Download Threads Comments — Save Every Reply to CSV, Excel & JSON (2026)

To download Threads comments, copy the post link, paste it into a Threads comment downloader and save the replies as CSV, Excel or JSON. Threads has no download button for the replies under a post, and Meta's official routes only cover your own content. A downloader works on any public post: the first 100 replies come out with no signup and no login, one row per reply with the username, text, likes and date.

We run the Threads downloader this guide describes, so what follows is how the file actually behaves, including the parts other guides skip.

Comments or replies? Same thing on Threads

Threads does not use the word "comments". Everything posted under a post is a reply, and a reply can have its own replies. When people search for a way to download Threads comments, they mean those replies. You will see both words in this guide; they refer to the same rows.

Two things are not replies and will not appear in a reply download:

• Quotes. A quote is a new post on the quoter's own profile that embeds the original. It has its own reply section.
• Reposts. A repost shares the post without adding text, so there is nothing to download.

Three ways to save Threads replies

1. Meta's data download (your own words)

Threads lives inside Meta's Accounts Center, and the information export there includes your Threads activity. That file holds posts and replies you wrote. It does not include what other people replied under your posts, so it cannot give you a reply list for a post.

2. The Threads API (your own posts)

Meta's Threads API reply-management endpoints return the replies and full conversation under a post, with paging. They need a Meta developer app, the reply permissions, and an access token from the profile that published the post. That rules out every post you do not own. For a brand pulling replies from its own Threads profile every day, it is the right tool. For a one-off download, the setup takes longer than the job.

3. A Threads comment downloader (any public post)

A downloader, sometimes called a Threads comment scraper or extractor, reads the replies Threads already shows to visitors and writes them to a file. Nothing is installed and nothing touches your account. With ours:

1. Copy the post link (share icon → Copy link).
2. Paste it into the Threads comment downloader. You see the reply count first.
3. Pick CSV, Excel or JSON and download.

Links on threads.com and the older threads.net domain both work, with or without www.

Inside a Threads replies download

Each row is one reply. The core columns are author, username, text, likes, replies, created_at, language, is_pinned, id, reply_to_id and avatar_url, followed by a few Threads-specific fields such as whether the replier is verified and the reply's own link.

• username is the handle without the @, and the column to count or match on.
• likes is the like count on that reply when you downloaded it.
• replies is how many direct replies sit under it, which tells you which replies started a side conversation.
• created_at is an ISO 8601 timestamp in UTC.

The free file holds the first 100 top-level replies. Paid downloads also fetch the replies to replies, and you choose whether to include them when you download. Longer reply sections need a one-time payment, never a subscription; see the pricing page.

CSV, Excel or JSON: picking the right download

• CSV opens everywhere: Google Sheets, Numbers, Python and any AI assistant. It is UTF-8 encoded so emoji and non-Latin scripts survive.
• Excel opens with the columns already split, which matters if your Excel uses semicolons as the separator (common in Europe). Our Threads comments to Excel guide covers formulas.
• JSON keeps the structure for developers and data pipelines.

Why people save Threads comments

Threads conversations are text-first, which makes the replies unusually useful as data:

• Reading reaction to an announcement. Launches, policy changes and statements from public figures draw hundreds of replies. A file lets you read them all rather than whatever the app chooses to show first.
• Collecting questions. A "what should we build next" or "ask me anything" post turns into a list you can group and answer.
• Keeping a record. Replies can be edited or deleted. A dated download preserves what was said on the day.
• Feeding AI analysis. Upload the CSV to ChatGPT or Claude and ask for themes, complaints and sentiment with quotes.
• Comparing with other platforms. Brands posting the same announcement on Instagram and Threads often see different reactions. Downloading both makes the difference measurable.
• Counting votes or answers. "Which colour should we launch?" posts collect answers as replies. Downloaded, a COUNTIF on the text column tallies them in seconds, and the username column stops one person from counting twice.
• Moderation and safety reviews. Community managers download replies to review abuse or spam in one sitting, with the reply links and dates needed for a report.

Limits worth knowing before you download

• Private profiles are off limits. Their replies are only shown to approved followers.
• Hidden replies that the author has hidden are not public, so they are not in the file.
• Deleted replies may still be counted for a while but cannot be downloaded.
• Reply order in the app is a ranking, not a timeline. Sort the created_at column if you need chronological order.
• Profile picture links expire. Save any images you need soon after downloading.

Bulk download: replies from multiple Threads posts at once

One post rarely tells the whole story. A product launch is usually a run of posts, and a public figure's statement gets picked up in several threads. On a paid download you can paste up to 20 Threads links at once, one per line, and the downloader fetches every post in one go instead of one at a time. Then, to work with them as one dataset:

1. Download the files for each post.
2. Open the first file and add a column called post with a short label, such as "launch day" or "follow-up".
3. Paste each further file underneath, keeping one header row and filling in its post label.
4. Remove duplicates on id in case two downloads overlapped.

With the label column in place, a pivot table shows which post drew the most replies, the most likes per reply, or the most negative reaction. In Python, pandas.concat does the same in one line.

Quotes deserve their own downloads. When a post is quoted widely, much of the conversation happens under the quotes rather than under the original. Open the quote post, copy its link and download it the same way.

Troubleshooting a Threads download

• "Invalid link" or nothing happens. Make sure you copied a post link, which contains /post/, not a profile link such as threads.com/@name. Profiles have no reply section of their own.
• Zero replies on a post that clearly has some. The profile may have switched to private, the author may have limited who can reply, or the post may have been deleted since you saw it. Open the link in a private browser window: if you cannot see the replies logged out, no downloader can.
• The count and the rows differ by a few. Hidden and deleted replies are counted but not public. A difference of a few percent is normal.
• Garbled characters in Excel. Download the Excel format, or import the CSV with UTF-8 encoding instead of double-clicking it.
• Everything sits in one column. Your Excel expects semicolons. Import with a comma delimiter, or use the Excel download.

What 320 Threads downloads showed us

This guide is written from operating the downloader. In the 90 days to 23 October 2026 we completed 320 Threads downloads, holding about 41,700 reply rows. Some patterns from those files:

• Most Threads posts are small. The median post people downloaded had about 110 replies, 84% had 500 or fewer, and nearly half fit inside the first 100 replies, so the no-signup file is often the whole conversation.
• Threads replies are conversations, not entries. Under 4% of replies tagged another account, against the tag-a-friend pattern that dominates Instagram giveaway posts. People use Threads downloads to read opinions, not to run draws.
• About 6% of replies are three characters or fewer, mostly emoji. Filter them out when you are reading for opinions.
• A typical download takes about half a minute from paste to file (median 33 seconds).

The column names, the first 100 replies with no signup, and the numbers above are the live product values. For what Threads permits, the Threads Terms of Use are the authority, and for personal data in the file, the GDPR and your local privacy law apply.

Keeping the file tidy after you download

• Remove the note row. If a post has more than 100 replies, the last row of the free file says how many were left out. Delete it before counting.
• Deduplicate on id if you download the same post twice and merge the files.
• Add a post column before stacking several posts into one sheet, so every reply keeps its source.
• Store it privately. Usernames and profile links are personal data under most privacy laws.

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Related reading: how to export Threads comments and replies to CSV, Threads comments in Excel, how to copy Threads comments.