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Download the comments of any YouTube video

Download the comments of any YouTube video — top-level and replies — as CSV or text. One click, free, no API key. Ships inside VideoCore Lens.

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Installs from the official Chrome Web Store

What it does

Comments and replies, not just the top layer

The extension expands and captures reply threads too — where the real questions and objections usually live.

CSV or text, one click

Export in a format a spreadsheet or an AI tool can actually use. No API key to request, no quota to manage, no code to run.

Comments are demand data

Every "how do you…" in a comment section is a video idea someone explicitly asked for. Downloading them is step one; mining them is what VideoCore's Idea Engine does.

No data collected

Comments are read from the page you are on and go straight to your downloads folder. No servers, no account, no tracking.

How it works

  1. Install VideoCore Lens from the Chrome Web Store
  2. Open any YouTube video and press ▶ Tools → Comments
  3. Export to CSV or text and mine the questions

Privacy

🔒 No account, no sign-up, no analytics, no data collection. Comments are read from the page in your own browser.

Questions

Where do I get it?

The comments downloader ships inside VideoCore Lens — one free extension that handles transcripts, comments, thumbnails, on-device AI summaries and real analytics. Install it once from the Chrome Web Store and everything is on every watch page under the ▶ Tools button.

Why would I download comments?

Because they are the rawest demand signal a channel has. Viewer questions are video ideas with proof of demand attached; objections tell you what your next hook has to overcome.

Do I need a YouTube API key?

No. That is the point — the usual route to bulk comments is Google's API with keys and quotas. This reads the comments YouTube already shows you, in your own browser.

Goes further inside VideoCore

Turn viewer questions into your next videos → Idea Engine → Why is this video not getting views? Free diagnosis →

More free VideoCore tools

📄 YouTube Transcript Downloader
Copy or download the transcript of any YouTube video — TXT, SRT, Markdown. One click, free, and no data collected.
🖼 YouTube Downloader (3-in-1)
Download thumbnails, transcripts and comments from any YouTube video — now part of VideoCore Lens, behind one ▶ Tools button. Free, no data collected. Bulk transcripts live in the standalone Transcript Downloader.
🧠 YouTube AI Summary
Summarize any YouTube video on your device — TL;DR, key points, chapters. Now part of VideoCore Lens. No account, no API keys, nothing leaves your browser.
✂ Swipe File Clipper
Save any YouTube video into your VideoCore Swipe File in one click — now part of VideoCore Lens. Hooks, patterns and winners, organised in your workspace.
📊 VideoCore Lens
Real YouTube analytics, an instant score & concrete fixes on every video — outliers, SEO, hooks. Free, no credit wall.

The extensions are the free tools. VideoCore is the engine.

Real analytics, script decoding, idea mining and revenue attribution for your channel — built on measured data, never generic guesses. The core tools are free to try.

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