# Return YouTube Summary

> One click summaries for any video on youtube, using your own LLM API. No backend, no tracking; your data goes only to the provider you choose.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/return-youtube-summary](https://chrome-stats.com/d/return-youtube-summary)

## Overview

- **ID:** `return-youtube-summary`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** nalg
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,photos-music-videos,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 0.5.6
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-30
- **First published:** 2026-07-11
- **Size:** 89 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/return-youtube-summary/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/return-youtube-summary/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/return-youtube-summary/privacy/)

## Description

LLM Summary + Q&A interface popup on youtube.

Why? Youtube sometimes provides an "Ask AI" button for summaries, but just as often (A/B test or regionally) doesn't provide it. with this plugin you can have consistent access to a text summary, as well as more control over which LLM to use, and what system prompt to shape it with.

## Rankings

- #106,659 — Overall
- #43 — youtube summary
- #48 — ai youtube summary
- #49 — summarize youtube
- #49 — youtube summarizer
- #59 — return

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `https://www.youtube.com/*`
- `https://m.youtube.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `www.youtube.com`
- `m.youtube.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High 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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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/return-youtube-summary)