel. It works with only publicly available data, goes beyond the limitations of the official YouTube API, and lets you scrape YouTube comments at scale. Export scraped data to JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML, schedule runs via API, and integrate with your tools and AI workflows.

💬 Scrape comments from any public YouTube video

Paste a watch?v=… link, a youtu.be short link, or a Shorts URL. The Actor reads the comment section and returns each comment as its own record — ready for sentiment analysis, moderation, or research. Get your first results free in under 2 minutes.

🗂️ Scrape YouTube comments across channels, Shorts tabs & search pages

Pass a channel URL, a channel's /shorts tab, or a YouTube search-results URL and the Actor expands it into the underlying videos, then scrapes comments from each one. One input, many videos — scrape YouTube comments from a bunch of videos at once.

🔎 Search YouTube by keyword

Provide plain search terms like best places of england and the Actor finds matching videos and scrapes their comments alongside anything you linked directly — great when you don't already have specific URLs.

🔁 Capture replies, not just top-level comments

Replies are included in the results and marked with a replyLevel field so you can tell a top-level comment (0) from a reply. The per-video comment budget counts replies too, so you always know your ceiling.

📊 Rich engagement metadata

Each record carries likeCount and replyCount (in YouTube's human-readable form, e.g. 269K), plus publishedTime, authorIsVerified, authorChannelId and authorAvatar — enough to rank, filter, and profile commenters.

↕️ Sort by Top or Newest

Choose whether to pull the most-engaged comments first (top) or the latest ones (new) — perfect for tracking reactions to a fresh upload or surfacing the most-liked takes.

No cookies to paste, no proxies to configure, no rate-limit juggling. The Actor manages access and formatting internally and returns clean, fresh records every time — fast response times deliver data in seconds. 🚀

Use with AI agents — Claude, ChatGPT & Cursor (MCP) {#use-with-ai-agents-mcp}

This Actor is fully compatible with the Apify MCP server, so AI assistants can run it as a tool and reason over the results.

Claude (Desktop, Code, or the API) — add the Apify MCP server and let Claude fetch and analyze comments on demand.
ChatGPT / Codex — expose the Actor as a tool and have the model summarize sentiment or extract themes.
Cursor — call the scraper from your editor while building comment-analysis features.

Because output is clean JSON, it drops neatly into downstream MCP connectors and automation platforms — Slack, Notion, Airtable, Google Sheets, Zapier, Make, and n8n — so an agent can scrape YouTube comments, summarize, and file the results without you writing glue code.

Example agent prompt: "Use the YouTube Comment Scraper to pull the top 100 comments from this video, then give me the five most common complaints and the overall sentiment."

How to scrape YouTube comments {#how-to-scrape-youtube-comments}

Click Try Now (or open the Actor at apify.com/myagizm/youtube-comment-scraper).
Add one or more Video URLs under startUrls — or paste channel / Shorts / search-result links.
(Optional) Add plain Search terms to discover videos by keyword.
Choose a Sort order — top or new.
Set Max comments per video and the overall Max total comments cap.
Click ▶ Save & Start.
When the run finishes, open the Dataset tab and export as JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML — or grab it via API.

That's it. No API key, no login, no configuration files — and no limitations on the number of videos you queue.

What data can you scrape from YouTube comments? {#what-data-can-you-scrape-from-youtube-comments}

Each item in the dataset is a single comment (top-level or reply). When you scrape YouTube comments, these fields are returned:

Field	Type	Description
`text`	string	The full comment text
`author`	string	Commenter's handle, e.g. `@YouTube`
`authorChannelId`	string	The commenter's YouTube channel ID
`authorAvatar`	string	URL of the commenter's profile picture
`authorIsVerified`	boolean	Whether the commenter's channel is verified
`commentId`	string	Unique ID of the comment
`likeCount`	string	Likes in human-readable form, e.g. `269K`
`replyCount`	string	Number of replies, e.g. `961`
`replyLevel`	integer	`0` for a top-level comment, higher for replies
`publishedTime`	string	Relative timestamp, e.g. `1 year ago`
`videoUrl`	string	URL of the video the comment belongs to
`videoTitle`	string	Title of the source video

Use cases for scraping YouTube comments

Sentiment & opinion analysis — measure how an audience reacts to a launch, trailer, or announcement.
Brand & product research — mine feedback, feature requests, and complaints from your own or competitors' videos.
Content strategy — find the questions and topics your viewers care about most.
Community moderation — export comments for keyword and spam review.
Influencer vetting — inspect engagement quality and the audience behind a creator's videos.
Competitor analysis & campaign tracking — monitor how audiences respond across rival channels over time.
Academic & social research — build datasets of public discourse around a topic or event.
Lead & audience discovery — surface verified and highly-engaged commenters for outreach.

Input examples for scraping YouTube comments

All examples use the Actor's real input fields. Only the fields you need are required — everything else has sensible defaults.

Scrape comments from a single video

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" }
  ],
  "maxCommentsPerVideo": 100,
  "sort": "top"
}

Scrape comments from several videos at once

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" },
    { "url": "https://youtu.be/9bZkp7q19f0" },
    { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/abc1234XYZ" }
  ],
  "maxCommentsPerVideo": 50,
  "sort": "new",
  "maxItems": 100
}

Expand a channel or Shorts tab

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@YouTube" },
    { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast/shorts" }
  ],
  "maxCommentsPerVideo": 40,
  "sort": "top"
}

Discover videos by keyword

{
  "searchTerms": [
    "best places of england",
    "iphone 16 review"
  ],
  "maxCommentsPerVideo": 30,
  "maxItems": 100,
  "sort": "top"
}

Scrape from a YouTube search-results URL

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=machine+learning" }
  ],
  "maxCommentsPerVideo": 25,
  "sort": "new"
}

Input reference

Field	Key	Type	Default	Notes
Video URLs	`startUrls`	array of URLs	`watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ`	Video, channel, `/shorts`, or search-result URLs; each is expanded automatically
Max comments per video	`maxCommentsPerVideo`	integer	`100`	Upper bound per video, replies included (1–100)
Sort	`sort`	string	`top`	`top` or `new`
Max total comments	`maxItems`	integer	`100`	Hard cap across all videos (1–100)
Search terms	`searchTerms`	array of strings	`[]`	Plain YouTube search queries; Shorts results keep only Shorts

Limiting results {#limits}

Two fields keep your runs fast and predictable:

maxCommentsPerVideo (default 100) — the ceiling on comments fetched per video, replies included.
maxItems (default 100) — a hard cap on the total number of comment records across every video in the run.

Whichever limit is reached first stops that portion of the run. A single run lasts at most about ten minutes, so set your caps to match how many comments you actually need.

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" }
  ],
  "maxCommentsPerVideo": 25,
  "maxItems": 50,
  "sort": "top"
}

Output example {#output-example}

A single record from the dataset:

{
  "text": "can confirm: he never gave us up",
  "author": "@YouTube",
  "videoUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
  "commentId": "Ugzge340dBgB75hWBm54AaABAg",
  "likeCount": "269K",
  "replyCount": "961",
  "replyLevel": 0,
  "videoTitle": "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Video) (4K Remaster)",
  "authorAvatar": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/3s6evpqAiDU9tQR4sC2siJippbH2RWVPnwHgyl4V0th2iuQz0VDQZbUhQBGmsxLYo-mjG6TqZQ=s88-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj",
  "publishedTime": "1 year ago",
  "authorChannelId": "UCBR8-60-B28hp2BmDPdntcQ",
  "authorIsVerified": true
}

Each run produces a dataset of records like this one — export the whole set as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, HTML, or RSS from the Dataset tab or via API.

How much does scraping YouTube comments cost? {#how-much-does-scraping-youtube-comments-cost}

Scraping YouTube comments runs on a simple pay-per-result model — you pay for the comments you collect, nothing more. There are no monthly platform fees to use it and no separate YouTube API costs, because no developer API key is involved.

Because it fetches comments efficiently and caps each run, costs stay low and predictable. New Apify accounts include free monthly usage credits, so you can get your first results free in under 2 minutes at no cost. See the Pricing tab on the Actor page for current per-result rates.

Integrate with n8n, Zapier, and Make {#integrations}

Run the Actor from anywhere via the Apify API. The Actor path is myagizm~youtube-comment-scraper.

Run synchronously and get the dataset items

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/myagizm~youtube-comment-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" } ],
    "maxCommentsPerVideo": 100,
    "sort": "top"
  }'

Start a run asynchronously

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/myagizm~youtube-comment-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "searchTerms": [ "iphone 16 review" ],
    "maxItems": 100,
    "sort": "new"
  }'

Fetch results from a finished run

$curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/DATASET_ID/items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN&format=json"

Native connectors are available for Make, Zapier, n8n, Slack, Airbyte, Gumloop, CrewAI, IFTTT, Lindy, GitHub, Google Sheets, and Google Drive, plus webhooks that fire when a run finishes — so you can push comments downstream automatically.

Support {#support}

Questions, feature requests, or a video that isn't scraping as expected? Open an Issue on the Actor page and include your input configuration and the video URL. Feedback directly shapes updates, and reproducible reports are handled quickly.

FAQ — scraping YouTube comments {#faq}

Do I need a YouTube API key or a Google account to scrape YouTube comments?

No. There is no API key, no login, and no OAuth — no cookies or account required. Just add a link or a search term and run it.

Is it legal to scrape YouTube comments?

This Actor collects only publicly available comments — the same content anyone can see without logging in. As with any scraping, you are responsible for how you use the data. Avoid collecting personal data unlawfully and follow YouTube's terms and applicable regulations such as GDPR.

Can I use YouTube Comment Scraper with the Apify API?

Yes. Start runs and fetch results through the Apify API using the Actor path myagizm~youtube-comment-scraper — see the API snippets above for synchronous and asynchronous examples.

Can I get YouTube comment data through an MCP server (AI agents)?

Yes. It works as a tool through the Apify MCP server, so AI agents like Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor can run it and analyze the results.

Do I need proxies to scrape YouTube comments?

No. Access and formatting are handled internally, so there's nothing to set up — no proxies, no cookies.

Can I integrate YouTube comment data with other apps?

Yes. Native connectors cover Make, Zapier, n8n, Slack, Google Sheets, and more, plus webhooks — so scraped comments flow into your stack automatically.

Can I export YouTube comments to CSV, Excel, or JSON?

Yes — JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, HTML, and RSS, from the Dataset tab or via the API.

Can I scrape comments from multiple videos at once?

Yes. Add several links to startUrls, or pass a channel URL, a /shorts tab, a search-results URL, or searchTerms — each is expanded into videos automatically, with no limitations on how many you queue.

Can I schedule the YouTube Comment Scraper?

Yes. Use Apify Schedules to run it hourly, daily, or on any cron pattern, and webhooks to deliver new comments downstream.

Can I scrape comments from private videos?

No. Only publicly available comments are collected — private or unlisted content requiring a login is not accessible.

Does it include replies or only top-level comments?

Replies are included and marked with replyLevel (top-level comments are 0). Replies also count toward the per-video comment budget.

How many comments can I get per video?

Up to maxCommentsPerVideo (default and maximum 100 per video, replies included), bounded by the overall maxItems cap.

What's the difference between `sort: top` and `sort: new`?

top returns the most-engaged comments first; new returns the most recent comments first.

Why are `likeCount` and `replyCount` strings like "269K"?

They're returned in YouTube's human-readable abbreviated form. Convert them to numbers in your own pipeline if you need exact integers.

How long does a run take?

A single run lasts at most about ten minutes. Set your maxCommentsPerVideo and maxItems caps to match the volume you need — fresh data, no caching.

What happens if a video has comments disabled?

Videos with disabled comments simply return no comment records; the run continues with the remaining inputs.

Want other YouTube data? {#want-other-youtube-data}

Scraping comments is just one piece. Explore the rest of the myagizm YouTube toolkit to scrape everything else YouTube exposes:

YouTube Channel Scraper — list a channel's videos with stats and metadata.
YouTube Video Info Scraper — pull views, likes, description, and details for any video.
YouTube Transcript Scraper — extract full video transcripts and subtitles.
YouTube Video Downloader — download videos in multiple resolutions.
YouTube Shorts Downloader — download Shorts quickly.
YouTube to MP3 — grab audio from any YouTube video.

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Run it from an AI agent — no Apify account needed (x402) {#x402}

This actor accepts agentic payments over the open x402 protocol. An AI agent can pay for a run in USDC on Base and get the data without an Apify account, a credit card, or an API key:

# one-time: wallet + prepaid token (agent side)
npx -y awal auth login <email>
npx awal x402 pay 'https://agi.apify.com/protocols/x402/prepaid-tokens?amount=1&currency=usd' --max-amount 1000000 --json
# then use the returned token exactly like an Apify API token
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/myagizm~youtube-comment-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PREPAID_TOKEN" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{INPUT}'

Why it works here: this actor is pay per event and runs with limited permissions, the two conditions x402 requires. You are charged per result, so an agent pays only for the rows it receives. The prepaid token is a hard spending cap and expires 14 days after purchase.

Disclaimer

This is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by YouTube. All product names, logos, and brands are property of their respective owners. This Actor is intended for collecting publicly available data and should be used in compliance with YouTube's terms of service and applicable laws, including data-protection regulations such as GDPR.

Resources {#resources}

Actor input schema
Actor API reference
Apify API documentation
Apify MCP server — use Actors as AI-agent tools
Exporting dataset results — JSON, CSV, Excel and more
Scheduling Actor runs

中文说明 —— YouTube 评论抓取工具

免登录抓取 YouTube 公开数据 —— 抓取视频评论及作者、点赞与回复数。不需要 API Key、不需要 OAuth 应用、不需要登录或 Cookie。结果可导出为 JSON、CSV、Excel、XML，也可通过 Apify API 定时运行并接入 n8n、Zapier、Make 等工具。

两分钟内免费拿到第一批数据 —— 填入内容、点击 Start 即可。无需配置，试用不需要信用卡。

能做什么

💬 抓取视频评论，可按 top 或 new 排序。
👤 评论者名称与频道链接。
❤️ 评论点赞数与回复数。
🔎 可按搜索词批量抓取命中视频的评论。
🚫 无需 API Key、无配额限制。
📤 导出 JSON / CSV / Excel / XML。

谁在用

😀 情感分析 —— 评论区是最直接的用户反馈。
🛒 产品团队 —— 挖掘功能请求与吐槽。
🧑‍💻 NLP 团队 —— 构建多语种评论语料。
📣 内容团队 —— 从评论中找下一个视频选题。

可以抓取哪些数据

字段	类型	说明
`text`	string	正文
`author`	string	作者
`authorChannelId`	string	The commenter's YouTube channel ID
`authorAvatar`	string	URL of the commenter's profile picture
`authorIsVerified`	boolean	Whether the commenter's channel is verified
`commentId`	string	Unique ID of the comment
`likeCount`	string	点赞数
`replyCount`	string	回复数
`replyLevel`	integer	`0` for a top-level comment, higher for replies
`publishedTime`	string	Relative timestamp, e.g. `1 year ago`
`videoUrl`	string	URL of the video the comment belongs to
`videoTitle`	string	Title of the source video

字段取决于该条目公开了什么；不存在的值返回 null，数据结构保持稳定。

输入示例

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" }
  ],
  "maxCommentsPerVideo": 100,
  "sort": "top"
}

输出示例

{
  "text": "can confirm: he never gave us up",
  "author": "@YouTube",
  "videoUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
  "commentId": "Ugzge340dBgB75hWBm54AaABAg",
  "likeCount": "269K",
  "replyCount": "961",
  "replyLevel": 0,
  "videoTitle": "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Video) (4K Remaster)",
  "authorAvatar": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/3s6evpqAiDU9tQR4sC2siJippbH2RWVPnwHgyl4V0th2iuQz0VDQZbUhQBGmsxLYo-mjG6TqZQ=s88-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj",
  "publishedTime": "1 year ago",
  "authorChannelId": "UCBR8-60-B28hp2BmDPdntcQ",
  "authorIsVerified": true
}

价格

采用按结果计费：只为真正拿到的数据付费，不按运行时间收费。

💸 成本 = 结果数量 × 单价，预算可提前算清。
📉 Apify 的 Bronze / Silver / Gold / Platinum / Diamond 套餐享阶梯折扣。
🆓 新账号自带每月免费额度，第一次运行不花钱。
🚫 无代理附加费、无单次请求费、无最低消费。

实时价格见 Apify 商店页面。

使用建议

🔀 top 看代表性意见，new 看最新反馈。
❤️ 按点赞排序快速抓住主流观点。
📏 单视频上限 100 条，需要更多请分多次或换排序。
🤖 批量送入大模型做情感与主题标注。

其他YouTube数据

📺 YouTube 频道抓取 —— 频道视频目录与统计。
💬 YouTube 评论抓取 —— 评论、作者与点赞。
📝 YouTube 字幕抓取 —— 带时间戳的逐行字幕。
ℹ️ YouTube 视频信息 —— 标题、观看数、点赞、简介等元数据。
⬇️ YouTube 视频下载 —— 按清晰度下载完整视频。
🎬 YouTube Shorts 下载 —— 批量保存 Shorts。
🎵 YouTube 转 MP3 —— 提取音频。

其他平台同样是免登录、按结果计费：Instagram · TikTok · X（推特） · Reddit · Google 地图 · Google 新闻。完整家族见 myagizm 商店主页。

配合 AI 智能体使用（MCP）

本 Actor 已接入 Apify MCP 服务器，Claude、ChatGPT、Cursor 等助手可以把它当作工具直接调用，用自然语言提问即可拿到结构化结果，无需写胶水代码。

集成与 API

支持 Make、Zapier、n8n、Slack、Airbyte、Gumloop、CrewAI、IFTTT、Lindy、GitHub、Google Sheets、Google Drive，以及 Webhook、定时任务与 MCP 服务器。

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/myagizm~youtube-comment-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" }
  ],
  "maxCommentsPerVideo": 100,
  "sort": "top"
}'

把 format 改成 json、csv、xlsx 或 xml 即可导出不同格式。

常见问题

需要 API Key 或登录吗？ 不需要。没有 API Key、没有 OAuth 应用、不登录、不用 Cookie，也不会使用你的账号。

抓取YouTube合法吗？ 只采集公开可见的数据，即任何未登录访客都能看到的内容，不登录、不绕过访问控制。合规责任由使用者承担：如涉及个人数据请遵守 GDPR / CCPA 与平台条款。

能抓私密内容吗？ 不能，需要登录或已删除的内容会被跳过并记录在日志中。

需要配置代理吗？ 不需要，已内置托管。

支持导出 CSV / Excel / JSON 吗？ 支持 JSON、CSV、Excel、XML。

可以通过 Apify API 调用吗？ 可以，见上方示例。

支持 AI 智能体（MCP）吗？ 支持，Claude、ChatGPT、Cursor 均可当作工具调用。

可以定时运行吗？ 可以，支持 Apify Schedules、API 与 Webhook。

数据有多新？ 不缓存，每次运行都读取当前公开页面。

让 AI 代理直接调用 —— 无需 Apify 账号（x402）

本工具支持基于开放 x402 协议的代理支付：AI 代理可以用 Base 链上的 USDC 直接付费运行，无需 Apify 账号、信用卡或 API 密钥。

npx -y awal auth login <邮箱>
npx awal x402 pay 'https://agi.apify.com/protocols/x402/prepaid-tokens?amount=1&currency=usd' --max-amount 1000000 --json
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/myagizm~youtube-comment-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PREPAID_TOKEN" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{INPUT}'

之所以可用：本工具采用按事件计费且以受限权限运行，这正是 x402 的两个前提条件。按结果计费，代理只为拿到的数据付费；预付令牌本身就是消费上限，购买后 14 天到期。

免责声明

本工具为独立第三方工具，与 YouTube / Google LLC 无任何隶属、认可或赞助关系，所有商标归各自所有者。

本 Actor 只采集公开可见的数据，不登录、不绕过访问控制、不获取私密内容。数据使用的合规责任由使用者承担。