Channel X-Ray

YouTube Comment Finder & Search

Find any comment on a YouTube video. Paste the link, search by word, phrase or username, and read every match highlighted. Free, no signup.

Need it for a whole channel? The full channel report is free while 37 of 50 last — no card, no login.

Why this doesn't exist on YouTube

The comment section is built for scrolling, not for finding. There is no search box, no filter beyond “top” and “newest,” and browser find only sees the comments already loaded on screen. So the answer you know is in there — the one person who explained the fix, the timestamp someone posted, the question you asked — stays buried. This page loads the comments, then searches them properly.

Finder, search box and viewer in one

Leave the search box empty and this is a plain comment viewer: the loaded comments in order, each with its author, age and like count, and the creator's own replies marked. Type a word and it becomes a comment finder, narrowing the list as you type. Type a username and it finds everything that person said on the video.

Every match arrives already sorted

Each comment is tagged as a content request, pain point, question, feedback or experience, with a sentiment label. So “search for the word tutorial” also tells you which of those hits were people asking for one.

Searching your own comment history

A common reason people search for this is finding a comment they left, somewhere, some time ago. That lives in your YouTube account's own history — private account data that no third-party tool can read, and you should be wary of any that claims it can. This page searches one public video's comments, which is a different job.

Finding comments across a whole channel

This tool searches the most recent ~100 comments on one video. When the comment you need could be on any of a channel's videos, the channel report collects up to ~500 comments per video from every upload in the last 30 or 90 days, classifies each one, and lets you filter them by type and sentiment or export the lot to CSV/JSON and search it in a spreadsheet.

FAQ

How do I find a comment on a YouTube video?

YouTube has no comment search of its own. Paste the video URL above, and once the comments load, type a word, phrase or username into the second box. Matches are filtered instantly and the matching text is highlighted.

Is this a YouTube comment viewer too?

Yes. Before you type anything, every loaded comment is listed with its author, its age and its like count, and the creator's own replies are marked. Each one also carries a label (question, content request, pain point, feedback or experience), so you can read a video's comment section without opening YouTube.

How many comments does it search?

The most recent ~100 comments on the video, which is what the free tool loads. To search further back, or across many videos at once, use the channel report.

Can I search the comments on a whole channel?

Not with the free tool, which reads one video. The Channel X-Ray report loads up to ~500 comments per video across every upload from the last 30 or 90 days, classifies each one, lets you filter them by type and sentiment, and exports the lot as CSV or JSON to search in a spreadsheet.

Can I find my own comment on a video?

If it's in the loaded set, search your username and it'll surface. To find your own comments across all of YouTube, use your account's comment history in YouTube's own settings. That's account data no third-party tool can or should read.

More free tools

See all of them on the free tools page.