# YouTube Search Context Menu

> Quickly search any selected text on YouTube with one right-click.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube\_search](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube_search)

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtube_search`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Jelly
- **Category:** search-tools
- **Daily users:** 9
- **Version:** 2.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-08-11
- **First published:** 2025-05-27
- **Size:** 62 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube_search/)

## Description

This extension adds a context menu item so you can:

<code>-Select text on any page

-Right-click and choose "Search on YouTube"

-Instantly open YouTube search results in a tab
</code>

Saves time. No need to copy, switch tabs, or type.

Free 5NANa and  Za3bouk

## Rankings

- #35,937 — Overall
- #60 — context menu
- #92 — menu

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `contextMenus`
- `tabs`
- `storage`
- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

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