# Show YouTube Thumbnails

> Show thumbnails of the current YouTube video

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `show-youtube-thumbnails`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** tastenbier
- **Category:** games-entertainment
- **Daily users:** 20
- **Version:** 2.0.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-23
- **First published:** 2024-03-14
- **Size:** 11 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-11
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/show-youtube-thumbnails/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/tastenbier/show-yt-thumb-webextension](https://github.com/tastenbier/show-yt-thumb-webextension)

## Description

When on a YouTube video page, a button will be shown in the browsers address bar. You can view the video's thumbnails by clicking the button.

## Rankings

- #24,684 — Overall
- #51 — show
- #134 — youtube shorts

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- 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/show-youtube-thumbnails)