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Instant YouTube

by Xie Yuguo · Workflow & Planning
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 18 Oct 2026

Watch YouTube videos anywhere

Users
64
−12 in 30 days
Rating
5.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
3
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#100K
#83K among extensions
Version
1.1.1
updated 5 Jun 2022

Users

monthly, 3 years
24384Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 18 Oct 2026: 64 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
123Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 18 Oct 2026: 3 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 Instant YouTube

Instant YouTube allows you to see the view number of any youtube video and choose it to watch instantly on google.com, bing.com, duckduckgo.com, and other search engines without entering youtube.com. This extension will record the latest videos you have watched, you can find them and play them by clicking the corresponding history in the chrome context menus at any website. You can use all the youtube shortcuts to watch videos. This extension is open sourced: https://github.com/ExxEss/Instant-YouTube

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days−3−4.5%00.00
30 days−12−15.8%00.00
6 months+3+4.9%00.00
1 year−9−12.3%00.00

Version history

3 versions recorded
1.1.15 Jun 2022
1.131 May 2022
1.024 May 2022

Details

Category
Workflow & Planning
First seen
24 May 2022
Size
193 KB
Languages
en
Pricing
Free
Extension ID
hkadefhpcpppphgfhcncnnonfpmhkblj

Permissions and risk

Moderate riskimpact 3, likelihood 1
Permissions
contextMenusnativeMessagingstoragetabsactiveTab
Site access
<all_urls>
Can read and change data on every website you visit.

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