Tested 2026-11-15
Can ChatGPT read social media comments?
Can ChatGPT read social media comments? Only some. We tested the same request on five public posts on 2026-11-15: it read Reddit, and could not read TikTok, YouTube, Instagram or X.
| Platform | Result |
|---|---|
| TikTok | Could not read it (2 of 2) |
| YouTube | Could not read it (2 of 2) |
| Could not read it (2 of 2) | |
| X | Could not read it (2 of 2) |
| Read it (2 of 2) |
Same request for each: "Read the comments under this post and list the 3 most common complaints, quoting one comment for each.", twice, on a public post from the Stanley sample report. Asked in Chinese; the details pages quote the answers.
ChatGPT read the Reddit thread (497 comments) and quoted real comments both times; one quote matched a 163-like comment in our sample. So there is no page for Reddit: ChatGPT can do it.
Questions
Can ChatGPT read social media comments?
Only some. In our test on 2026-11-15, ChatGPT read the comments on a public Reddit thread, and could not read them on TikTok, YouTube, Instagram or X (each tried twice).
Does ChatGPT make up comments it cannot read?
Not in our test: it never invented a comment. On X it did describe the post itself wrongly, and differently each time, so check what it says the post is.
How do I get ChatGPT to analyze comments then?
Paste them in, or connect Buzzsift so ChatGPT fetches them as text: 100 points a search.
Skip the pasting. Let the assistant fetch the comments.
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