Research lens
Conversation context
Keep replies, timestamps, source links, and available engagement fields connected to the discussion you are reviewing.
Plans and credits
Choose flexible credits for occasional exports or unlimited access for ongoing research.
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Sources
Research videos, Shorts, live replays, community posts, playlists, channels, or custom URL sets.
Working formats
Move the record into Excel, CSV, JSON, HTML, or TXT without changing the original conversation.
Plan choice
Use prepaid capacity for occasional studies or a subscription for recurring audience research.
Move a conversation into Excel, CSV, JSON, HTML, or TXT depending on whether you need review, processing, a readable record, or external AI analysis.
Build a wider research set from a playlist, channel, or curated URL list when one video cannot represent the audience you need to understand.
Use the readable conversation view to return from a theme or quote to its surrounding replies, timestamps, and source context.
Collect a structured working record without maintaining a scraper or configuring an API client before your research can begin.
Use prepaid credits for occasional investigations or a subscription when audience research is part of your ongoing workflow.
Search authors, terms, timestamps, engagement, and reply activity so the export reflects the question you are actually asking.
Use one source-backed dataset to examine context, compare audiences, prepare working evidence, and explain findings.
Research lens
Keep replies, timestamps, source links, and available engagement fields connected to the discussion you are reviewing.
Research lens
Move from one video to playlists, channels, or curated source lists when a single conversation is not enough.
Research lens
Choose a structured format for spreadsheets, records, reporting, or further processing in the tools your team already uses.
Research lens
Return to the original source context when you need to substantiate a theme, quote, or audience signal.
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