---
title: "YouTube Watch Thumbnails – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "9,000 users, rated 4.91 by 21 people. Version 4.1.1, updated 2026-11-08. Requests 1 permission."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/aobeafpjgdgakpagffmlkfeognaiigci"
---

# YouTube Watch Thumbnails

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 9,000
- Rating: 4.91 from 21 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-11-08 05:32 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: −1,000 (-10.0%)
- Rank by users: #7,707 of 292,131 live extensions
- Rank in Accessibility: #463 of 8,374

## The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check.

Summary from the listing:

> A browser extension to display and download thumbnail images of YouTube videos you're currently watching

- Extension ID: `aobeafpjgdgakpagffmlkfeognaiigci`
- Developer: [mosunset](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u8c3d0f8fa12a07704c709095517a57b6)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Make Chrome Yours › Accessibility](https://extensiontracker.com/category/make_chrome_yours/accessibility)
- First published: 2022-09-14
- Last updated: 2026-11-08
- Version: `4.1.1`
- Size: 177 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (3): English, 日本語, 한국어
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/youtube-watch-thumbnails/aobeafpjgdgakpagffmlkfeognaiigci>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/aobeafpjgdgakpagffmlkfeognaiigci>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22aobeafpjgdgakpagffmlkfeognaiigci%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

One row per check, newest first, as shown on the Chrome Web Store.

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-11-08 | 9,000 | 4.91 | 21 |
| 2026-10-31 | 9,000 | 4.91 | 21 |
| 2026-10-25 | 10,000 | 4.91 | 21 |
| 2026-10-17 | 10,000 | 4.91 | 21 |
| 2026-10-10 | 10,000 | 4.91 | 21 |
| 2026-10-03 | 10,000 | 4.91 | 21 |
| 2026-09-26 | 10,000 | 4.91 | 21 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

- 2026-11-08: New version `4.1.1`, replacing `3.3.1`.
- 2026-11-08: The summary on the listing changed.
- 2026-11-08: Removed the permission `storage`.
- 2026-11-08: Added the sites where it runs scripts `*://*.youtube.com/*`, `*://youtube.com/*`. Removed the site where it runs scripts `https://www.youtube.com/*`.
- 2026-11-08: Now listed in 3 languages, from 8.

## Developer history

Moves to another publisher account and new contact emails, newest first.

No move to another account and no new contact email since tracking began on 2026-09-26.

We know contact emails only by a keyed hash, so they're never shown. Recent changes: [Account and contact changes](https://extensiontracker.com/owners/).

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `*://*.youtube.com/*`: youtube.com and its subdomains
- `*://youtube.com/*`: youtube.com

### Browser features

- `tabs`: Read the addresses and titles of your tabs

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every week, because it has 1,000 or more users, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-11-08 05:32 UTC; next check around 2026-11-14.

How the data is collected: <https://extensiontracker.com/methodology>.

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “YouTube Watch Thumbnails” (aobeafpjgdgakpagffmlkfeognaiigci). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-08. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/aobeafpjgdgakpagffmlkfeognaiigci. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_aobeafpjgdgakpagffmlkfeognaiigci,
  title   = {YouTube Watch Thumbnails (aobeafpjgdgakpagffmlkfeognaiigci)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-08},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/aobeafpjgdgakpagffmlkfeognaiigci},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

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