diff --git a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/comments/CommentsInfoItem.java b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/comments/CommentsInfoItem.java
index 0f4cbbc24..2c1e0dac1 100644
--- a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/comments/CommentsInfoItem.java
+++ b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/comments/CommentsInfoItem.java
@@ -22,12 +22,15 @@ public class CommentsInfoItem extends InfoItem {
     private boolean heartedByUploader;
     private boolean pinned;
     private int streamPosition;
+    private int replyCount;
     @Nullable
     private Page replies;
 
     public static final int NO_LIKE_COUNT = -1;
     public static final int NO_STREAM_POSITION = -1;
 
+    public static final int UNKNOWN_REPLY_COUNT = -1;
+
     public CommentsInfoItem(final int serviceId, final String url, final String name) {
         super(InfoType.COMMENT, serviceId, url, name);
     }
@@ -91,7 +94,7 @@ public class CommentsInfoItem extends InfoItem {
 
     /**
      * @return the comment's like count
-     *         or {@link CommentsInfoItem#NO_LIKE_COUNT} if it is unavailable
+     * or {@link CommentsInfoItem#NO_LIKE_COUNT} if it is unavailable
      */
     public int getLikeCount() {
         return likeCount;
@@ -140,12 +143,21 @@ public class CommentsInfoItem extends InfoItem {
     /**
      * Get the playback position of the stream to which this comment belongs.
      * This is not supported by all services.
+     *
      * @return the playback position in seconds or {@link #NO_STREAM_POSITION} if not available
      */
     public int getStreamPosition() {
         return streamPosition;
     }
 
+    public void setReplyCount(final int replyCount) {
+        this.replyCount = replyCount;
+    }
+
+    public int getReplyCount() {
+        return replyCount;
+    }
+
     public void setReplies(@Nullable final Page replies) {
         this.replies = replies;
     }
diff --git a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/comments/CommentsInfoItemExtractor.java b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/comments/CommentsInfoItemExtractor.java
index 900167cf7..128235fc1 100644
--- a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/comments/CommentsInfoItemExtractor.java
+++ b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/comments/CommentsInfoItemExtractor.java
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ public interface CommentsInfoItemExtractor extends InfoItemExtractor {
      * or {@link CommentsInfoItem#NO_LIKE_COUNT} if it is unavailable.
      *
      * <br>
-     *
+     * <p>
      * NOTE: Currently only implemented for YT {@link
      * YoutubeCommentsInfoItemExtractor#getLikeCount()}
      * with limitations (only approximate like count is returned)
      *
-     * @see StreamExtractor#getLikeCount()
      * @return the comment's like count
      * or {@link CommentsInfoItem#NO_LIKE_COUNT} if it is unavailable
+     * @see StreamExtractor#getLikeCount()
      */
     default int getLikeCount() throws ParsingException {
         return CommentsInfoItem.NO_LIKE_COUNT;
@@ -103,14 +103,26 @@ public interface CommentsInfoItemExtractor extends InfoItemExtractor {
 
     /**
      * The playback position of the stream to which this comment belongs.
+     *
      * @see CommentsInfoItem#getStreamPosition()
      */
     default int getStreamPosition() throws ParsingException {
         return CommentsInfoItem.NO_STREAM_POSITION;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * The count of comment replies.
+     *
+     * @return the count of the replies
+     * or {@link CommentsInfoItem#UNKNOWN_REPLY_COUNT} if replies are not supported
+     */
+    default int getReplyCount() throws ParsingException {
+        return CommentsInfoItem.UNKNOWN_REPLY_COUNT;
+    }
+
     /**
      * The continuation page which is used to get comment replies from.
+     *
      * @return the continuation Page for the replies, or null if replies are not supported
      */
     @Nullable
diff --git a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/comments/CommentsInfoItemsCollector.java b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/comments/CommentsInfoItemsCollector.java
index 0a5388d0f..3afeb0455 100644
--- a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/comments/CommentsInfoItemsCollector.java
+++ b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/comments/CommentsInfoItemsCollector.java
@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@ public final class CommentsInfoItemsCollector
             addError(e);
         }
 
+        try {
+            resultItem.setReplyCount(extractor.getReplyCount());
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            addError(e);
+        }
+
         try {
             resultItem.setReplies(extractor.getReplies());
         } catch (final Exception e) {
diff --git a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/extractors/YoutubeCommentsInfoItemExtractor.java b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/extractors/YoutubeCommentsInfoItemExtractor.java
index 5f8415ec1..d24ef5bd9 100644
--- a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/extractors/YoutubeCommentsInfoItemExtractor.java
+++ b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/extractors/YoutubeCommentsInfoItemExtractor.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors;
 
+import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.comments.CommentsInfoItem.UNKNOWN_REPLY_COUNT;
 import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.YoutubeParsingHelper.getTextFromObject;
 
 import com.grack.nanojson.JsonArray;
@@ -248,6 +249,15 @@ public class YoutubeCommentsInfoItemExtractor implements CommentsInfoItemExtract
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public int getReplyCount() throws ParsingException {
+        final JsonObject commentRenderer = getCommentRenderer();
+        if (commentRenderer.has("replyCount")) {
+            return commentRenderer.getInt("replyCount");
+        }
+        return UNKNOWN_REPLY_COUNT;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public Page getReplies() throws ParsingException {
         try {
diff --git a/extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeCommentsExtractorTest.java b/extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeCommentsExtractorTest.java
index b0bb64474..24c34b1d6 100644
--- a/extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeCommentsExtractorTest.java
+++ b/extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeCommentsExtractorTest.java
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@ package org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.ExtractorAsserts.assertGreater;
 import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.ServiceList.YouTube;
+import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.comments.CommentsInfoItem.UNKNOWN_REPLY_COUNT;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -328,5 +331,17 @@ public class YoutubeCommentsExtractorTest {
             assertEquals("First", replies.getItems().get(0).getCommentText(),
                     "First reply comment did not match");
         }
+
+        @Test
+        public void testGetCommentsReplyCount() throws IOException, ExtractionException {
+            final InfoItemsPage<CommentsInfoItem> comments = extractor.getInitialPage();
+
+            DefaultTests.defaultTestListOfItems(YouTube, comments.getItems(), comments.getErrors());
+
+            final CommentsInfoItem firstComment = comments.getItems().get(0);
+
+            assertNotEquals(UNKNOWN_REPLY_COUNT, firstComment.getReplyCount(), "Could not get the reply count of the first comment");
+            assertGreater(300, firstComment.getReplyCount());
+        }
     }
 }