YouTube Comment Finder: Search YouTube Comments Free

How it works

How do I search YouTube comments?

01
Paste the video link
Copy the link from the Share button under any public video or Short. youtube.com/watch, youtu.be and /shorts/ links all work.
02
Type what you are looking for
A word, a phrase, a timestamp or an @handle. Matching ignores capitals and accents, so “cafe” also finds “Café”.
03
Open the comment you need
Matches appear as the search reads, newest first, with the term highlighted. “Open on YouTube” loads the video with that comment pinned at the top.

Capabilities

What can this YouTube comment search do?

Search by word or @handle

Search the comment text, or type @channel to find everything one person wrote, plus the comments that mention them.

A link to each comment

Each match links to the video with that comment highlighted, so you can reply to it, pin it or screenshot it without scrolling.

The newest 500 comments

One search reads up to 500 top-level comments, newest first. On a bigger video it says so, rather than implying it searched everything.

No extension, no login

Nothing to install and no Google account to connect. It works in any browser, on a phone too.

Nothing saved

The video link and your search term are used to run the search and then discarded. There is no search history.

Built for giveaways

Check who used your giveaway keyword, or find your own entry, then draw a winner from the same video with the YouTube comment picker.

A YouTube comment finder searches the comments under one video for a word, a phrase or a person, and shows you only the comments that match. YouTube has no search box for comments. On a video with hundreds of them, the usual way to find a comment on YouTube is to scroll and use the browser's find-in-page, which only sees the few dozen comments that have loaded so far.

This tool reads the comments for you, newest first, and runs the search on everything it read. Type a word and you get every comment containing it, with the term highlighted. Type an @handle and you get that person's comments plus any comment mentioning them. Each match links back to the video with the comment pinned on top, which is what YouTube's own notification links do.

People search YouTube comments for a lot of reasons. Creators check who typed the keyword their giveaway asked for, or find the question a viewer asked in the middle of a busy thread. Viewers try to find my YouTube comment from last week, or the timestamp someone posted for the best part of a long video. Researchers and brands look for mentions of a product under a review. In each case the comment is there; the hard part is getting to it.

Found the entries you were looking for? Pick a random winner from the same YouTube video with a keyword filter and one entry per person.
Running the giveaway as well? How to run a YouTube giveaway covers the rules, the entry keyword and announcing the winner.

Trust & fairness

How the comment search works

A search tool that reads comments for you should be clear about how much it reads and what it keeps. Here is exactly that.

01 / depth

The newest 500 comments

Each search reads up to 500 top-level comments, starting with the newest. Replies to comments are not read. When a video has more than that, the result says so, so a “no match” is never mistaken for “nobody wrote it”.

02 / data

Public comments only, nothing stored

Only public videos can be searched, and only what anyone could see on YouTube. The link and the term are used for the search and not kept. The only thing counted is how many searches a browser ran today.

03 / limit

5 free searches a day

Reading comments costs us a paid request per page, so each browser gets 5 searches a day, reset at midnight UTC. A search that fails, or finds a video with no comments, does not count.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How do I search the comments on a YouTube video?

Paste the video link into the box above, type the word, phrase or @handle you are looking for, and press Find comments. The tool reads the newest 500 comments and lists every one that matches, with a link that opens the video at that comment. YouTube itself has no comment search, so a tool like this is the only way to search YouTube comments without scrolling.

How do I find my own YouTube comment?

Type your channel handle with the @, for example @yourchannel, and search the video you commented on. You will see your comments and any replies that mention you. For a list of everything you have ever commented, YouTube's own History page (Your data in YouTube, then Comments) is the place, since it covers every video at once.

Is this YouTube comment finder free?

Yes. There is no account, no login and no paid plan for it. Each browser gets 5 searches a day, because every page of comments the tool reads is a paid request on our side.

How many comments does one search read?

Up to 500, newest first, and only top-level comments, not replies. On a video with more comments than that, the result tells you the older ones were not searched.

Does it work on YouTube Shorts?

Yes. Paste the Short's link (youtube.com/shorts/…) the same way as a normal video.

Can I find a comment on YouTube that was deleted or held for review?

No. The tool only sees comments that are publicly visible on the video. A deleted comment, or one held for review by the channel, is not shown to anyone, so it cannot be searched.

Can I use it to check giveaway entries?

Yes. Search the keyword your giveaway asked people to comment and you get every matching entry. When it is time to pick the winner, the YouTube comment picker on this site draws one at random from the same video, with filters for the keyword and one entry per person.

Is the search case sensitive?

No. Capitals and accents are ignored, so “giveaway”, “GIVEAWAY” and “Giveaway” all match, and “joao” finds “João”.

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