# YouTube Quick Search

> Search directly on YouTube by right-clicking on selected text/word

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtube-quick-search`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** afkdev8
- **Category:** search-tools
- **Daily users:** 7
- **Version:** 1.2
- **Last updated:** 2022-01-28
- **First published:** 2021-01-11
- **Size:** 16 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-quick-search/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/mrinfinidy](https://github.com/mrinfinidy)

## Description

YouTube Quick Search is a Firefox add-on that allows you to search directly on YouTube by right-clicking on selected text/word. With this add-on, you can easily explore YouTube without the need to tediously open a new tab or window to search for a highlighted word or text. Just mark any text in your browser, right-click on it, and select 'Search on YouTube.' It offers a convenient and efficient way to quickly find YouTube content related to the selected text.

## Rankings

- #40,262 — Overall
- #189 — quick

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `contextMenus`

## 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.

> Some risk analysis details are omitted from this free response. [Upgrade to view the full analysis](https://chrome-stats.com/pricing).

## Similar extensions and apps

- [quick-youtube-search](https://chrome-stats.com/d/quick-youtube-search) — 11 users
- [Search YouTube on Selection](https://chrome-stats.com/d/search-youtube-on-selection)
- [Search Youtube-Right Click Menu](https://chrome-stats.com/d/right-click-search-youtube) — 397 users, 4.54 / 5
- [Lazy Search on YouTube](https://chrome-stats.com/d/lsoy) — 22 users, 5.00 / 5
- [YouTube Search Context Menu](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube_search) — 9 users
- [Search text in YouTube](https://chrome-stats.com/d/search-text-in-youtube) — 7 users
- [Piped Quick Search](https://chrome-stats.com/d/piped-quick-search)
- [Search on YouTube](https://chrome-stats.com/d/search-on-youtube-context-menu) — 3,119 users, 4.22 / 5
- [YouTube Selection Search](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-selection-search) — 1 users
- [Right-click to search YouTube](https://chrome-stats.com/d/right-click-to-search-youtube) — 5 users, 5.00 / 5
- [Search with Youtube™](https://chrome-stats.com/d/search-with-youtube) — 9 users
- [Search selected text on Youtube](https://chrome-stats.com/d/search-selected-on-youtube) — 12 users, 5.00 / 5

---

Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-quick-search)