YouTube spam
The types of spam in your YouTube comments, and how to stop each
Most YouTube comment spam today is not obvious junk. It is written to look like real viewers, and its targets are the people watching your videos. Here are the kinds RemoveSpam removes every day, what each one looks like, and what works against it.
- of comments are spam on the median protected channel
- 60%
- spam accounts caught in the last 12 months
- 620,000+
- of spam is posted as top-level comments, not replies
- 95%
Source: RemoveSpam removal data, October 2025 to November 2026, from YouTube channels protected by RemoveSpam (mostly crypto, finance and tech).
Fake coin promotion
Why your YouTube comments fill up with posts about coins like “SPX85K” or “Bitaxum”, how the fake-coin promotion scam works, and how to stop it.
Creator impersonation
Scammers copy a YouTuber’s name and picture to reply to viewers with fake giveaways and contact details. How impersonation comments work and how to stop them.
WhatsApp / Telegram contact spam
Why YouTube comments with “WhatsApp” and a phone number written in strange letters keep appearing, why filters miss them, and how to remove them.
Fake advisor referrals
“Who’s been helping you along the way?” How the fake financial advisor scam uses scripted YouTube comment threads to send viewers to a scammer.
Bot waves on new uploads
Spam bots hit a video in the first hours after it goes live. RemoveSpam data on when bot comments arrive, how they outnumber real ones, and what to do.
Throwaway spam accounts
Most YouTube spam accounts post once and vanish. Data from 620,000 spam accounts on why hiding or banning users can’t keep up, and what works instead.
What they have in common
The types differ, but the methods overlap. The accounts are disposable: most post once and are never seen again, so hiding or banning users cannot keep up. The comments avoid the things filters look for. None of the 200 spam comments in a recent sample contained a link, and contact details are hidden behind lookalike letters. And they arrive when your video is busiest, in the first hours after you publish.
That is why RemoveSpam filters by content rather than by account: it matches every comment against a database of the patterns these campaigns use, updated every day, and checks your newest video every minute.
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