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YouTube API: Get video comments

Gets public top-level comments on a YouTube video, found by link, video ID or title. Reply text is not included.

youtube.com (opens in a new tab)Version 1ReadNo sign-inVerified Nov 2, 2026

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Inputs

Values from the run on Oct 31, 2026, shown under Output.

Sort optionalsort

Comment order, for example newest.

top

One of top, newest. Default top.

Video, requiredvideo

Video link or title, for example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw

Max Results optionalmax_results

Maximum number of top-level comments, for example 50.

500

Whole number from 1 to 500. Default 50.

Output

From a run on Oct 31, 2026, shortened for this page.
{  "comments": [    {      "likes": 4800000,      "pinned": "yes",      "author_name": "@SanDiegoZoo",      "posted_time": "6 years ago",      "comment_link": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw&lc=UgzuC3zzpRZkjc5Qzsd4AaABAg",      "comment_text": "We're so honored that the first ever YouTube video was filmed here!",      "video_creator": "no",      "number_of_replies": 986,      "estimated_posted_date": "2020-10-31"    },    {      "likes": 12000,      "pinned": "no",      "author_name": "@JoaoGoofyAhh",      "posted_time": "1 month ago",      "comment_link": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw&lc=Ugztdj9x7C3LKBY7ewR4AaABAg",      "comment_text": "Okay guys I'm on the 1st of September of 2026, and... Why YouTube?",      "video_creator": "no",      "number_of_replies": 385,      "estimated_posted_date": "2026-09-30"    },    {      "likes": 213000,      "pinned": "no",      "author_name": "@TapL",      "posted_time": "1 year ago",      "comment_link": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw&lc=UgwVNlctFgmvFU1PTuN4AaABAg",      "comment_text": "Seeing \"20 years ago\" on a YouTube video makes me feel a certain type of way",      "video_creator": "no",      "number_of_replies": 996,      "estimated_posted_date": "2025-10-31"    }  ],  "video_link": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw",  "video_title": "Me at the zoo",  "comments_turned_off": "no",  "total_comment_count": 10000000}
Price
1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.
Method
youtube.com/get_video_comments
Returns
video title, link, total comment count, comments with author, text, likes, posted time, replies, pinned and creator flags

Use it from your agent

Give your agent this line. It reads SKILL.md, gets a Fous API key and connects the Fous MCP server. Its run then takes the method youtube.com/get_video_comments with the inputs above.

Ask your agent

  • Pull the top 30 comments on this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ and show who posted them and how many likes each got
  • Get the newest 20 comments under the video titled "Me at the zoo"
  • I need the total comment count and the first 100 comments, sorted by newest, for the YouTube video with ID 9bZkp7q19f0
  • Show me the most-liked comments on my latest tutorial video, including whether the creator pinned any of them
  • Fetch the top-level comments on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJQP7kiw5Fk sorted by top, limit 75, with posted times
  • Gets public details and statistics for one YouTube video by link, ID or title. A title selects the top search match.

    youtube.com/get_video
  • Lists a YouTube channel's public videos, Shorts, or live uploads, newest first or most popular first, along with channel details. Counts and dates taken from displayed text may be approximate.

    youtube.com/list_channel_videos
  • Lists the latest weekly YouTube Music Top Songs chart for a country or globally, with ranks, weekly views and video links.

    youtube.com/list_top_songs
  • Returns the spoken captions and timed segments of a YouTube video, given a video link or a title (top search match). Only captions the video has are returned.

    youtube.com/get_video_transcript
  • Finds a company's verified YouTube channel by name and returns its name, link, subscriber count, description, country and official website when identifiable.

    youtube.com/find_company_channel
  • Gets a public YouTube channel's profile, links and statistics from its name, @handle or link. Subscriber totals may be rounded as YouTube displays them.

    youtube.com/get_channel
  • Gets a public Vimeo video's title, creator, play, like and comment counts, length, upload date, description, tags, thumbnail and link from its video link.

    vimeo.com/get_video
  • Searches Hacker News stories or comments by words, date range and sort order. Comments include their parent story's website link when one exists; text-only stories have no website link.

    news.ycombinator.com/search_stories