Recently, one friend sent me a link to one YouTube video.

The comment was labeled as a Highlighted.

Later, I tried to find at least one similar highlighted comment underneath any video but had no success.

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Valeriy Odintsov

And, as it turns out, heres why.

Perhaps you find it complicated and confusing now.

Therefore, lets see how it works and looks in practice.

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How to highlight a comment on YouTube

Well, theres actually nothing complicated about it.

But you should know where to click.

you’re free to see it in the screenshot below.

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If a random person goes to the page of this video, they wont see the highlighted comment.

But if they follow the link you send them after highlighting the comment, they will see it.

Thats how it works.

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The first one has a highlighted comment; the second hasnt.

After that, just reload the page.

Alternatively, you’re able to find and open this video on YouTube again.

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It will also appear without highlighted comment.

To select one of these options, you better clickSort byunder the video.

Can you pin a highlighted comment on YouTube?

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you might pin any comment at the top, whether its an ordinary or highlighted one.

However, viewers will only see the pin icon.

As mentioned above, others can only see the highlighted comment by following a unique URL.