# YouTube side comments

> Show YouTube comments on the right of the video. Read comments while you watch!

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtube-side-comments`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Tanguy Kurylo
- **Category:** photos-music-videos,social-communication,games-entertainment
- **Daily users:** 5
- **Weekly downloads:** 4
- **Version:** 1.0.6
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-24
- **First published:** 2026-06-21
- **Size:** 13 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-side-comments/)

## Description

Want to read comments while you watch a YouTube video? Tired of scrolling or pausing just to read comments? We got you.

Comments now appear to the right of the video player, and suggested videos are moved underneath the video player.

[Updates]

Thank you so much for your comments! I do read all of them and appreciate your feedback.

1.0.6 - 2026-06-21
* Now available for Firefox.

1.0.5 - 2026-05-13
* Fixed the extension breaking due to YouTube layout changes. Thank you all for your quick bug reports.

1.0.4
* Fixed the extension breaking due to YouTube layout changes. Thank you all for your quick bug reports.

1.0.3
* Fixed a bug where comments would only swap after refreshing the page.
* Migrated to Manifest V3 (new thingies from Google) before it becomes mandatory. Will be monitoring closely for bugs.

## Rankings

- #45,930 — Overall
- #107 — comment
- #205 — appreciate

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `scripting`
- `webNavigation`
- `storage`

### Host permissions

- `https://www.youtube.com/watch*`

### Content script matches

- `www.youtube.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High 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-side-comments)