---
title: "InstantView for YouTube™ – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "3,000 users, rated 4.04 by 72 people. Version 4.7.0, updated 2022-02-10. Requests 2 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/pababfeapfpjaghmlfipkcoioeflpbio"
---

# InstantView for YouTube™

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 3,000
- Rating: 4.04 from 72 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-11-12 22:03 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: No change (+0.0%)
- Rank by users: #12,533 of 292,131 live extensions
- Rank in Just for Fun: #612 of 8,577

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Allows youtube videos to be opened in a popup (without changing pages)

- Extension ID: `pababfeapfpjaghmlfipkcoioeflpbio`
- Developer: [isaackd](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u8d30a26c5d301d1964938d0d6680c4cc)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Lifestyle › Just for Fun](https://extensiontracker.com/category/lifestyle/fun)
- First published: 2017-08-21
- Last updated: 2022-02-10
- Version: `4.7.0`
- Size: 99.08 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (10): Deutsch, English, Tiếng Việt, español, français, italiano, русский, 中文（中国）, 中文（台灣）, 한국어
- Support page: `https://github.com/afrmtbl/InstantView/issues`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/instantview-for-youtube/pababfeapfpjaghmlfipkcoioeflpbio>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/pababfeapfpjaghmlfipkcoioeflpbio>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22pababfeapfpjaghmlfipkcoioeflpbio%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-11-12 | 3,000 | 4.04 | 72 |
| 2026-11-05 | 3,000 | 4.04 | 72 |
| 2026-10-29 | 3,000 | 4.04 | 72 |
| 2026-10-23 | 3,000 | 4.04 | 72 |
| 2026-10-16 | 3,000 | 4.04 | 72 |
| 2026-10-10 | 3,000 | 4.04 | 72 |
| 2026-10-03 | 3,000 | 4.04 | 72 |
| 2026-09-27 | 3,000 | 4.04 | 72 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

No changes found since tracking began on 2026-09-27.

## 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 2026-09-27.

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://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/videos`: www.googleapis.com

### Sites where it runs scripts

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

### Browser features

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

### Asked for later, if you agree

- `identity`: Sign you in with your Google account

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [Annotations Restored for YouTube™](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/daabpdmgkghdbfljmeahnplkcldbeefg) | 30,000 | 4.27 | 137 | Just for Fun |

All 2 extensions by [isaackd](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u8d30a26c5d301d1964938d0d6680c4cc).

## 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 2026-11-12 22:03 UTC; next check around 2026-11-19.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “InstantView for YouTube™” (pababfeapfpjaghmlfipkcoioeflpbio). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-12. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/pababfeapfpjaghmlfipkcoioeflpbio. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_pababfeapfpjaghmlfipkcoioeflpbio,
  title   = {InstantView for YouTube™ (pababfeapfpjaghmlfipkcoioeflpbio)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-12},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/pababfeapfpjaghmlfipkcoioeflpbio},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

---

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