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YouTube Comment Scraper

Read YouTube comment threads as a corpus. Start with YouTube post or video URLs; each returned comment keeps comment, comment identifiers, text, authors, and handles.

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RunInput → Run → Results → Export

YouTube Comment Scraper input and dataset schema — Contract4 inputs / 28 dataset fields

Actor ID5N0e72dyBufNBTtT5

Pricing$2 per 1,000 comments on the Free plan. Other Apify plans use the rates shown in the Pricing tab.

Dataset views6

Saved tasks20

Input / 4 fields

YouTube Comment Scraper

YouTube Comment Scraper accepts source URLs. Run controls stay in the same form.

startUrls

Which source URLs?

Paste exact YouTube URLs, one per line.

array

maxItems

How many results?

Stop after this many dataset rows.

integer · 1 to 100000

includeReplies

Include replies?

Keep replies in the returned record.

boolean

maxSeconds

How long may the run continue?

Stop after this many seconds and keep completed rows.

integer · 30 to 3600

Dataset / 28 fields

Output contract.

JSON, CSV, Excel, or dataset API.

whatIFoundstring

textstring

commentstring

urlstring

videoIdstring

commentIdstring

parentCommentIdstring

replyLevelinteger

authorstring

usernamestring

authorChannelIdstring

authorUrlstring

authorAvatarstring

authorVerifiedboolean

authorIsCreatorboolean

publishedAtstring

publishedTimeTextstring

likesstring

likeCountinteger

likeCountExactboolean

replyCountinteger

replyCountExactboolean

likedByCreatorboolean

pinnedboolean

pinnedTextstring

sourceUrlstring

routestring

scrapedAtstring

Example

Delivered record.

{
  "commentId": "Ugzge340dBgB75hWBm54AaABAg",
  "videoId": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
  "likeCount": 304000,
  "replyCount": 963
}

Saved tasks

20 ready specifications.

Exact input, dataset view, fields, Actor ID, price, and endpoint.

01YouTube Comment reply count core record viewbuyer-job · overview 02YouTube Comment finding and authors finding briefbuyer-job · answer 03YouTube Comment content handles copy reviewbuyer-job · content 04YouTube Comment comments response readoutbuyer-job · engagement 05YouTube Comment authors author channel ID identitybuyer-job · identity 06YouTube Comment publication dates timing timelinebuyer-job · timing 07YouTube Comment reply count exact reply count corebuyer-job · overview 08YouTube Comment answer finding result handoffbuyer-job · answer 09YouTube Comment text content briefbuyer-job · content 10YouTube Comment ID and parent comment ID audience sizingbuyer-job · engagement 11YouTube Comment name and ID matchbuyer-job · identity 12YouTube Comment published time text collection times timingbuyer-job · timing 13YouTube Comment reply count full recordbuyer-job · overview 14YouTube Comment finding answer decision filebuyer-job · answer 15YouTube Comment pinned text handles contentbuyer-job · content 16YouTube Comment response parent comment ID rating viewbuyer-job · engagement 17YouTube Comment authors handoffbuyer-job · identity 18YouTube Comment publication and collection datesbuyer-job · timing 19YouTube Comment reply detail handoffbuyer-job · overview 20YouTube Comment finding links answerbuyer-job · answer