What AI-builder audiences ask for in YouTube comments.
Viewers repeat questions, request topics and push back in the comments. Taffy has already indexed 2,511 videos and their comments from 14 AI-builder channels, including Y Combinator, a16z and Greg Isenberg. The research issues report what those audiences keep asking for.
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Sentiment scores tell you the room laughed. The repeated question tells you what to make next.
Repeated viewer questions nobody has answered. Topic requests grouped by demand. Objections that recur across uploads. The phrases an audience uses to describe a problem it wants solved.
Taffy reads the comments on the AI-builder channels in its library. Each research issue takes one question those comments keep raising and answers it from what the creators said on camera.
What the comments show
Five patterns worth reading for in a comment section.
Questions nobody answered
The same question asked under several videos marks a gap nobody has filled.
Videos viewers ask for by name
"Please cover X" comments show demand before anyone spends production hours.
Recurring pushback
Disagreement that shows up across several videos, the claims an audience keeps challenging.
Moments viewers quote back
Comments that quote a line or name a timestamp point to the moment that landed.
The phrases viewers use
The exact words viewers use to describe a problem. Useful for titles and hooks.
Free or Pro
Both read the same library.
Read what AI-builder audiences ask
14 AI-builder channels, including Y Combinator, a16z and Greg Isenberg. Research issues on audience demand, and topic Ask pages that answer from the transcripts.
- ✓ Comments indexed on every library channel
- ✓ Topic Ask pages answered from the transcripts
- ✓ Research issues on what audiences ask
Every archive, no cap
Unlimited questions, every channel archive, and comment exports.
- ✓ Unlimited questions across the library
- ✓ Every channel archive, not only today's
- ✓ Transcript and comment exports
How the research is made
From comment threads to a published issue.
Taffy indexes the library
Comments and transcripts from AI-builder channels, with new videos added each week.
The comments pick the question
Each issue starts from a question the comments keep raising.
The creators answer it
The issue answers from what the creators said on camera, cited to the source. Ask your own question in the library.
Who reads the comment research
Builders picking what to make
Read what a category's audience keeps requesting before you build.
Marketers writing a brief
Walk into a brief meeting with sourced audience demand instead of a hunch about "what's working."
Founders doing customer research
Product research and content planning use the same signal: the comments under the channels your customers watch.
Researchers studying creators
Read what AI-builder audiences keep asking. 2 questions free with no account, then 5 a day signed in.
Taffy vs generic comment tools
Most tools count and chart the comments you point them at. Taffy has already indexed the AI-builder library.
| Capability | Taffy | YouTube Studio | Generic comment scrapers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sentiment and emoji counts | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Research on what audiences ask | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Answers cited to the episode and minute | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Comment exports | Pro | ✕ | ✓ |
| Installable as a Claude/Codex skill | Not offered | ✕ | ✕ |
| Comments from channels you don't own | Library channels | ✕ | Manual |
| Pricing | Free / $9 Pro | Free (your channel only) | $20–100/mo, shallow |
Common questions
How is this different from YouTube Studio's analytics?
Studio shows the comments on your own channel. Taffy indexes the comments on the AI-builder channels in its library and publishes research on what those audiences keep asking.
Which comments are indexed?
The comments on the channels in Taffy's AI-builder library. New videos are added each week.
Can I compare several channels?
Yes. A topic page asks one question across every channel attached to it and cites each creator's episode and minute.
Is there a free plan?
Yes. 2 questions with no account, then 5 a day with a Google sign-in and no card. Pro ($9/mo) removes the cap and opens every channel archive.
More Taffy capabilities
Same indexed channels. Different jobs to be done.
Read what the audience already asked.
2 questions free with no account, then 5 a day signed in. Unlimited on Pro.