# YouTube Comment Reader

> Search, Sort, Filter, Translate, Read YouTube Comments in spreadsheet format. Navigate through Comments & Responses with arrow keys.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-comment-reader](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-comment-reader)

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtube-comment-reader`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Andreas (Andy) Reichelt
- **Category:** search-tools,photos-music-videos,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 320
- **Weekly downloads:** 9
- **Rating:** 4.67 / 5 (18 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.33
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-01
- **First published:** 2024-01-15
- **Size:** 180 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-comment-reader/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/acs-reichelt/youtube-comment-reader](https://github.com/acs-reichelt/youtube-comment-reader)

## Description

YouTube Comment Reader turns a video's comment section into a powerful spreadsheet: search, sort and filter by author, time, upvotes, replies, timestamps and more. Navigate comments and nested replies with arrow keys, toggle light/dark mode, and translate foreign-language comments instantly. The extension supports YouTube Shorts and gives quick access to open short videos in a regular player.

Export loaded comments (respecting current filters and sort order) to CSV (comma, tab or semicolon), JSON, or XML for Excel — with dark-mode-aware Excel export. Load comments incrementally, interrupt and resume loading, and jump to the original YouTube comment to reply or upvote. Shortcut keys (default Ctrl+Shift+Y) and in-popup controls make it fast to open and manage comments across languages and formats.

## Rankings

- #6,431 — Overall
- #10 — comment
- #14 — spreadsheet
- #53 — arrow
- #67 — reader
- #84 — response

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`

### Content script matches

- `*.youtube.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: youtube.com
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-comment-reader)