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YouTube Research Assistant

by Nobleson · Education
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 16 Oct 2026

Take timestamped notes and study YouTube videos effectively.

Users
9
0 in 30 days
Rating
5.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
4
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#199K
#166K among extensions
Version
0.1.0
updated 21 Jan 2026

Users

monthly, 9 months
0510Jan 2026Jun 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 9 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 9 months
024Jan 2026Jun 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 4 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

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About YouTube Research Assistant

YouTube Research Assistant adds a simple side panel to YouTube video pages for taking notes. Users can: • Write manual notes while watching videos • Insert the current video timestamp into notes • View notes alongside the video in a resizable panel • Optionally read available YouTube captions into the notes area Caption text is only captured when captions are provided by YouTube. Notes are stored locally in the browser using Chrome storage.

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days−1−10.0%00.00
30 days0+0.0%00.00
6 months+3+50.0%00.00

Version history

1 versions recorded
0.1.021 Jan 2026

Details

Category
Education
First seen
21 Jan 2026
Size
9 KB
Languages
en-US
Pricing
Free
Extension ID
aokbenopbkncgcehmdbcjppajepcoipa

Permissions and risk

Moderate riskimpact 2, likelihood 2
Permissions
storage
Site access
https://www.youtube.com/*

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