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YouTube Comments API

YouTube Comments Scraper API

Fetch YouTube comments and replies with author metadata, timestamps, and like counts. Filter by hot, top, or new. Built for sentiment work, moderation pipelines, and community research.

  • Comments with author + like counts
  • Filter by hot, top, or new
  • Works with videos and Shorts
No credit card required.

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Watch Demo
https://api.socialkit.dev/youtube/comments?url=youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
AI Summary
+transcript

Video discusses upcoming social media trends including AI-generated content...

• Full transcript available
Engagement
+15 metrics
94%
Rate
8.2
Score
• Views, likes, comments...
Topics
+keywords
AI ContentTrendsMarketing...
• Sentiment, entities...

See It in Action

Getting started is simple and takes just minutes. Explore the interactive examples below to see exactly how the API works before using it in your own workflow.

1

Pick a video

Any YouTube video or Shorts URL works the same way.

SELECTEDhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8zhnXZdTFMOpen
2

Send the request

Pick the format you'd use in your own stack, then hit Execute.

GEThttps://api.socialkit.dev/youtube/comments
curl -X GET "https://api.socialkit.dev/youtube/comments?access_key=%7B%7Byour_access_key%7D%7D&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DS8zhnXZdTFM"
Runs the captured request for the selected sample.
3

Get the response

Clean JSON with comments, authors, like counts, and timestamps.

GET /youtube/comments

Hit Execute above to send the request and see the captured response.

Integrate with Your Favorite No-Code Platform

Use Zapier, Make, n8n or any other no-code platform using our native connection or by using the access token.

Everything You Need From a YouTube Comments API

Extract comments and replies with author metadata, like counts, and structured fields ready for sentiment, moderation, and audience research.

Author & Thread Metadata

Get author name, channel URL, reply count, and threading info for every comment in a single response.

Timestamps & Ordering

Each comment includes publish time and ordering data so you can build timeline views and recency-weighted analysis.

Structured Output

Receive developer-friendly JSON with clean fields — no HTML to parse, no scraping logic to maintain.

Powerful Filtering

Filter comments by hot, top, or new to surface the signal that matters for your use case.

Insight & Sentiment Ready

Clean text + like counts make it straightforward to pipe comments into NLP, sentiment, and topic-clustering pipelines.

Moderation Signals

Use like counts and author metadata as inputs to your moderation, spam-detection, or community-health systems.

Simple REST API

Integrate using Python, Node.js, PHP, Java, Go, Zapier, Make, n8n, Airtable, or any platform that supports HTTP requests.

No Browser Automation Required

Skip Puppeteer, Selenium, proxy rotation, and ongoing scraper maintenance. Send a URL and get comment data in JSON.

What developers say

Teams shipping with SocialKit in production.

Ziv ErlichsonFounder at Plynn

"It was very easy to set up and get going, and support was superb."

Ziv Erlichson, Founder at Plynn

Thomas PuechDesigner

"Quick, caring and efficient support!"

Thomas Puech, Designer

Robert PodsiadloFounder at PrimeStuff

"Easy to connect - work's smooth and properly!"

Robert Podsiadlo, Founder at PrimeStuff

What Teams Are Building With YouTube Comment Data

From sentiment work to community management, comment data powers research, moderation, and intelligence workflows.

Sentiment Analysis

Pipe comment text into NLP models to score sentiment, detect emotions, and track how an audience reacts to specific videos or campaigns.

User Feedback Collection

Aggregate honest feedback from real audiences without surveys — comments often surface product issues, feature requests, and language users actually use.

Community Management

Monitor brand mentions and creator communities across YouTube to spot conversations that need a response, escalation, or amplification.

Competitive Intelligence

Read competitor video comments to learn what their customers love, complain about, and ask for — a direct line to unmet needs.

Social Listening

Track how the YouTube audience talks about a topic, brand, person, or product over time to inform positioning and messaging.

Content Moderation

Use like counts, author metadata, and comment text as features for moderation pipelines that surface spam, toxicity, or policy violations.

Pricing

Get Started for Free

Extract transcripts, generate summaries, and analyze engagement across YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X, LinkedIn, and more at scale.

Free

$0/month
  • 20Credits
  • Perfect for testing
  • 40 requests / minute
  • Includes All APIs
  • YouTube APIs
  • TikTok APIs
  • Instagram APIs
  • Facebook APIs
  • Twitter/X APIs
  • LinkedIn APIs
  • Video File APIs
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Standard

$29/month
  • 12,000Credits
  • $2.42 per 1k credits
  • 120 requests / minute
  • Includes All APIs
  • YouTube APIs
  • TikTok APIs
  • Instagram APIs
  • Facebook APIs
  • Twitter/X APIs
  • LinkedIn APIs
  • Video File APIs
  • More Coming Soon
Most Popular

Growth

$49/month
  • 24,000Credits
  • $2.04 per 1k credits
  • 180 requests / minute
  • Includes All APIs
  • YouTube APIs
  • TikTok APIs
  • Instagram APIs
  • Facebook APIs
  • Twitter/X APIs
  • LinkedIn APIs
  • Video File APIs
  • More Coming Soon

Ultimate

$95/month
  • 50,000Credits
  • $1.90 per 1k credits
  • 360 requests / minute
  • Includes All APIs
  • YouTube APIs
  • TikTok APIs
  • Instagram APIs
  • Facebook APIs
  • Twitter/X APIs
  • LinkedIn APIs
  • Video File APIs
  • More Coming Soon
  • Higher Rate Limits
  • Priority Support

Business

$210/month
  • 150,000Credits
  • $1.40 per 1k credits
  • 600 requests / minute
  • Includes All APIs
  • YouTube APIs
  • TikTok APIs
  • Instagram APIs
  • Facebook APIs
  • Twitter/X APIs
  • LinkedIn APIs
  • Video File APIs
  • More Coming Soon
  • Higher Rate Limits
  • Priority Support

Need a Custom Plan? Contact us for a personalized plan that fits just right.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Build complete YouTube data workflows by combining comment extraction with other YouTube APIs from SocialKit.

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https://api.socialkit.dev/youtube/comments?url=youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
AI Summary
+transcript

Video discusses upcoming social media trends including AI-generated content...

• Full transcript available
Engagement
+15 metrics
94%
Rate
8.2
Score
• Views, likes, comments...
Topics
+keywords
AI ContentTrendsMarketing...
• Sentiment, entities...