Youtube Comment Scraper

🧠 YouTube Comment Scraper This Apify actor automatically scrapes comments from YouTube videos. It extracts structured comment data such as author, text, timestamps, likes, and more — perfect for social media analysis, sentiment research, and community engagement studies. ✅ Use Cases 📊 Analyze audience sentiment and feedback 💬 Monitor community discussions and trends 🏷️ Perform content analysis and engagement studies 🧭 Conduct competitive analysis on video performance 📥 Input Configuration You can customize the actor using the following input fields: json { "videoUrls": ["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"], "maxComments": 100 } 🧾 Fields Explained Field Type Description videoUrls array List of YouTube video URLs to scrape comments from maxComments number Maximum number of comments to extract from each video 📤 Output The actor returns a dataset containing an array of video objects with their comments. Each record includes video details and an array of extracted comments. 🧩 Sample Output json [ { "videoId": "dQw4w9WgXcQ", "videoUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ", "title": "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Music Video)", "channelName": "Rick Astley", "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@RickAstley", "publishedDate": "2009-10-25", "views": 1234567890, "likes": 15000000, "commentCount": 100, "duration": "3:33", "description": "The official video for "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley.", "comments": [ { "commentId": "Ugx1aBcD2efGhiJkl", "author": "John Doe", "authorChannelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@JohnDoe", "commentText": "Still a classic! ❤️", "publishedTime": "1 day ago", "likeCount": 420, "replyCount": 2 }, { "commentId": "Ugx2bCdE3fGhIjKlM", "author": "MusicLover123", "authorChannelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@MusicLover123", "commentText": "I came here again in 2025. Still legendary!", "publishedTime": "3 hours ago", "likeCount": 128, "replyCount": 0 } ] } ] 🔒 Proxy Configuration This actor uses Apify Proxy automatically to: Avoid IP-based rate limiting or bans Ensure stable scraping at scale Default proxy settings use: json { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"] } 🚀 How to Use Open the actor in Apify Console Click "Try actor" or create a new task Enter your YouTube video URLs and max comments Run the actor Download your comment data in JSON, CSV, or Excel format ⚙️ Advanced Input Example json { "videoUrls": ["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"], "maxComments": 100, "headless": true, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"] }, "maxConcurrency": 5, "minDelayBetweenRequestsMs": 1000, "maxRequestRetries": 3, "requestHandlerTimeoutSecs": 60 } 🛠️ Tech Stack 🧩 Apify SDK — for actor and data handling 🕷️ Crawlee — for robust crawling and scraping 🌐 Puppeteer — for browser automation and rendering dynamic content ⚙️ Node.js — fast, scalable backend environment