Permanent Progress Bar for YouTube

Name: Permanent Progress Bar for YouTube
Rating: 4.2903 (31 reviews)
Author: James Fray

By: James Fray

Display tiny progress bar on YouTbue player even in the fullscreen mode

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Features & Capabilities

The Permanent Progress Bar for YouTube Chrome extension offers a simple yet powerful enhancement to your YouTube video viewing experience. By adding a tiny, always-visible progress bar to the player, it allows you to track the current playback position effortlessly—even when watching videos in fullscreen mode. This permanent progress bar shows both the video progress and the loaded (buffered) portions, keeping you informed at a glance.

Users can customize the height of the progress bar through the options page, making it as subtle or noticeable as desired. When the default YouTube progress bar is visible, this extension automatically hides the permanent bar to avoid redundancy. With this lightweight and configurable tool, you can enjoy seamless video tracking without interrupting your viewing experience.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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Version:

0.3.2 Last updated: 2026-02-04

Version code:

6139913

Creation date:

2018-05-05

Risk:

Permissions:

storage

Host permissions:

*://www.youtube.com/*

Content scripts matches:

www.youtube.com

Size:

39.55KB

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-05

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 4,760 ▼ 12

Other rankings

#7 in progress keyword 24 #22 in program keyword 26 #122 in press keyword 5 ▼ 1#190 in display keyword 16 ▼ 2#193 in configure keyword 12

Other platforms

Permanent Progress Bar for YouTube (v0.3.2)

10,000 4.16

(81)

Permanent Progress Bar for YouTube (v0.3.1)

1,826 4.00

(5)

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Developed by:

James Fray

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/progress-bar-for-youtube/

Website:

http://add0n.com/youtube-tools.html?from=progress

Permission Change History

2025-02-22: Version 0.2.2 → 0.3.1

Add Host permissions: *://www.youtube.com/*

Remove Permissions: *://www.youtube.com/*

User Reviews

Summary: Users praise the add-on as a very useful, must-have feature that often works well. However, reliability is a major issue: it fails after YouTube redesigns/chapters or stops working entirely on some versions. There are also intermittent display problems. Common requests include showing duration/current position as text on the seek bar and maintaining compatibility with YouTube updates. Overall, it’s valued when functional, but needs ongoing updates to keep pace with YouTube changes.

Pros

Very useful feature for YouTube progress; widely appreciated.
Works well when it functions and generally improves the viewing experience.
Considered a must-have / essential feature by many users.

Cons

Incompatible with YouTube redesign and new features (e.g., chapters); requires updates to restore functionality.
Not working at all or stops working on certain versions or after updates.
Occasional display failures and inconsistent visibility of the progress bar.

Recent reviews

good but the down point is when mouse moves or when you press arrow button to seek time the progress bar is shown again. both of these things are so common while watching youtube

by S.*****, 2026-03-15

I'm finding this really useful. If I could make one small request, it would be great if the video duration and progress were displayed on the right side of the seek bar, just like on YouTube. For example, for a video that is 1 hour, 3 minutes, and 35 seconds long and currently at 41 minutes and 41 seconds: 41:41 / 1:03:35

by Fi*****, 2026-02-25

Works for me

by *****, 2026-01-18

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Is Permanent Progress Bar for YouTube Safe?

Risk impact

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Permanent Progress Bar for YouTube requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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Risk likelihood

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Permanent Progress Bar for YouTube is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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