Best alternatives to YCS - YouTube Comment Search (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to YCS, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
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YCS alternatives, compared
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YCS - YouTube Comment Search (Continued)
Search comments, replies, chat replay, video transcript for the current video on YouTube by contents, authors, time.
≈10K users4.5★ from 120 ratingsUpdated 4 days ago3 permissions- About 4.0× fewer users than YCS
- Rated 1.1 stars higher
- Updated more recently
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Comments Search for YouTube
Search youtube comments by keywords.
≈4K users3.7★ from 53 ratingsUpdated 3 weeks ago4 permissions- About 10× fewer users than YCS
- Rated 0.3 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 3)
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YouTube Comment Kit — Comment Search
Search, Sort & Filter YouTube comments or Your Comment History. Enjoy Timed Comments synced with playback, plus many more features!
≈2K users4.8★ from 45 ratingsUpdated 5 days ago3 permissions- About 20× fewer users than YCS
- Rated 1.5 stars higher
- Updated more recently
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Search on YouTube
Search for anything on YouTube by selecting the text and right clicking.
≈5K users5.0★ from 13 ratingsNot updated for 5+ years1 permissions- About 8.0× fewer users than YCS
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 3)
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YouTube Comment Scraper
Use YouTube Comment Scraper to scrape youtube comments, export or download nested threads and replies in one click to Excel file.
≈3K users5.0★ from 7 ratings7 permissions- About 13× fewer users than YCS
- Asks for more permissions (7 vs 3)
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Better YouTube Search
Fix YouTube search results by showing all search results and stop Recommended videos from appearing in your search results.
≈8K users3.5★ from 51 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years2 permissions- About 5.0× fewer users than YCS
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 3)
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Comment Exporter for YouTube
Best way to export YouTube comments to Text, CSV or JSON format.
≈5K users2.9★ from 25 ratingsUpdated 3 weeks ago6 permissions- About 8.0× fewer users than YCS
- Rated 0.5 stars lower
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 3)
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Contextual Search for YouTube
Allows the user search YouTube for a term by highlighting text and selecting 'Search YouTube for...' from the right click menu.
≈1K users4.8★ from 14 ratingsNot updated for 4+ years1 permissions- About 40× fewer users than YCS
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 3)
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Search Fixer for YouTube
Remove all distracting YouTube search suggestions, redirect shorts and much more!
≈30K users4.5★ from 89 ratingsUpdated 2 months ago2 permissions- A similar number of users to YCS
- Rated 1.2 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 3)
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Quick Search for YouTube™
Quick search selected text on YouTube or quick launch www.youtube.com
≈2K users5.0★ from 19 ratingsUpdated 17 months ago2 permissions- About 20× fewer users than YCS
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 3)
YCS alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to YCS?
By users, the most popular alternative is Search Fixer for YouTube with ≈30K users and a 4.5-star rating. The closest match by what it does is YCS - YouTube Comment Search (Continued).
Which YCS alternative has the best rating?
Search Fixer for YouTube has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.5 out of 5 from 89 ratings.
Is there a YCS alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Search on YouTube asks for 1 permissions, against 3 for YCS.
How many alternatives to YCS are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to YCS on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.