YouTube Comment Finder

To find a comment on a YouTube video, paste the video’s URL below. Hadzy loads every comment and reply on that video through the official YouTube Data API, then lets you search the full thread by keyword or by author name.

YouTube gives you no way to search the comments on a video you do not own, and Ctrl+F only matches the handful of comments your browser has already loaded. This searches all of them at once.

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Why you cannot just search comments on YouTube

  • There is no comment search on YouTube. Under any video you do not own, the entire toolkit is a sort control with two options: “Top comments” and “Newest first”. There is no search box.
  • Ctrl+F searches the page, not the video. Comments load a few at a time as you scroll, and replies stay collapsed behind “View replies”. Your browser cannot find text it has not downloaded.
  • YouTube Studio’s comment search only covers your own channel. The AI comment search added to Studio in June 2026 is for creators looking at their own videos, on desktop only. It cannot search anyone else’s video.

How to find a comment on a YouTube video

  1. 1

    Paste the video link

    Any public video works - a normal watch URL, a youtu.be short link, a Shorts link, or a livestream replay. You can also paste just the 11-character video ID.

  2. 2

    Let the comments load

    Hadzy fetches the whole comment thread through the official YouTube Data API. A video with hundreds of thousands of comments takes a minute or two the first time; after that it is cached and opens straight away.

  3. 3

    Search the thread

    Type a keyword to match the text of every comment and reply at once, with matches highlighted. Switch to the author field to pull up everything one person wrote on that video.

  4. 4

    Narrow the results

    Sort by date, likes, or reply count. Filter to comments that mention a timestamp, or open the statistics view for a word cloud, the top commenters, and a timeline of when comments arrived.

What you can search

  • Full-text search across every comment and every reply, not just the ones loaded on screen.
  • Author search - pull up everything a single person wrote on the video, matching partial names.
  • Sort by newest, oldest, most liked, or most replied.
  • Filter to comments that mention a timestamp, so you can find what people said about a specific moment.
  • Statistics: word cloud, top commenters, most-asked questions, and a timeline of comment volume.
  • A random comment picker for giveaways, and CSV export of whatever you are looking at.

Limits, honestly

  • A free search returns the first 250 results per query. That is enough for most lookups; a more specific keyword narrows it further. Core Supporters ($5/month) can page through every match, filter by date range, and hide the one-word comments to leave only the substantial ones.
  • Only public videos with comments enabled can be searched.
  • The first load of a very large video takes a minute or two while the comments are fetched. Later visits are instant.
  • Comments deleted on YouTube, or held for review, are not available through the API and will not show up here.
  • Free CSV export covers the first 250 rows. Supporters export the full set as CSV or JSON.

Hadzy is free because a small number of people support it on Patreon. There are no ads and nothing is sold on.

Frequently asked questions

Can you search the comments on a YouTube video?

Not on YouTube itself. YouTube provides no comment search for videos you do not own, which is why the common workaround is Ctrl+F - and that only matches the comments your browser has already loaded. A comment finder like Hadzy loads the entire thread first, then searches all of it at once, replies included.

Does Ctrl+F find YouTube comments?

Only the ones already on screen. YouTube loads comments in small batches as you scroll, so Ctrl+F searches a few dozen out of thousands. It also misses every reply hidden behind a "View replies" link, because collapsed replies are not in the page yet. On a video with 50,000 comments you would have to scroll to the bottom and expand every thread before Ctrl+F could see them all.

How do I find my own comment on a YouTube video?

Paste the video URL into Hadzy and type your channel name into the author field. That returns every comment and reply you left on that video, however deep it is buried. If you want your comments across all videos rather than one, YouTube’s own comment history page is the faster route.

Is the comment finder free?

Yes. Searching, filtering, sorting, statistics, and the random comment picker are free with no account and no ads. A free search returns the first 250 matching results; narrowing the keyword usually gets you to what you want, and Core Supporters ($5/month on Patreon) can page through every match.

Does it work on YouTube Shorts and livestream replays?

Yes. Any public video with comments enabled works, including Shorts and the replays of finished live streams. Private and unlisted videos, and videos with comments turned off, cannot be searched - there is no public comment data to read.

Can I find deleted comments?

No. Hadzy reads the official YouTube Data API, which only returns comments that are publicly visible right now. Comments deleted by their author, removed by the creator, or held for review do not appear, and no tool with API access can recover them.

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