This video describes how to search through all YouTube comments using Google's search engine. As has been mentioned by many people online, YouTube's "Comment Search" feature does not work, which I demonstrate in this video. The solution can be found using Google.
You can find YouTube's comment search here:
@sleepyfish
Thanks. I looked all over the Internet before posting this and it seems as though I'm the only one who's discovered this little "secret." haha
TheSkepticalAtheist 1 week ago
nice nice work finding this!
sleepyfish 1 week ago
@notthere83
Yeah, it's not perfect. But, you get a whole lot more results than you do with the comment search "feature."
TheSkepticalAtheist 2 weeks ago
unfortunately, there are multiple problems with that compared to the broken youtube comment search:
a) this will also list all comments where somebody replies to one of your comments. and you can't add e.g. -"@notthere83" to the query because then obviously your own comment won't show up any more.
b) you don't see the thumbs up rating (i won't even mention sorting by it). i'd really love to know if there are comments of mine that people have actually agreed with.
c) no sorting by date
notthere83 2 weeks ago
@Bratisla991
No problem. I just happened to stumble upon this by messing around with search terms. Feel free to share this if you feel so inclined. :-)
TheSkepticalAtheist 2 weeks ago
Thank you for this! I've been bemoaning the inability to search comments for a long time. This is a lifesaver.
Bratisla991 2 weeks ago