YouTube Comment Viewer
Paste a video link and read the whole comment section on one page, every reply thread included. Export it to CSV or Excel when you need the rows.
No Google account, no extension. Reading is free — credits only when you export the rows.
How the YouTube comment viewer works
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Paste a video link
A watch link, a youtu.be short link or a Shorts link — copy it from the address bar or the share button and drop it in. You never sign in to YouTube, so nothing about the read is attached to a Google account of yours.
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Read the thread in place
Comments load as you scroll, and each reply thread opens under the comment it belongs to — hundreds of replies deep, without a string of "Show more replies" clicks. Reading is free and needs no account.
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Take the rows with you
Export to CSV or Excel when you need the data rather than the read — the text, the channel and a link to it, likes, reply counts and when it was posted. You are only charged for the rows that actually come back.
What it reads, and what it will not pretend to
YouTube publishes less about a comment than most people assume, and no tool can add back what it leaves out. Here is the actual boundary, before you spend a click on it.
It does
- Every public comment on a public or unlisted video, Shorts included
- Reply threads, however long, opened in place
- Likes and reply counts, as YouTube shows them
- Export to CSV or Excel, up to 50,000 rows per run
It does not
- Exact timestamps — YouTube only says "2 years ago"
- Exact like counts past a thousand — YouTube rounds them
- Comments on private videos, or held for review
- One person's comment history across YouTube
- Comments turned off by the channel
Every comment and reply on one page
Paste a link and the comment section loads beside the video — no Google login, no extension, and no account of yours for the read to be filed under.
Reply threads open in place and keep going, so a comment with 900 replies is one scroll rather than a click on "Show more replies" every ten.
Nothing about what you read is written down on our side, so there is no history to leak later.
A YouTube comment exporter for CSV and Excel
Pick how many rows you want and take them as a CSV or an Excel file. Every row carries its own id and its parent's, so reply threads survive a sort in a spreadsheet.
Replies are optional. Turn them on and each comment is followed by its replies, all within the same row limit.
You are charged for the rows that actually arrive, not the number you asked for.
The video plays beside its comments
The video plays in YouTube's own player next to the thread, so a comment that says "4:32" is one scrub away from the moment it means.
Sorting and skimming happen here; the spreadsheet is for the pass after that.
Works in the browser you already have open
Nothing to download, no extension, no setup before the first result.
It never connects to a Google account, so there is no API key to register and no quota attached to your name.
The same page works on a phone, a tablet, a Mac or a PC — one responsive site, not an app you have to find in a store.
Built for people who read comments for a living
- Creators
- Pull the whole thread off your own video and answer the questions that actually repeat, instead of the handful YouTube sorts to the top.
- Marketers and agencies
- Turn a launch video's comment section into a spreadsheet for reporting, product feedback and client decks, with reply threads intact.
- Researchers
- Export text, channels, likes and reply relationships for sentiment and topic analysis, without registering for an API key or writing a scraper.
Free to read. A plan for the exports.
$0
No card. Credits land the moment you sign up.
- Browse comments and replies — unlimited
- 2,000 credits on sign-up for comment exports
- No TikTok, Instagram or YouTube login required
$5.00/mo
Billed annually · Save 50% vs monthly.
- 200,000 credits per month
- About 200,000 comments exported
- TikTok, Instagram and YouTube exports
- Include comment replies
- CSV and Excel files
- No TikTok, Instagram or YouTube login required
- Priority support
$7.50/mo
Billed annually · Save 50% vs monthly.
- 500,000 credits per month
- About 500,000 comments exported
- TikTok, Instagram and YouTube exports
- Include comment replies
- CSV and Excel files
- No TikTok, Instagram or YouTube login required
- Priority support
$9.99/mo
Billed annually · Save 50% vs monthly.
- 750,000 credits per month
- About 750,000 comments exported
- TikTok, Instagram and YouTube exports
- Include comment replies
- CSV and Excel files
- No TikTok, Instagram or YouTube login required
- Priority queue
- Priority support
One credit is one exported comment and three are one reply, and only rows that actually come back are billed. Reading the thread stays free.
Frequently asked
Can I read YouTube comments without a Google account?
Yes. This YouTube comment viewer never logs in — paste a video link and the whole thread loads in your browser. An account on this site is only needed for an export, and it is free to create.
Does it work on Shorts?
Yes. A Shorts link, a watch link and a youtu.be link all point at one video id, and each reads the same way.
Does it include replies?
Yes, all of them. On screen a thread opens under its comment and keeps loading as you go. In an export, each top-level comment is followed by its replies within the same row limit — each row carries its parent's id, so the structure survives.
Why does the date say "2 years ago" instead of a date?
Because that is all YouTube publishes for a comment. There is no timestamp behind the label to recover, so the export writes the label exactly as YouTube shows it rather than inventing a date.
Why are the like counts rounded?
YouTube shows a comment's likes rounded past a thousand ("12K") and does not publish the exact figure. The export turns the label into a number, so it is as approximate as the label is.
How many comments can one export return?
Up to 50,000 rows in a single run. It runs in the background, and the file waits for you when it is done.
Can I see one person's comment history?
No. YouTube does not publish a feed of everything one channel has commented, so no tool can assemble one. What is reachable is the comment section of a video, which is what this reads.
What is actually in the exported file?
The comment text, the channel that wrote it and a link to it, likes, reply count, when it was posted as YouTube labels it, plus the row's own id and its parent's. CSV or Excel, your choice.
Do I need a YouTube Data API key?
No. There is nothing to register and no daily quota to budget — paste a link and read, or export when you need the rows.
Nothing loaded. What went wrong?
Usually one of three things: the video is private or removed, its comments are turned off, or the link points at a channel or playlist rather than a video.
Is Comment Viewer connected to YouTube?
No. It is independent and unaffiliated. YouTube is a trademark of its owner.
Open a video's comments without logging in
No sign-up, no extension, nothing left behind.
Public videos only. Comments belong to the people who wrote them — exporting them for your own analysis is ordinary use; republishing them is between you and them.