Why a separate viewer instead of YouTube itself
YouTube's comment panel paginates aggressively — you have to keep scrolling to load more, and the "Top comments" / "Newest first" toggle is the only built-in sort. On a video with tens of thousands of comments, finding a specific username or keyword is impossible without a tool. This viewer flattens the entire thread onto one searchable page.
What you can do that you can't on YouTube itself
- Cmd/Ctrl-F search any keyword, @mention, or hashtag instantly.
- Sort by like count — find the comments with the highest engagement, not just the YouTube-default ranking.
- Filter "hearted by creator only" — see exactly which comments the channel owner explicitly validated.
- Filter "pinned only" — usually the most important comment on the video.
- Show / hide replies — toggle between top-level scan vs full thread.
- See each comment's permalink — for citing in reports or sharing back.
- Copy or export — one click sends the thread to your clipboard or to an Excel/CSV file.
Hearted, pinned, and creator-tagged comments
YouTube exposes three signals that matter for analysis: pinned (the channel owner pinned this to the top), hearted by creator (the channel owner gave a small heart icon), and highlighted (the auto-elevated "Top comment" pick). The viewer surfaces all three so you can quickly find the comments the creator engaged with.
Plan limits
Free (no signup): up to 100 results per video. Personal: 5,000. Premium: 50,000. Business: 250,000 — see pricing.