Researched, practical guides on answering your audience on YouTube: finding every unanswered comment, what YouTube’s rules allow, and turning viewer questions into your next videos. Written by a creator, with real channel data.
Comparisons
YouTube Studio now suggests AI replies for free. Here is an honest comparison with ReplyDial: where Studio is enough, where it is not, and the one thing neither should do.
23 September 2026 · 4 min read
Policy & safety
AI-drafted replies are fine. Automated replies are the problem. A plain-language reading of YouTube's spam policy and API developer policies, and the line between the two.
23 September 2026 · 5 min read
How-to
YouTube Studio only shows comments one video at a time. Here are three ways to find the comments you never answered across your whole channel, from the manual filter to the API, with the numbers from my own channel.
23 September 2026 · 4 min read