How To Search For YouTube Comments?

If you own a YouTube channel, you must know how to search for YouTube comments! YouTube’s Comment section helps you to interact with fellow viewers and other subscribers. It offers both entertainment and insight! Finding that one specific comment in the list of thousands of comments can be a time-consuming and daunting task! So, in today’s post, I will help you to understand how to search for comments on YouTube. There are a few easy methods that can be helpful to search through comments on YouTube. You can keep on reading further to learn more about how to search for YouTube comments in detail.

How To Search For YouTube Comments?

Using the following methods, you can easily learn how to search for YouTube comments.

  • By Using YouTube Website
  • By Using Google Chrome Extension
  • By Using YouTube App

We can’t see all comments on YouTube videos at once. When you scroll down, more comments are loaded. Using a browser extension, you can search through YouTube comments sections. Keep on reading further to know more about how to search for YouTube comments.

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Search For YouTube Comments By Using YouTube Website

With the help of YouTube Studio, you can easily search through comments. Follow these steps to know how to search YouTube comments for keywords.

  1. On your desktop, open the YouTube website.
  2. Then, sign in to your YouTube account if required.
  3. From the top right corner, click on your avatar.
  4. Choose the YouTube Studio option from the list.
  5. Now, navigate to the Comments tab.
  6. Next, click on the Filter icon located in the Channel comments section.
  7. Select the Search/ Search for option.
  8. Here, type the keyword or comment you’re searching for.
  9. Click the Apply option to start the search activity.

Thus, this will display all the comments that contain your keyword. You can even use the key combination Ctrl + F (+ F for Mac) to search for comments on YouTube.

Luckily, there are two additional ways that we recommend you to use. Keep on reading to know more about how to search for YouTube comments on Reddit.

Search For YouTube Comments By Using Google Chrome Extension

YouTube Comment Search (YCS) is an excellent extension that can be downloaded on Chrome. You can follow these steps to know how to search for a specific comment on YouTube.

  1. On your desktop, open the Chrome extension webpage.
  2. In the search bar, type YCS – YouTube Comment Search and hit the Enter key.
  3. From the search result, select YCS.
  4. Click on the Add to Chrome option to add this extension to your Chrome web browser.
  5. Wait for a while, till the browser extension is added.
  6. Now, open the YouTube webpage.
  7. Open any video on YouTube.
  8. Then, click on the Load comments offered by Comments Search for YouTube.
  9. Wait for a couple of seconds to load the comments for the video.
  10. In the search bar, type keywords to search for comments.
  11. You can also press Ctrl + S to launch the search bar.
  12. Click on the Search button or else hit the Enter key.
  13. YCS will show all comments containing the keyword you used.

You can even download Comments Search for YouTube on Firefox also. Keep on reading further to know how to search for YouTube comments on mobile.

Search For YouTube Comments By Using YouTube App

Most people prefer the YouTube app instead of the YouTube webpage as it is more convenient to use. In this section, I will tell you how to search YouTube comments on iPhone.

  1. On your iOS device, launch the YouTube app.
  2. Sign in to your YouTube/ Google account if you’re not logged in.
  3. Tap on your avatar/ hamburger icon from the top-left corner.
  4. From the drop-down list, choose the YouTube Studio option.
  5. Now, navigate to the Comments tab.
  6. Next, click on the Filter icon located in the Channel comments section.
  7. Select the Search/ Search for option.
  8. Here, type the keyword or comment you’re searching for.
  9. Click the Apply option to start the search activity.

However, you can even search comments posted by a specific channel by using their username. There are some in-built filter categories of YouTube Studio such as Subscriber count, Response status, Channel member status, and more.

Search For Your Comments On YouTube

Being a viewer or subscriber, you can view all comments posted on other YouTube videos. Follow these steps to know how to search for your comments on YouTube.

  1. On your desktop, open the YouTube website.
  2. Then, sign in to your YouTube account if required.
  3. From the left sidebar, select History.
  4. Now, select Comments from the right sidebar.
  5. Press Ctrl + F (+ F on Mac) on your keyboard.
  6. This will open up the browser’s search bar.
  7. In the search bar, type keywords to search for comments.
  8. Click on the Search button or else hit the Enter key.

This will show all the comments (latest and old) made by you on YouTube videos. 

Let’s now find out how to search for your comments on YouTube videos via the YouTube app.

  1. On your iOS device, launch the YouTube app.
  2. Sign in to your YouTube/ Google account if you’re not logged in.
  3. Tap on your avatar/ hamburger icon from the top-left corner.
  4. From the dashboard, select Settings.
  5. Under Settings, select History and Privacy.
  6. Select Manage All Activity from the pop-up menu.
  7. This will open up the YouTube History page.
  8. Now, navigate to the Interactions tab.
  9. Here, select View Comments from the Comments on YouTube section.

This will load all the comments posted on all YouTube videos. You can also select the “Your data on YouTube” option from the dashboard. Tap on More to view all comments posted by you.

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FAQ

What Happened To Comments On Youtube?

In YouTube test, the comments section has been removed from the bottom of the page entirely. Instead, it is relocated to a new section that users can only view after clicking the new Comments button, which can be found between the Thumbs Down and Share buttons, right below the video.

Why Can’t I Get Comments On Youtube?

The most common reason you can’t comment on a YouTube video is the video creator has turned off the comments feature for one or more of their videos. If the video has any controversial content, the video creator may block comments to prevent unwanted messages or spam.

Why Are Some Comments Hidden On Youtube?

Restricted Mode Has Hidden Comments for This Video – Firefox. YouTube came up with the Restricted Mode feature to protect minors from inappropriate content so as to maintain a safe environment on this platform.

How Do I Know If I Am Shadowbanned On Youtube?

And, the only way creators are able to determine if they’ve been shadowbanned (and not simply suffering a decrease in engagement for normal reasons) is by conducting a Hashtag/Keyword Search Test for Content.

How Do You Get Comments On Youtube?

How to turn on comments on YouTube

  1. Go to YouTube Studio on desktop.
  2. Click on Settings.
  3. Click on Community.
  4. Click on the Defaults tab.
  5. Under Comments on your channel, select Allow all comments.

How Do You Find A Specific Comment On Youtube On iPhone?

Load up a video and its comments as we described above. But this time, click the three dots in the top-right corner and select “Find in Page.” Simply type-in your search terms and it’ll show you all of the instances (one by one) the keyword appears in the loaded comments.

Conclusion

In the above post, I’ve explained how to search for words in YouTube comments. By using the YouTube Studio’s Search filter, you can easily search for specific comments on videos. Apart from the YouTube website, this trick can also be used to search YouTube comments on Android and iOS devices. The YCS browser extension can also be used to search YouTube comments effortlessly. Simply type your keywords in the search bar, press Enter, and YCS will show all comments having the keyword. Thus, you can now easily find multiple comments on YouTube after learning how to search for YouTube comments.