📌 How can you extract comments from YouTube Shorts videos?
This template collects visible comment data from submitted YouTube Shorts video URLs, including commenter name, comment text, vote count, reply count, and comment time. It is useful for social media analysts, content creators, and audience research teams.
Data is collected from YouTube Shorts. YouTube Shorts is YouTube's short-form video experience where viewers can watch and discuss vertical videos.
💰 Pricing
This template is currently free of charge and has no per-line usage fee. Octoparse plan or resource limits may still apply.
📦 Output
The current published implementation can return the following fields:
Comment_User_NameCommentVote_CountsSub_Reply_AmountsComment_Time
{
"Comment_User_Name": "@abelking3407",
"Comment": "The king of saying wild things in a funny way",
"Vote_Counts": "25K",
"Sub_Reply_Amounts": "15 replies",
"Comment_Time": "1 month ago"
}
🎯 Use Cases
- Analyze audience reactions using comment text and vote counts.
- Identify highly discussed comments using reply counts.
- Track when conversations occur using comment timestamps.
- Build creator feedback datasets using commenter names and comment text.
🐙 Why Octoparse
- Ready-to-use workflow: The extraction steps for YouTube Shorts are already configured, so you do not need to build the scraper from scratch.
- Flexible execution: Choose the supported local or cloud run mode to fit one-off checks or repeatable collection work.
- Structured, repeatable output: Results are returned as consistent rows that are easier to compare, filter, deduplicate, and process than manually copied pages.
- Verified input guardrails: The form exposes the current inputs, selectable values, and meaningful limits configured for this template.
- Practical data handoff: Review results in Octoparse and export or process them using the options supported by your Octoparse environment.
📝 Input
Complete the following fields:
- Pagination Times (Required) — Scroll-Down Times. Accepted range: 1 to 8000.
- Video URL (Required) — Video URL. Up to 100 entries per run.
🚀 How to Use
- Open the template and select Try it or Start.
- Complete the input fields listed above.
- Start the task using the supported local or cloud run mode.
- Review the output rows and export or process the structured data.
⚠️ Limitations
Results depend on what the source site exposes at run time. A listed output field can be empty when the source page does not provide that value. Input limits shown above are enforced by the template.
💡 Tips
Use specific, valid inputs and review a representative result before starting a large batch. Remove duplicate inputs when repeated records are not needed.
❓ FAQ
How does this scraper work?
The automation opens each submitted video URL, scrolls the comments area according to the pagination setting, loops through the loaded comments, and extracts the configured comment fields.
What do I need to enter?
Use the fields and accepted values shown in the Input section. Only user-relevant limits and selectable options are listed.
What data does this template return?
The current output fields and a representative JSON Data Preview are listed in the Output section. Field availability can vary when the source page does not display a value.
Is this template free to use?
It is currently free of charge and has no per-line usage fee. Octoparse plan or resource limits may still apply.
Why can some output fields be empty?
Source pages do not always expose every value for every record, and layouts can vary by item, market, or current site response. The template returns a field when the current page provides it.
Can I export the collected data?
You can review the structured rows in Octoparse and export or process them using the options supported by your Octoparse environment.
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