# Soba - YouTube Comments as a Sidebar

> Watch YouTube Videos with your Comment Section as a Sidebar

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/soba-sidebar](https://chrome-stats.com/d/soba-sidebar)

## Overview

- **ID:** `soba-sidebar`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** renaro076
- **Category:** web-development
- **Daily users:** 4
- **Rating:** 3.00 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.7
- **Last updated:** 2025-10-02
- **First published:** 2025-06-01
- **Size:** 19 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/soba-sidebar/)

## Rankings

- #47,092 — Overall
- #147 — comment
- #216 — deepseek sidebar
- #218 — sidebar

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `www.youtube.com`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- 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/soba-sidebar)