Guides
One guide for each thing people ask how to do with comments: copy them, find one, count them, put them in a spreadsheet, hand them to ChatGPT, read them for research, or draw a giveaway winner and prove it was fair.
Giveaways
- How to run an Instagram giveawayRun an Instagram comment giveaway from rules to winner: what Instagram's promotion rules require, entry rules that stop fakes, a fair draw and backups.
- How to run a TikTok giveawayRun a TikTok comment giveaway: rules, tag-a-friend entries, approving entries by liking them, a free fair draw up to 1,000 comments and a public result page.
- Pick one winner from several postsDraw one giveaway from up to 10 posts at once, mixing Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X and Reddit, with one entry per person and a public result page.
- How to prove a giveaway was fairShow entrants your giveaway was fair: a public result page with every entry, the seed and a fingerprint of the list, so anyone can re-run the draw.
- Giveaway rules templateA giveaway rules template to copy and fill in for comment giveaways on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and X, with the lines Instagram requires.
- How to announce a giveaway winnerAnnounce a giveaway winner the clean way: a winner image, a reply to their comment, the result page link, a claim deadline and captions to copy.
- How to remove duplicate and fake giveaway entriesKeep duplicate comments, bots and late entries out of your giveaway draw: one entry per person, required tags and words, deadlines and exclusions.
Research and marketing
- How to find the buyers in TikTok commentsFind TikTok commenters who want to buy: TikTok's own purchase-intent mark, a filter and export column for it, and an AI report of buying signals.
- How to analyze a competitor's commentsRead the comments on a competitor's TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, X or Reddit posts: complaints, questions and buying signals, each with the comments behind it.
- How to find the questions in your commentsPull out every question from a post's comments: a free Questions filter, and an AI report that groups questions with or without a question mark and counts them.
- How to use a Reddit thread for product researchTurn a Reddit thread into product research: every comment including folded replies, and an AI report of complaints, wishes and what people bought.
- How to collect comments for researchCollect YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, X and Reddit comments for a thesis or study without code: what each platform gives and what to note in methods.
- Get an email when a post gets new commentsWatch a TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, X or Reddit post for new comments: a daily or weekly email of the new ones, or only those with words you choose.
- How to copy Instagram commentsCopy every comment on an Instagram post or reel at once: paste the link, get the first 500 free as a CSV, or export them all with replies.
- How to find a comment on an Instagram postFind one comment on a busy Instagram post or reel: search the comments by word or @username and sort them by newest, oldest or most liked.
TikTok
- TikTok comments not loading?When TikTok comments won't load in the app, paste the video link here to read them in your browser: no TikTok account, sort, search, and the first 500 free.
- How to search TikTok commentsSearch the comments of any TikTok video by word or username, keep only questions or buyers, and sort by likes, replies or date. Free for the first 500 comments.
YouTube
- How to find video ideas in your YouTube commentsFind your next video ideas in your YouTube comments: filter questions, sort by likes, search "part 2" and "tutorial", and an AI list of requests.
X and Reddit
- How to read the feedback on your launch post on XTurn the replies to your product launch on X into a feedback list: questions, complaints, requests and praise, each with the replies that make the point.
Files and tools
- Export comments without codingExport comments without an API key, Python or a browser extension: why the API route is hard on each platform, and the paste-a-link way that gives Excel or CSV.
- How to get comments into Google SheetsPut the comments of a TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, X or Reddit post into Google Sheets: export a CSV or Excel file and import it, emoji and replies intact.
- How to give ChatGPT or Claude a post's commentsLet ChatGPT or Claude read the comments of a TikTok, Instagram, X or Reddit post: connect the comment exporter once, or upload an export file to the chat.
- Why an export has fewer comments than the post showsWhy comment exports come out smaller than the count on TikTok, Instagram, X and Reddit posts, with measured numbers per platform and what you're charged.
- How to count the comments on a postCount the comments on a TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, X or Reddit post for free, count how many mention a word, and see who commented most.