Tested 2026-11-15
Can ChatGPT read YouTube comments?
No. In our test on November 15, 2026, ChatGPT could not read the comments under a public YouTube video, twice in a row. We sent the same public YouTube post twice and asked for the 3 most common complaints with one quoted comment each. It did not invent any comments: both times it refused and asked for a paste. It also pointed us to copy them by hand, which is the work we wanted done.
The test
Request, sent twice in separate chats: Read the comments under this post and list the 3 most common complaints, quoting one comment for each. with the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO3XoF3JI28. We asked in Chinese; the quotes below are translated.
What ChatGPT said
- “I tried to open this YouTube video, but scraping the comment section is currently restricted, so I haven't got the actual comments.”
- “Page reading is restricted and a search did not find the video's comments.” It asked us to copy the comments over.
What the post actually has
| Who | Likes | Text |
|---|---|---|
| @freeav418 | 237 | 我倒覺得走下坡還好，至少他賺到錢啦，總比沒爆款過好吧? |
| @林書漢-f5x | 205 | 還好啦，東西真的好用，用戶體驗才是真正底蘊，至於買來收藏該怪的是蠢到拿杯子當收藏的人 |
| @jason-gp8ji | 144 | 他們家保溫杯真的超好用 高一時候被班上小混混找麻煩 我保溫杯敲他頭 結果他頭破了 我杯子一個凹痕都沒有 |
38 comments read from this video (the sample's search was in English, the video is in Chinese); these are the 3 most liked. From the Stanley report, read 2026-11-14.
Why it fails
ChatGPT said page reading was restricted and search did not turn up the comments. We did not test why; the result is what matters.
What Buzzsift does instead
Our connector reads YouTube comments through a data provider and returns them with likes, date and a link.
100 points ($1) a search in Claude or ChatGPT, or a full report for $9.99. Set it up. Other platforms: all five tested.
Questions
Can ChatGPT read YouTube comments?
No. In our test on November 15, 2026, ChatGPT could not read the comments under a public YouTube video, twice in a row. Both answers are quoted on this page.
How did you test it?
On 2026-11-15 we opened a new ChatGPT chat twice and sent the same request for a public YouTube post: "Read the comments under this post and list the 3 most common complaints, quoting one comment for each." (in Chinese; quotes here are translated). The post is the one in the Stanley sample report on this site.
Can I still analyze YouTube comments with ChatGPT?
Yes, if the comments reach it as text. Paste them in, or connect Buzzsift to ChatGPT or Claude so the assistant fetches them itself (100 points a search, $1; a new account gets 100 points).
Will this change?
It may. The test is dated 2026-11-15; chatbots and platforms change their access often, and we will rerun it.
Skip the pasting. Let the assistant fetch the comments.
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