Annotations Restored for YouTube™ icon

Annotations Restored for YouTube™

by isaackd · isaackei.com · Just for Fun
FeaturedEstablished publisherManifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

Bring annotation support back to YouTube™!

Users
30K
0 in 30 days
Rating
4.3 / 5
+0.08 in 30 days
Ratings
136
+1 in 30 days
Store rank
#4,575
#3,950 among extensions
Version
1.2.1
updated 26 Jun 2023

Users

monthly, 3 years
6,00023K40KAug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 30,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
2078136Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 136 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About Annotations Restored for YouTube™

On January 15 2019, YouTube decided to discontinue annotations. While the feature was frequently abused, it did have many legitimate use cases, such as games, corrections, and a form of commentary that could be toggled on and off. The removal left many older videos obsolete. Annotations Restored fixes this by searching for any archived annotation files and displaying them if found. Join the Discord!: https://discord.gg/v7xMm2r8wH LATEST CHANGES (1.2.1) - Added Discord link to popup - Support for Portuguese by Gersonzao - Support for Polish by Kamil K USAGE The extension will automatically look for a copy of a video's annotations online and display them if found. Annotation files (.xml) that you have saved locally can also be loaded into the current video using the popup. PERMISSIONS Access your data for www.youtube.com - Required to load the annotations into the video player Screenshot video sources: chuggaaconroy - Mario Menu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Uwd5w1AwYU DaeOh - Annotation Tetris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIIV6a2Pdh4 Feel free to email me with any translation fixes or create a pull request on GitHub :)

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days0+0.0%0+0.07
30 days0+0.0%+1+0.08
6 months−10K−25.0%+4+0.07
1 year0+0.0%+10−0.05

Version history

6 versions recorded
1.2.126 Jun 2023
1.215 Sep 2022
1.17 May 2022
0.0.1126 Oct 2021
0.0.102 Oct 2020
0.0.921 Jan 2020

Details

Category
Just for Fun
First seen
21 Jan 2020
Size
352 KB
Languages
de, en, vi, es, fr, it, pl, pt-BR
Pricing
Free
Support
github.com
Extension ID
daabpdmgkghdbfljmeahnplkcldbeefg

Permissions and risk

Minimal riskimpact 1, likelihood 0
Permissions
storage

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