# YouTube Link Viewer

> Shows video and playlist information when hovering over YouTube hyperlinks on any web page. No more Rick Rolls!

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtube-url-visualizer`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** MJ
- **Category:** appearance,photos-music-videos,games-entertainment
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 1.2
- **Last updated:** 2025-02-17
- **First published:** 2025-02-17
- **Size:** 37 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-url-visualizer/)

## Description

Shows Thumbnails, Video title and Channel name when hovering over YouTube links to provide more info before clicking them.

## Rankings

- #95,599 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `https://i.ytimg.com/*`
- `https://www.youtube.com/oembed*`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- 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-url-visualizer)