Youtube™ Actual Top Comments

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Sort YouTube™ comments by most liked and search all comments

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This extension provides a small popup window that lists all comments in the YouTube™ video by their number of likes, instead of using the "Top Comments" relevancy based algorithm that Youtube™ itself uses. It also provides a feature to search through all comments instead of being forced to wait for them all to load when you want to use Ctrl+F.

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Latest reviews

Luca di Fiorentino 2025-09-24: this extension has worked very well for a year or so in which i've had it, and nicely provided the sorting that YT for some reason refuses to do natively. That it stopped working is a great shame, I had gotten very used to it. Very much hope the dev does the necessary updates to make it work again, if this is still possible with the new YT interface
Judah 2025-06-27: Works as intended. Though it would be better if it had a feature to make it automatically sort by likes when you open it instead of having to click on "Fetch Comments". Usually there aren't specific comments you want to search. Ridiculous that this stuff is even required though, since YT keeps breaking their own site. Some new update broke the sorting feature and forces the newest first no matter what.
Account's Closed 2024-09-06: It needs to better at refreshing. I don't wanna have reinstall the app whenever I need to update the comments
Francesco Puccettone 2024-07-06: was skeptical this would actually do the job it purports to do, but it does: both the sorting, and the searching. This is extremely valuable. YT would have us all spend hours digging through comments just to increase time-on-site, depriving users of a basic functionality that this addon - thank god - now gives to us.
TEX754 2024-03-28: It's an improvement over YouTube's default sorting, yet it's still inadequate. It fails to display responses to comments, has a small add-on window, and does not save uploaded comments, restarting from the beginning if the upload is interrupted.
TEX754 2024-03-28: It's an improvement over YouTube's default sorting, yet it's still inadequate. It fails to display responses to comments, has a small add-on window, and does not save uploaded comments, restarting from the beginning if the upload is interrupted.
zatibma G 2024-02-03: it's stuch on 20400 comments and after this it's doesn't work
Ndi 2023-08-12: API Key is not valid. Oh well.
Ndi 2023-08-12: API Key is not valid. Oh well.
Leonidas 2023-03-10: awesome idea, decent execution. Just needs some quality of life changes to turn into a must-have extension for anyone who loves reading youtube comments
Leonidas 2023-03-10: awesome idea, decent execution. Just needs some quality of life changes to turn into a must-have extension for anyone who loves reading youtube comments
mindlord phir 2022-11-15: Love the extension. Can you pls make it work with Community tab posts as well?
mindlord phir 2022-11-15: Love the extension. Can you pls make it work with Community tab posts as well?
ĐHAK 2022-07-01: Stop working when there are more than 10.000 comments, what is the point?
ĐHAK 2022-07-01: Stop working when there are more than 10.000 comments, what is the point?
Mlg Pro 2022-05-21: gets API blocked after 2899 comments most of the time
Mlg Pro 2022-05-21: gets API blocked after 2899 comments most of the time
幸 2022-03-09: great extension! if i could point out one thing, maybe please add an option to open the comments in a new tab? because now the loaded comments disappear when switching tabs/windows
幸【こう】 2022-03-09: great extension! if i could point out one thing, maybe please add an option to open the comments in a new tab? because now the loaded comments disappear when switching tabs/windows
TheNorwayMaple 2022-03-04: Modding: Manage extensions -> copy ID -> search ID in your computer for the extensions folder -> duplicate the normal icon -> replace the 3 with "yatc_ua.png" versions I used the extension to find a comment to see if my comment was appearing but Google eventually fixed it where I could only comment in mobile view.
TheNorwayMaple 2022-03-04: Modding: Manage extensions -> copy ID -> search ID in your computer for the extensions folder -> duplicate the normal icon -> replace the 3 with "yatc_ua.png" versions I used the extension to find a comment to see if my comment was appearing but Google eventually fixed it where I could only comment in mobile view.
facu senn 2022-02-23: I love it, but after using it one time on one video with 2500 comments i cant do it again, i have to remove the extension and install it again
facu senn 2022-02-23: I love it, but after using it one time on one video with 2500 comments i cant do it again, i have to remove the extension and install it again
발키리 2022-02-16: 한국인데도 잘 작동하네요! 유투브의 이상한 정렬보다 100배 낫다고 생각합니다 감사드립니다
Ahmad Tamanna 2022-02-13: It is a top notch extension but I wish there was dark mode option.
Ahmad Tamanna 2022-02-13: It is a top notch extension but I wish there was dark mode option.
eating popcorn 2021-12-23: love the extension but it would be great if you could specify how many comments you want to fetch, sometimes there are like 50k comments in a video and i only want to fetch for example 1k
eating popcorn 2021-12-23: love the extension but it would be great if you could specify how many comments you want to fetch, sometimes there are like 50k comments in a video and i only want to fetch for example 1k
Galvatron102 2021-12-18: Design sucks but at least it works
Galvatron102 2021-12-18: Design sucks but at least it works
Yann 2021-12-15: hi pundo 🐼
Elena Torre 2021-12-15: Sooo useful! Youtube's sorting algorithms is very annoying.
Elena Torre 2021-12-15: Sooo useful! Youtube's sorting algorithms is very annoying.
Robert Denby 2021-08-27: This is a brilliant extension that saves so much time and frustration! As a coder, I have a few suggestions to make but if you're reading the reviews to simply figure out if this is worth installing, the short answer is "YES, ABSOLUTELY!" I'd like to respectfully submit a few bug fixes and features that would instantly rocket the extension to five stars. 1) When the extension encounters an error (like the one shown below), it should not have to start over from scratch to reload all the comments. 6 or 7 minutes into the fetching process and then having to start over is a little frustrating. "The API server failed to successfully process the request. While this can be a transient error, it usually indicates that the request's input is invalid. Check the structure of the commentThread resource in the request body to ensure that it is valid." 2) In the interest of saving time, there should be an option to begin pre-fetching the comments as soon as the page loads. 3) Once started, the fetching process should continue in the background until completion. As it is, you cannot use the same browser instance or click on anything within that instance while the extension is fetching. If you intentionally or accidentally change the focus, it stops and you have to start over from scratch. 4) There should be an option to stop the fetching before it is complete and be able to use what has already been loaded. When I've got 200,000+ comments on a video, sometimes I just want to stop it early and be able to search whatever has been pulled so far. 5) Once the fetching process is complete, the greyed-out button still says "Working..." It should change to "Complete" for the sake of clarity. When I first used the extension, I thought it was just locking up at the end of the process and never pulling down the last of the comments. 6) There should be an option to only filter after you've pressed "Enter" in the search box. At present, it apparently tries to automatically filter comments after every single character you type. When there are a huge number of comments, this functionality produces a great deal of lag with every character you type. 7) When the filtering process is running, the "Working..." status on the button should change to "Filtering..." and when it's complete, it should change to "Complete." Searching through huge numbers of comments can take time and the user should know it's not locked up or crashed but that it's still filtering. 8) It would be nice to know roughly how long you'll have to wait on the fetching process. Next to the number showing how many comments have been retrieved so far, it should display the total number of comments on the current video. (As mentioned in #3, if you try to scroll down to see the number of total comments yourself, it resets the fetching process.) 9) This is more trivial but it would be great to have an option that allows you to sort comments by the number of replies they have. Sometimes I'd like to see the comments that provoke the most conversation. Please don't take these suggestions as a complaint of any kind! You've done a marvelous job on this extension and while the above items would be awesome, it's still absolutely fantastic in its current state! GREAT WORK!
Robert Denby 2021-08-27: This is a brilliant extension that saves so much time and frustration! As a coder, I have a few suggestions to make but if you're reading the reviews to simply figure out if this is worth installing, the short answer is "YES, ABSOLUTELY!" I'd like to respectfully submit a few bug fixes and features that would instantly rocket the extension to five stars. 1) When the extension encounters an error (like the one shown below), it should not have to start over from scratch to reload all the comments. 6 or 7 minutes into the fetching process and then having to start over is a little frustrating. "The API server failed to successfully process the request. While this can be a transient error, it usually indicates that the request's input is invalid. Check the structure of the commentThread resource in the request body to ensure that it is valid." 2) In the interest of saving time, there should be an option to begin pre-fetching the comments as soon as the page loads. 3) Once started, the fetching process should continue in the background until completion. As it is, you cannot use the same browser instance or click on anything within that instance while the extension is fetching. If you intentionally or accidentally change the focus, it stops and you have to start over from scratch. 4) There should be an option to stop the fetching before it is complete and be able to use what has already been loaded. When I've got 200,000+ comments on a video, sometimes I just want to stop it early and be able to search whatever has been pulled so far. 5) Once the fetching process is complete, the greyed-out button still says "Working..." It should change to "Complete" for the sake of clarity. When I first used the extension, I thought it was just locking up at the end of the process and never pulling down the last of the comments. 6) There should be an option to only filter after you've pressed "Enter" in the search box. At present, it apparently tries to automatically filter comments after every single character you type. When there are a huge number of comments, this functionality produces a great deal of lag with every character you type. 7) When the filtering process is running, the "Working..." status on the button should change to "Filtering..." and when it's complete, it should change to "Complete." Searching through huge numbers of comments can take time and the user should know it's not locked up or crashed but that it's still filtering. 8) It would be nice to know roughly how long you'll have to wait on the fetching process. Next to the number showing how many comments have been retrieved so far, it should display the total number of comments on the current video. (As mentioned in #3, if you try to scroll down to see the number of total comments yourself, it resets the fetching process.) 9) This is more trivial but it would be great to have an option that allows you to sort comments by the number of replies they have. Sometimes I'd like to see the comments that provoke the most conversation. Please don't take these suggestions as a complaint of any kind! You've done a marvelous job on this extension and while the above items would be awesome, it's still absolutely fantastic in its current state! GREAT WORK!
Danny Foster 2021-07-27: awesome, keep it going bro
Danny Foster 2021-07-27: awesome, keep it going bro
Sadi Cenin Lordoz 2021-06-01: It is as fast as the fetch mechanism of Youtube itself provide for the developer so ignore the "slow" comments. Of course there may be some missing features but who cares, this extension is a rebellion against the tyranny of Youtube :) Thank you man, great job.
Sadi Cenin Lordoz 2021-06-01: It is as fast as the fetch mechanism of Youtube itself provide for the developer so ignore the "slow" comments. Of course there may be some missing features but who cares, this extension is a rebellion against the tyranny of Youtube :) Thank you man, great job.
Quân Cờ Đen 2021-05-26: can u make it available for youtube post? it works, but only with videos
Quân Cờ Đen 2021-05-26: can u make it available for youtube post? it works, but only with videos
Najla Nur Ariqah 2021-03-27: Love it! I also have extension that similar with this and it's good too.. But they're can't show the like and just showing the reply preview~ (so I use both of it) btw it's will be great if this extension have shortcut.. because I usually use keyboard than mouse..
FNBTKRZ5 2021-03-27: Love it! I also have extension that similar with this and it's good too.. But they're can't show the like and just showing the reply preview~ (so I use both of it) btw it's will be great if this extension have shortcut.. because I usually use keyboard than mouse..
Christopher Reid 2021-02-24: Bro this plugin has literally made my life so much better! Everything works as advertised and it makes things incredibly easy to search specific comments from people, words etc and see the top comment accurately. It's also really not that slow it sorts through thousands of comments in literally 20 seconds...a truly invaluable resource to have especially when holding giveaways in your comment section!
Christopher Reid 2021-02-24: Bro this plugin has literally made my life so much better! Everything works as advertised and it makes things incredibly easy to search specific comments from people, words etc and see the top comment accurately. It's also really not that slow it sorts through thousands of comments in literally 20 seconds...a truly invaluable resource to have especially when holding giveaways in your comment section!
Ariana Nightshade 2021-02-04: Can't image Youtube without this extension, absolutely brilliant. Simple and effective design.
Ariana Nightshade 2021-02-04: Can't image Youtube without this extension, absolutely brilliant. Simple and effective design.
Wassil Choujaa 2021-02-04: Great extension ! I would make it 5 when the script execute itself in the background because when a click somewhere else, it stops completly :/
Wassil Choujaa 2021-02-04: Great extension ! I would make it 5 when the script execute itself in the background because when a click somewhere else, it stops completly :/
Volk Born 2021-01-27: Is it possible to add a number of replies near comment? So you could find if its a heated section

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