# Annotations Restored for YouTube™

> Brings annotation support back to YouTube™!

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/annotations-restored](https://chrome-stats.com/d/annotations-restored)

## Overview

- **ID:** `annotations-restored`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** afrmtbl
- **Category:** social-communication,games-entertainment
- **Daily users:** 8,793
- **Weekly downloads:** 64
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (44 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.2
- **Last updated:** 2022-09-14
- **First published:** 2019-10-21
- **Size:** 363 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/annotations-restored/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/isaackd/AnnotationsRestored](https://github.com/isaackd/AnnotationsRestored)

## Description

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!

## Rankings

- #837 — Overall
- #64 — Games & Entertainment
- #83 — Social & Communication
- #6 — gpt store
- #7 — web store
- #18 — restore tabs

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

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

### Content script matches

- `www.youtube.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: googleapis.com, youtube.com
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

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).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/annotations-restored)