# YouTube Selection Search

> Search for your selected text on YouTube from the context menu. Right click on some selected text and choose "Search YouTube for \[...\]".

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtube-selection-search`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Kenny Coons
- **Category:** search-tools
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-12
- **First published:** 2026-05-09
- **Size:** 7.99 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-selection-search/)

## Description

I wanted to be able to Right click text and search for it on YouTube. Just YouTube. It works great for me. Other Add-ons required more permissions than are actually needed. I didn't want to share all the extra data, so I made this one.

## Rankings

- #103,534 — Overall
- #152 — selection

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `contextMenus`
- `tabs`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High 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/youtube-selection-search)