# Permanent Progress Bar for YouTube

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

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/progress-bar-for-youtube](https://chrome-stats.com/d/progress-bar-for-youtube)

## Overview

- **ID:** `progress-bar-for-youtube`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** James Fray
- **Category:** photos-music-videos,tabs
- **Daily users:** 514
- **Weekly downloads:** 8
- **Rating:** 4.29 / 5 (31 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.3.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-02-04
- **First published:** 2018-05-05
- **Size:** 40 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/progress-bar-for-youtube/)
- **Website:** [http://add0n.com/youtube-tools.html?from=progress](http://add0n.com/youtube-tools.html?from=progress)

## Description

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.

## Rankings

- #4,882 — Overall
- #8 — progress
- #23 — program
- #77 — process
- #124 — press
- #180 — term

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

### Host permissions

- `*://www.youtube.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `www.youtube.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

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

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## Review summary

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.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/progress-bar-for-youtube)