# YouTube Thumbnail Viewer

> Right click a YouTube Thumbnail to view a full-size version.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `yt-thumbnail-viewer`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** PluginWorks
- **Category:** photos-music-videos,tabs
- **Daily users:** 89
- **Weekly downloads:** 9
- **Rating:** 4.83 / 5 (6 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.1
- **Last updated:** 2023-11-02
- **First published:** 2023-11-01
- **Size:** 18 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/yt-thumbnail-viewer/)

## Description

Right click a YouTube thumbnail and select "View Thumbnail" to open the full-size image. It's a quick way to download thumbnails without a third party website.

## Rankings

- #12,381 — Overall
- #101 — viewer
- #161 — size

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `menus`

### Host permissions

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

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low 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/yt-thumbnail-viewer)