Search for YouTube Player

by jared.schwalbe · Tools

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View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 16 Oct 2026

Add search functionality to the YouTube video player for videos with closed captions

Users

381

+67 in 30 days

Rating

3.9 / 5

unchanged in 30 days

Ratings

0 in 30 days

Store rank

#49K

#41K among extensions

Version

2.0.0

updated 12 Apr 2022

Users

monthly, 3 years

Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 381 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years

Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 8 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

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About Search for YouTube Player

Ever wanted to ctrl-f (or cmd-f) a YouTube video? Looking for that one clip in a 2 hour podcast? Don't want to listen to that entire lecture your professor posted? Well you're in luck! If any YouTube video has closed captions enabled, this extension will add a search button to the video player so that you can search the transcript and navigate to each timestamp in the video where your query is spoken. This extension strives to feel as native as possible, as if it were a feature built right into YouTube. - It will not seek to the exact moment your query is spoken, but instead it seeks to the timestamp where the caption would appear on screen. - Use ENTER to seek to the next occurrence in the video and the LEFT/RIGHT arrow keys to cycle between previous and next. - Limited to videos where closed captions are available. - Limited to youtube.com (will not work on embedded videos). *** After installing, refresh any tabs that are running YouTube.