YouTube Scraper: comments and channel data, minus the API

Every comment on a video (author, text, likes), or every video on a channel with its stats, exported to a Google Sheet. No API keys, no quota limits, no code: describe it once and re-run it whenever.

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Every comment, one row each

Questions, objections, praise, and video ideas, all sitting in a sheet you can filter instead of a thread you have to scroll.

 comments-product-review-video.gsheet
CommentAuthorLikesWhen
“Switched after this video. Zero regrets.”@makerspace_dan2142d ago
“What's the pricing after the trial?”@sarahbuildsstuff893d ago
“The setup section starts at 4:32 btw”@helpfulharold4025d ago
“Does this work for agencies?”@leadgen.mike371w ago
Ready-made template

YouTube Comment Export

Install it, paste a video URL, hit run. Comments land in a sheet with author, text, and likes. Point it at a channel instead and get every video with its stats.

Builds in ~250 credits, well inside your 1,000 free credits
Install this template

One sentence. That's the whole build.

STEP 1

Describe it

Type what you want in plain English.

“Pull every comment on this video into a sheet with the commenter's name and like count.”
STEP 2

Review the steps

TaskMagic builds the automation and shows you every step it will take. Edit anything by hand before it runs.

STEP 3

Run it, then re-run it

It runs the same way every single time. Put it on a schedule and the sheet stays current without you.

What it pulls

Structured columns you can filter, sort, and feed into the rest of your stack.

FieldExampleUseful for
Comment text“What's the pricing after…”Objection mining, FAQ building, video ideas
Author@sarahbuildsstuffEngaged-viewer outreach lists
Likes402Sorting for what the audience agrees with
Posted3 days agoFiltering fresh sentiment from old threads
Video title + URL“Honest review after 30 days”Keeping multi-video pulls organized
Channel statsSubs, views, upload cadenceCompetitor channel tracking

How to scrape YouTube comments (without the API)

  1. Start a free TaskMagic trial. Card at signup, $0 today, 1,000 AI credits included: enough to build this and export plenty of videos.
  2. Install the YouTube Comment Export template or describe what you want pulled in plain English.
  3. Paste the video or channel URL. One video's comments, or a channel's whole upload list with stats: both are one prompt.
  4. Run it and watch. TaskMagic scrolls and expands the thread like a person would, so there's no API quota to hit.
  5. Open your sheet. Sort by likes for what resonates, filter question marks for FAQ material, or export authors for outreach.

The other options in this search result

Python scripts & GitHub repos

  • Hours of setup, breaks on every site change
  • You maintain proxies, logins, rate limits
  • One typo, zero rows

Developer scraper platforms

  • Pick an “actor,” read API docs
  • Per-result pricing that grows with success
  • Built for engineers, priced for teams

TaskMagic

  • Plain English in, spreadsheet out
  • Runs the same way every single time
  • No per-run AI fees, predictable pricing
  • Same tool automates the follow-up, too

What people are automating with it

Content research

Mine the comments of your niche's top videos for the questions nobody has answered yet.

Competitor tracking

A weekly pull of a rival channel's uploads and view counts, charted from a sheet.

Objection mining

Comments on review videos are raw sales objections. Collect them, answer them on your pages.

Engaged-viewer outreach

People commenting on tutorials in your niche are warm. Export authors, find them, reach out.

Testimonial harvesting

Praise comments on your own videos, collected in one place, ready to reuse (ask first).

Giveaway management

Export entrant comments, verify conditions, pick winners from a sheet instead of scrolling.

Same recipe, different site

Questions people ask

Do I need a YouTube API key?

No. TaskMagic works in a real browser, the way you would: it opens the video, expands the comments, and copies them out. No API project, no quota, no code.

How many credits does this use?

Building the automation is roughly 250 credits, one time. The free trial's 1,000 credits cover the build plus multiple runs. Hand-tuned browser runs use zero credits.

How many comments can it pull?

It scrolls until the thread ends, so long threads simply take longer. For very large videos, run it once and schedule follow-up pulls for new comments.

Can it scrape a whole channel?

Yes. Point it at a channel and pull the upload list with titles, dates, and view counts, or feed each video into the comment export.

Is this against YouTube's rules?

TaskMagic collects what the public page already shows every visitor. Review YouTube's terms for your use case, and use your own judgment for anything you plan to republish.

Can it run on a schedule?

Yes: nightly or weekly pulls keep a running log of new comments or new uploads without you checking the channel.

The whole comment section, in a sheet, tonight

Install the template, point it at a video, and let the trial credits do the work.

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