Video Search for YouTube

Search the textual content of any YouTube video.

What is Video Search for YouTube?

"Video Search for YouTube" is a Chrome extension that offers seamless YouTube content search. This extension allows you to search the textual content of any YouTube video, providing autocomplete suggestions for faster content location. With no configuration needed, its free, open-source design makes it the perfect tool for enhancing your YouTube browsing and viewing experience. It operates fully on your computer and only requires access to youtube.com. No extra communications with any other servers for ultimate privacy.

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By: Ron

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Users: 3,000+

Rating: 3.88 (24)

Version: 1.0.1 (Last updated: 2020-03-05)

Creation date: 2020-03-04

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

*://*.youtube.com/*

Size: 21.15K

URLs: Website

Stats date:

Chrome-Stats Rank

# 17123 ▼ 217

Other rankings

#23902 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 5

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Summary

Analyze keywords

This extension gives you the ability to search textual content of any YouTube video. Save time by skipping to the content you're looking for.

★ Features

Search any YouTube video
100% Free & open source
No configuration, one-click install and you're done.
Autocomplete suggestions that help you locate content faster
Ultra-fast and very lightweight

After installing, please reload all YouTube tabs for the extension to take effect.

✓ Permissions & Privacy All search activity takes place on your computer, the extension only requires access to youtube.com in order to access YouTube videos transcripts and add the search capability to the YouTube player. The extension does not communicate with any other server.

✓ Terms of Use

User reviews

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Simple interface
Allows to search text inside the video
Helpful for searching specific speech or information in long videos

Cons

The search icon does not always appear
Fails to show search icon on video player
Only searches for words that appear first in the fragmented transcription pieces
Does not work with languages other than English
Limited search results

Most mentioned

English only search
Invisible search icon
Good for long videos
Problems with position of search textbox
Issues with functionality

Recent reviews

The search icon does not show up, even after clean restart.

Ilya B, 2023-04-28

No me aparece la lupa :)

Helios Prieto, 2022-12-10

Works well, but how about a keyboard shortcut to activate the extension?

ekarron, 2022-08-03

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Safety

Risk impact

Video Search for YouTube may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.