YouTube Comment Downloader
Export comments from a YouTube video — top-level and nested replies — to CSV, JSON, or Excel. No sign-up, no installs.
What your export looks like
A row per comment (and per reply), ready for Excel, Sheets, or any CSV tool.
| author | text | likes | is_reply |
|---|---|---|---|
| @maria_k | This tutorial saved me hours, thank you! | 248 | no |
| @devtips | Which version are you using in the demo? | 31 | no |
| ↳ @creator | The latest one — link in the description. | 12 | yes |
Illustrative sample. Excel and XLSX exports also include a Summary sheet with totals and top commenters.
About this YouTube comment exporter
Paste a YouTube video URL above and ClipComments pulls the comment thread directly from YouTube — author, text, timestamp, like count, reply count, and the full nested reply tree. Export as JSON for scripts, CSV for spreadsheets, or XLSX with a summary sheet ready for analysis.
Need every comment from an entire channel or playlist? Toggle Channel/Playlist Sweep, paste the channel or playlist URL, and ClipComments walks every video and consolidates the comments into one spreadsheet with a per-video breakdown. Useful for content creators studying their audience, brand teams tracking campaigns, or researchers doing qualitative analysis across a creator's body of work.
ClipComments uses youtube-comment-downloader as the primary source with yt-dlp as fallback. Both run anonymously — no Google account, no API key, no rate-limit quota to manage. Public videos only; private or members-only content can't be scraped. YouTube sometimes blocks requests from our server — if an export fails, try again later.
What's included in every export
Frequently asked questions
Can I export all comments from a YouTube video?
Set 'Max Comments' to your target — ClipComments pages through YouTube's comments until it has that many, the thread runs out, or a 45-second time limit is reached. On very large threads you get what was collected within that time.
Does the export include replies?
Yes. Toggle 'Include reply trees' to pull nested replies under each top-level comment. In the XLSX, replies are marked is_reply=yes with the parent author column populated so you can rebuild the thread in Excel.
Can I scrape comments from a whole channel?
Yes. Switch the form to 'Channel / Playlist Sweep' mode and paste the channel URL. ClipComments fetches the latest N videos (default 10, max 100), scrapes each one, and outputs a single XLSX with an 'All Comments' tab and a 'Per Video' summary tab.
Do I need a Google account or API key?
No. The scraper runs anonymously against YouTube's public web endpoints. There's no daily quota and no risk of your account being flagged.
What's in the CSV / XLSX columns?
author, text, timestamp, likes, reply_count, is_reply, parent_author, video_id. The XLSX additionally includes a Summary sheet with totals.