Annotations Restored for YouTube™

Name: Annotations Restored for YouTube™
Rating: 4.6977 (43 reviews)
Author: afrmtbl

By: afrmtbl

Brings annotation support back to YouTube™!

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Features & Capabilities

Annotations Restored for YouTube™ is a Chrome extension that revives the legacy YouTube annotations feature removed in 2019. Despite their occasional misuse, annotations provided valuable interactivity for games, corrections, and commentary. This extension automatically retrieves archived annotation files and re-displays them on videos, preserving the original viewing experience. Users can also manually load saved annotation files to enhance specific videos. The latest version supports interactive speech bubbles, includes a functional close button, and offers localization for 10 languages including German, Spanish, French, and Japanese. Enhance your YouTube experience by bringing back insightful commentary and interactive elements with Annotations Restored!

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on

By:

afrmtbl

Daily users:

8,655 -49

Rating:

4.70

(43)

Version:

1.2 Last updated: 2022-09-14

Version code:

5457906

Creation date:

2019-10-21

Risk:

Permissions:

https://storage.googleapis.com/biggest_bucket/annotations/*
storage

Content scripts matches:

www.youtube.com

Size:

362.54KB

Email:

af*****@gmail.com

URLs:

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Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-20

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# 845 ▼ 1

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Annotations Restored for YouTube™ (v1.2.1)

30,000 4.18

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Developed by:

afrmtbl

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/annotations-restored/

Email:

af*****@gmail.com

Website:

https://github.com/isaackd/AnnotationsRestored

User Reviews

Reviews are broadly positive, highlighting nostalgia and reliable performance in restoring YouTube annotations. Users appreciate easy access to older annotations and the overall usefulness. The main recurring drawback is an intermittent glitch where annotations don’t show unless the viewer navigates away and returns. A few notes about layout changes affecting click targets exist, but overall satisfaction remains high.

Pros

Restores old YouTube annotations/history, delivering nostalgia for many users.
Generally reliable and works well with most videos.
Easy and convenient to view and access older annotations.
Positive sentiment about the add-on’s usefulness and value.

Cons

Annotations sometimes don’t appear unless you switch to another video and go back (intermittent display issue).

Recent reviews

by Sm*****, 2026-06-08

by ra*****, 2026-02-19

Great add

by oh*****, 2025-12-25

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Is Annotations Restored for YouTube™ Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Annotations Restored for YouTube™ requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Request access to the following domains: googleapis.com, youtube.com
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Risk likelihood

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Annotations Restored for YouTube™ has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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