---
title: "Live Chat Overlay – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "30,000 users, rated 4.54 by 41 people. Version 0.3.9, updated 2024-06-11. Requests 4 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/aplaefbnohemkmngdogmbkpompjlijia"
---

# Live Chat Overlay

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 30,000
- Rating: 4.54 from 41 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-11-09 04:02 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: No change (+0.0%)
- Rank by users: #3,205 of 292,125 live extensions
- Rank in Tools: #691 of 115,633

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Restyle the YouTube popout chat so you can overlay it for livestreams

- Extension ID: `aplaefbnohemkmngdogmbkpompjlijia`
- Developer: [Aaron Parecki](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u4139fc91f509aa42aad3bcf490cca52f)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Productivity › Tools](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/tools)
- First published: 2020-10-06
- Last updated: 2024-06-11
- Version: `0.3.9`
- Size: 821 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English (United States)
- Support page: `https://github.com/aaronpk/live-chat-overlay/issues`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/live-chat-overlay/aplaefbnohemkmngdogmbkpompjlijia>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/aplaefbnohemkmngdogmbkpompjlijia>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22aplaefbnohemkmngdogmbkpompjlijia%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-11-09 | 30,000 | 4.54 | 41 |
| 2026-11-01 | 30,000 | 4.54 | 41 |
| 2026-10-25 | 30,000 | 4.54 | 41 |
| 2026-10-19 | 30,000 | 4.54 | 41 |
| 2026-10-12 | 30,000 | 4.54 | 41 |
| 2026-10-06 | 30,000 | 4.54 | 41 |
| 2026-09-29 | 30,000 | 4.54 | 41 |
| 2026-09-26 | 30,000 | 4.54 | 41 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

No changes found since tracking began on 2026-09-26.

## 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

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

### Sites where it runs scripts

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

### Browser features

- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser

## 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 2026-11-09 04:02 UTC; next check around 2026-11-16.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Live Chat Overlay” (aplaefbnohemkmngdogmbkpompjlijia). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-09. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/aplaefbnohemkmngdogmbkpompjlijia. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_aplaefbnohemkmngdogmbkpompjlijia,
  title   = {Live Chat Overlay (aplaefbnohemkmngdogmbkpompjlijia)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-09},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/aplaefbnohemkmngdogmbkpompjlijia},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

---

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