# YT Comments Popup

> Preview YT comments by hovering over links unless Ctrl is pressed

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `yt-comments-popup`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** tamo
- **Category:** photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 1.3.5
- **Last updated:** 2026-01-27
- **First published:** 2022-12-20
- **Size:** 15 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/yt-comments-popup/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/tamo/yt-comments-popup](https://github.com/tamo/yt-comments-popup)

## Description

YT Comments Popup is a Firefox add-on that allows you to preview YouTube video comments by simply hovering over the links. Get a clue about a video by reading reviews without actually playing it!

## Rankings

- #95,951 — Overall
- #183 — popup
- #187 — comment

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `www.youtube.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate 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/yt-comments-popup)