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Audience Intelligence · Tutorial6 min read·Updated 2026-11-04

Extracting YouTube Video Comments & Audience Sentiment for AI Analysis

How to ingest thousands of YouTube video comments sorted by top engagement or newest timestamp for product feedback mining, creator sponsorship diligence, and LLM sentiment clustering.

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Fetch top comments for a YouTube video

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import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.youtubeapi.io/v1/youtube/comments",
    params={"video_id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ", "sort_by": "top", "limit": 50},
    headers={"x-api-key": "yt_live_your_api_key"},
)
comments = res.json()["data"]["items"]

Key Engineering Takeaways (TL;DR)

  • ✓GET /v1/youtube/comments extracts up to 100 comments per call sorted by top or newest.
  • ✓Includes comment_id, author_name, author_channel_id, like_count, reply_count, is_hearted, and is_pinned.
  • ✓Costs 1 Credit per returned comment ($0.10 per 1,000 comments base rate, minimum 10 Credits per non-empty call).

1. Fetching Top Comments & Paginating with next_cursor

Every response returns a next_cursor token when additional comment pages exist.

Fetch top comments for a YouTube video

Pass either an 11-char video_id or full youtube.com watch URL.

curl "https://api.youtubeapi.io/v1/youtube/comments?video_id=dQw4w9WgXcQ&sort_by=top&limit=50" \
  -H "x-api-key: yt_live_your_api_key"

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5,000 videos/day
10,000 comments/day
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Failed / 404 request fee:$0.00 (0 Credits)
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Frequently Asked Questions

What happens if comments are turned off on a YouTube video?
The endpoint returns an empty items[] array and charges 0 Credits.

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