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ForumScout

The most powerful YouTube listening tool

Get an email when any keyword is mentioned on YouTube. Track your brand, competitors, or any topic you care about.

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2500+ companies and organisations trust ForumScout:

United Nations Cognizant AeroPress Motorola Solutions Yotpo Monday

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See your YouTube mentions as they happen.

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Best Social Listening Tools in 2025
3 hours ago —  I've been using ForumScout for my agency and it's incredible. The free tier is generous and the AI filtering actually works! Way better than the enterprise tools I've tried.
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Why Brand Monitoring Is TOO Expensive
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I Found 3 Clients Using ForumScout!
42 minutes ago —  Here's how I use ForumScout to find warm leads on autopilot. Set it up once, get notified when people need your product. Found 3 clients in one week! This tool has already paid for itself 10x over.

If it's said on YouTube, you'll know.

Track every YouTube mention in real-time, across all posts.

1

Create a YouTube scout

Enter the keyword or phrase you want to track on YouTube. Each scout monitors one keyword.

2

Get notified

Your scout monitors YouTube and sends you an email alert when your keyword appears.

3

Reply & engage

Join the conversation, respond to questions, or monitor competitor discussions on YouTube.

Also included for free: Track mentions across all major platforms

Reddit
Twitter (𝕏)
LinkedIn
YouTube
Instagram
Bluesky
Hacker News
Facebook
Forums
News
Included In Growth Plan

Tell our AI what you want (or don't want)

Our AI understands the context of each post and filters out the stuff you don't want with human-like precision - included with all paid plans.

100% natural language

Write filters in plain English, just like you'd explain it to a person

Match scoring

The AI will score each post and explain why it does/doesn't match your criteria

Smart notifications

Only get notified when a post matches your criteria

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"Show me posts from unhappy customers of my competitors"
Included In Business Plan

Powerful Insights

Turn your mentions into actionable intelligence with audience analytics, sentiment analysis, and competitive insights.

Sentiment Score

+67

+8.3 vs last period
Scale
-100 to +100

Dominant Emotion

Trust

32%
of all mentions

Negative Posts

274

-12% vs last period
Percentage
14%

Emotional Intensity

6.8

+0.4 vs last period
Scale
0 to 10

Sentiment Over Time

Dominant Emotion Analysis

Plutchik Model
Trust
32%
Joy
26%
Anticipation
16%
Anger
12%
Surprise
8%
Fear
4%
Sadness
2%
Disgust
1%

Emotion Trends

Most Negative Mentions

Reddit r/technology 2h ago
1st

"The new update completely broke the interface. Worst redesign ever, going back to competitors."

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Twitter @upset_user 4h ago
2nd

"Customer support is absolutely terrible. Been waiting 3 weeks for a response. Unacceptable!"

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HN HackerNews 6h ago
3rd

"Security vulnerability discovered. Team was slow to respond and patch. Very concerning."

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Top Mentions by Emotion

Reddit r/entrepreneur 3h ago
Trust

"Been using this for 2 years now. Consistently reliable, great security, and the team always delivers on promises."

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HN HackerNews 5h ago
Anticipation

"Really excited to see what they build next. For a free social listening tool, ForumScout is moving fast!"

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Stack Overflow @worried_user 12h ago
Fear

"I'm concerned about migrating our data. What if something goes wrong during the transfer? We can't afford any downtime."

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Start with our free trial.

For the majority of our users, ForumScout pays for itself within the first 7 days. Try it for free for 7 days, with no credit card required.

Frequently
asked questions

All plans include Google Sheets and webhook integrations. Webhooks can be used to connect to thousands of different services via platforms like Zapier or Make. If you need help getting connected with any particular CRM/platform, just reach out.