YouTube Comment Scraper: TubeHarvest

TubeHarvest is the fastest way to scrape YouTube comments and export them as structured CSV files — directly from the video page you're already watching.

No API keys. No Python scripts. No quotas. Just click and extract.

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WHAT YOU GET IN EVERY EXPORT

- Author name (with optional anonymization)
- Full comment text — emoji preserved
- Like count per comment
- Threaded replies with parent attribution
- Video title, URL, and extraction timestamp

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KEY FEATURES

⚡ Extract up to 10,000+ comments per video
Scrape far beyond what YouTube shows on the page. TubeHarvest scrolls, loads, and captures comments automatically.

🧵 Threaded reply extraction
Download YouTube comments with their full reply chains intact — nested replies, parent authors, and depth levels included.

📊 Clean CSV export
Every extraction produces a structured CSV file ready for Excel, Google Sheets, or your data pipeline. Columns: Author, Comment, Likes, Type, ParentAuthor.

⏱ Three extraction speeds
Choose Quick, Smart, or Steady depending on how many comments you need. Auto-adjusts delays if YouTube throttles.

⏸ Pause & resume
Switch tabs or step away — TubeHarvest pauses automatically and picks up where you left off.

🔒 Built-in anonymization
Author names are anonymized by default. Turn it off when you need real names for research.

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WHO USES TUBEHARVEST

- Content researchers — mine competitor videos for audience insights and recurring questions
- Product teams — capture feature requests and user feedback buried in comment threads
- Marketers — collect customer language, objections, and social proof
- Data analysts — export YouTube comments for sentiment analysis and trend research
- Creators — understand what viewers actually want to discuss

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HOW IT WORKS

1. Navigate to any YouTube video
2. Open TubeHarvest from the side panel
3. Set your comment count, reply depth, and speed
4. Click "Extract" — watch comments populate in real time
5. Download your CSV when extraction completes

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FREE TO TRY

Start with up to 50 comments per video — no account required. Upgrade once for unlimited access. One-time payment, no subscription.

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WHY NOT JUST USE THE YOUTUBE API?

The YouTube Data API v3 has daily quotas, requires OAuth setup, and still doesn't return deeply nested replies. TubeHarvest extracts comments the way a human would — by scrolling the page — so you get every comment YouTube actually displays, including replies the API often misses.

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COMPARE

✅ YouTube comment scraper — no coding required
✅ YouTube comment extractor — structured CSV, not raw text
✅ YouTube comment downloader — threaded replies included
✅ YouTube data scraper — works on any public video
✅ YouTube research tool — built for content and market research

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PERMISSIONS

TubeHarvest only activates on youtube.com. It reads comment elements on the page to extract text, authors, and like counts. No data is sent to external servers. Your exports stay on your machine.

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CHANGELOG

Version 2.0.0 — Complete Rebuild

🆕 New
- Side panel UI — extract comments without leaving the YouTube page
- Threaded reply extraction with configurable depth and per-comment reply limits
- Three extraction speeds: Quick (aggressive), Smart (balanced), Steady (conservative)
- Built-in author anonymization (enabled by default)
- CSV metadata header with video title, URL, timestamp, and export stats
- Smart stall detection — auto-recovers when YouTube stops loading comments
- Visibility-aware extraction — pauses when you switch tabs, resumes when you return
- Real-time progress display with comment count, elapsed time, and cancel button
- Emoji preservation — correctly captures YouTube's image-based emoji rendering
- Comment deduplication — no duplicate rows in your export
- "Read More" auto-expansion — captures full comment text, not truncated previews
- Content script recovery — auto-reinjects if the script becomes unresponsive
- Google account sign-in with secure device verification
- One-time payment model — no subscription, no recurring charges

⚡ Improved over v1
- Extraction engine completely rewritten for speed and reliability
- Handles YouTube SPA navigation (no more page-refresh requirement)
- Smarter scroll loop with backoff and retry logic
- Batch comment processing (3–8 comments per cycle depending on speed)
- Configurable comment count — extract exactly the number you need
- Clean CSV output with proper quote escaping and newline normalization

Questions or feedback? Reach us at [email protected]