# YouTube Floating Player

> Play YouTube videos in floating Picture-in-Picture mode with resize and drag support.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtube-floating-player`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** smgr
- **Category:** appearance,photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 84
- **Weekly downloads:** 10
- **Rating:** 3.00 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-09-22
- **First published:** 2025-09-19
- **Size:** 33 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-floating-player/)

## Description

This extension allows users to pop out any YouTube video into a floating window that stays on top of other windows. 
You can resize, drag, and freely control the position, making multitasking easier while watching videos. Supports floating over multiple tabs and windows.

## Rankings

- #12,513 — Overall
- #76 — resize
- #84 — player
- #97 — rating
- #110 — layout
- #126 — drag

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `*://*.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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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-floating-player)