Chrome Extension
YouTube Comments Scraper
A free Chrome extension that grabs every comment on any YouTube video, replies included, and exports them to CSV or JSON in one click.
Listing pending Chrome Web Store review. Bookmark this page, we'll swap in the live install link the moment it's approved.
Everything you need to pull a video's comments
A Chrome extension built for exporting YouTube comments to CSV or JSON without missing a single reply.
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Any public YouTube video
Point it at any public video URL and it pulls the full comment thread, no login required.
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Replies included
Not just top-level comments, but every reply at every depth, with parent/child relationships intact.
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One-click CSV or JSON export
Choose your format and download a clean, ready-to-use file in a click.
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Auto-fills the current video
Already on youtube.com? The side panel detects and fills in the video URL for you.
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Adjustable limit & depth
Cap the number of comments and how deep into reply chains each request goes.
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Structured, analysis-ready data
Author, body, likes, timestamp, depth, and parent/child IDs for every comment.
How it works
From video link to spreadsheet in four steps.
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Open the side panel
Click the extension icon to open YouTube Comments Scraper as a Chrome side panel that stays open next to the video you're watching.
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Paste or auto-detect the URL
Drop in any YouTube video link, or let the panel auto-fill it when you're already viewing the video on youtube.com.
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Set your limits
Choose how many comments to pull and how deep into nested replies to go.
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Fetch and export
The extension retrieves the full comment thread (author, body, likes, timestamp, depth, and parent/child relationships), then exports it as CSV or JSON.
Under the hood, every fetch runs through FetchLayer's YouTube scraping API, which handles crawling YouTube comments reliably at scale (including pagination through deeply nested reply chains), so the extension can stay focused on giving you a clean, fast export.
YouTube Comments Scraper is built and published by FetchLayer, a data-extraction API for turning public web pages into structured, ready-to-use data.
New to exporting YouTube comments? Read our guide: How to Download YouTube Comments Without an API Key.
Pricing
Free to install. Free to try. Pay only if you outgrow your starter credits.
Install
Free, no subscription, no credit card required.
Try it
Every account starts with free FetchLayer credits, enough to export real videos right away.
Keep going
Once your free credits are used, top up with FetchLayer's pay-as-you-go credits.
There's no subscription and no monthly minimum. Top-ups run on FetchLayer's usage-based pricing, billed per request. Credits never expire, so a top-up today is still good whenever you're next ready to pull data through FetchLayer.
Details
- Category
- Productivity / Data Export / Social Media Tools
- Platform
- Chrome (Manifest V3), popup or side panel UI
- Version
- 1.0.0
- Price
- Free to try, then pay-as-you-go credits
- Publisher
- FetchLayer.dev
- Powered by
- FetchLayer's YouTube Scraper
Extension Screenshots
Frequently asked questions
Is YouTube Comments Scraper a Chrome extension?
Yes. YouTube Comments Scraper is a free Chrome extension built on Manifest V3. It runs as a side panel in Chrome, so there's nothing to install outside the browser and no separate desktop app.
How do I export YouTube comments to CSV?
Install the YouTube Comments Scraper Chrome extension, open any public YouTube video, click the extension icon to open the side panel, then choose CSV as the export format and click Export. The download includes every comment and reply, with columns for author, body, likes, timestamp, depth, and parent/child IDs.
Does it capture replies, or only top-level comments?
It walks the entire comment thread, so nested replies at any depth are included by default. You can also cap the reply depth if you only need the first few levels.
Is YouTube Comments Scraper free to use?
The extension is free to install, and every account starts with free FetchLayer credits so you can try it on real videos right away. Once those credits run out, you can top up with pay-as-you-go credits that never expire. There's no subscription and no forced monthly fee.
What happens when my free credits run out?
You top up with pay-as-you-go credits through your FetchLayer account. Credits are billed per request, don't expire, and there's no subscription. You only pay again once you actually need more comments.
What powers the data fetching?
The extension is powered by the FetchLayer API, which handles crawling YouTube comments reliably so the extension can focus on giving you a clean CSV or JSON export.
Ready to export a video's comments?
Get YouTube Comments Scraper for Chrome, free, and ready the moment the store listing goes live.
Get it on the Chrome Web Store (coming soon)