Comments may be turned off across YouTube because:
- The video owner selected the setting to "Disable comments."
- The channel or video’s audience is set as "made for kids." Learn more about this type of content.
- You or your system administrator have turned on Restricted Mode. Learn more about this setting.
- Comments on automatically generated Art Tracks are turned off if the primary artist doesn’t have an Official Artist Channel. Learn more about Art Tracks.
- YouTube may have turned off comments on some content for safety reasons, like to protect minors or for other safety violations. Learn more about our Community Guidelines.
Note: We know that comments are important to creators and viewers alike, but we also take the safety of minors and other vulnerable groups seriously. Sometimes we may turn off comments on content, even if that content doesn't violate our guidelines. We do this to protect vulnerable creators or audiences.
How to post and engage with comments on YouTube
Paused comments
You may also see that comments are paused on a video, rather than turned off. Creators may choose to pause comments for various reasons. For example, they might want more time to review a sudden increase in comments on a video.
When comments are paused, you can’t write any new ones, but existing comments will remain. Comment authors can still delete their prior comments when comments are paused. Channel owners and moderators can also continue to delete and report existing comments.
A creator may choose to unpause comments later on.