Comments Sidebar for Youtube

Extension Delisted

This extension is no longer available in the official store. Delisted on 2025-09-16.

CRX ID
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Status
Unpublished Long Ago
Description from extension meta

Allows you to watch videos and read comments at the same time on Youtube.

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Comments Sidebar for Youtube
Description from store

Chrome Extension to watch and read comments at the same time on Youtube.

Features a draggable divider to resize the player and the sidebar.

The Playlist is shown in the sidebar by clicking the sidebar tab button 'playlist'.

Source code available: https://github.com/tberghuis/watch-and-read-comments-for-youtube

Latest reviews

Saka Guru 2025-08-16

doesnt work on Brave Browser

Oom Senang 2025-08-14

Hello, it seems like it stopped working properly 3 days ago. Thank you for the hard work.

정동근 2025-08-13

bro... plz update this plz....

Charles Mc Carthy 2025-08-13

It was generally a good extension and worked fine for years even with other extensions but over the last week on different version of the browsers it stopped working. First on chrome dev and then on chrome beta just now. Somehow the frame for holding the video is the size of theater mode without it being enabled ... This moves all the info sections below the video. It's like the divider bar is over the video window area and does not resize either. I hope somebody fixes it.

LaCarotte Severe 2025-08-12

The "Like" and "Subscribe" section could have remained under the video. And when we click on a timecode le coments move up. Not compatible with "SponsoBlock"

jussi 2025-08-12

This was great but it stopped working yesterday. Resizable divider does nothing and the video is in fixed size, and the comments or other stuff on the right doesn't load at all. I hope it gets fixed soon. Now it's unusable and have to be disabled.

Adi Setyadi Kurniawan (Adi) 2025-08-09

Please check and fix it

Han Brosithy 2025-08-08

seem to be broken now

Furquan 2025-08-08

Not working anymore(08-08-25) Hoping for the update ASAP or else my OCD will kill me lol🥲

Jack Lee 2025-08-07

good but would be better with a toggle, i have other extensions that i need to scroll down for

Victor Aaron Gallardo 2025-08-05

Not working for me as well, just noticed it today. Hopefully it gets updated and fixed.

Daniel Róg 2025-07-28

Stopped working, waiting for update

John 2025-07-02

it would be good if the comment section was moved to just a small sidebar without changing the layout now it's so annoying that it changes the layout completely, you can't see the video title, views, likes etc.

Mario Gomez 2025-05-28

Thank you for this extension! It would be great if we could set a custom default view—like "Comments"—so that every time a new video is opened, it defaults to that instead of "Description." Also, as @TheBlitz mentioned, it would be much better if the comments and other elements didn't get hidden behind the selection buttons. Instead, they could be displayed in a dedicated boxed area below the buttons.

Charles Stewart 2025-05-04

Thank you! I don't know why people prefer scrolling below the video to read comments and not watch the video at the same time.

Mohamed Magdy 2025-03-11

was working fine but stopped working

Mina Santos 2025-01-02

this is the best extension ever made just needs a few more things and everyone should have it it should be mandatory thanks if you need feed back let me know you are the best

Pedro Góes 2024-12-08

Works well. The layout of the buttons is horrible. Make them Google like please. Update your design.

The Blitz 2024-12-05

This is exactly what i am looking for! It would be nicer if comments didnt go behind the selection buttons though. (comments, description etc.)

Gavin Jackson 2024-10-19

Amazing! Keep up the good work :)

M S M 2024-09-21

Just. Does. Not. Work.............................. At. All. Finally got this working and loved it, then........ On 20th Sept. I got the dreaded spinning circle whilst waiting for a video to load (which it never did). The problem? This extension and when disabled all was back to normal. So, despite my burst of enthusiasm, it's back to my original score and comment. See above.

Tanzim mahtab 2024-08-18

perfect !

Kim Deuckjoo 2024-08-14

Love the adjustability and simplicity of the extension. You get to make the maximum use of screen space and can adjust how wide the comment section is going to be. Very nice.

Kourosh Ghasemi 2024-06-14

Simple and reliable

Grzegorz Jeszka 2024-05-08

Perfect! Best of the best.

Corey Vallejo 2024-04-25

One of my most treasured Chrome extensions. Makes YouTube so much more usable. I have no idea why Google didn't make it this way to begin with. Oh well. Thanks for the recent update which fixed the alignment.

Sogir Mahmud 2024-04-15

Best ever plugin. Works like charm. Must have for every YouTube addict. I added the following css to match the YT appearance with "user css" plugin. someone can do much better if they need. #warc-tab-headings > button { background-color: #272727; color: #e8e8e8; border-radius: 50px; padding: 5px 16px; font-size: 1.5em; border: none; text-transform: capitalize; } #warc-tab-headings > button:hover { background-color: #3f3f3f; } #warc-tab-headings > button.active { color: #3ea6ff; } #warc-tab-headings > button.active:hover{ background-color: #263850; }

GRAN EME 2024-04-14

perfect for bypassing the comment section ban

Jaroslaw Istok 2024-04-10

better than Super Youtube because you can change width. But please make ratings and mot important info like by superyozube visible under video directly. P.S. The title of video will be since few days completely covered :-(

Jaroslaw Istok 2024-04-10

better than Super Youtube because you can change width. But please make ratings and mot important info like by superyozube visible under video directly. P.S. The title of video will be since few days completely covered :-(

NoName Noob 2024-03-09

THANK YOU. YOU ARE SUCH A SAVER!!!

Garry Christian 2024-02-28

It's the best extensions for this function. It get the job done, simple and quick. But I think it would be better if those button can get customized, or at least styled to be in sync with the rest of the page, like, dark background with white border, and not just using the default button styling.

Quiet Person 2024-01-14

works amazingly!! I love it so much <3333

Jan Thoresen 2023-12-15

Thank you. Allowed me to enjoy YouTube without having to view the comment section at all.

Tligy 2023-10-02

Have been using this for a few weeks and I have to say this has become one of my favourite extensions. I originally was just looking for something to put the comments to the side of the video rather than making you scroll down and while this probably isn't the best extension for doing only that, I've found it improved my Youtube watching experience a lot more than I expected. It puts the focus back on the video itself without throwing out other parts of Youtube like some extensions on here that aim to remove distractions. So if you want to casually watch Youtube for entertainment you can still fall down the related videos rabbit hole but now to do that you need to actually click onto the related tab which sounds like a small action but is perfect for stopping the mindless scrolling. I have ADHD and I usually don't like huge changes to layouts in sites I use a lot (even if the layout improves) but this was surprisingly easy to get used to and I much prefer the vibe when watching videos now. There are still some issues I get though like sometimes when I click on videos I get an offline error until I reload or it not being compatible with other Youtube extensions (like comment search) but it's not the end of the world. Oh, I also wish that the sidebar would default back to the title whenever you click onto a new video, so that you don't immediately see the new related videos. Don't write reviews for extensions a lot but wanted to here. Anyway, great extension and highly recommend.

Pablo 2023-09-23

not working anymore. always says im offline

Pablo 2023-09-23

not working anymore. always says im offline

Zen 2023-09-12

Used to be working flawlessly but im getting the same error "You're offline. Check your connection. Retry" as user Ries below. Hope it can be fixed

Zen 2023-09-12

Used to be working flawlessly but im getting the same error "You're offline. Check your connection. Retry" as user Ries below. Hope it can be fixed

ries万 2023-09-01

Starting yesterday Youtube shown error: "You're offline. Check your connection. Retry" Only able to play Youtube video again after disabling this extension.

ries万 2023-09-01

Starting yesterday Youtube shown error: "You're offline. Check your connection. Retry" Only able to play Youtube video again after disabling this extension.

Maria Lea Hagiwara 2023-07-23

Useful

Maria Lea Hagiwara 2023-07-23

Useful

Soumili Mondal 2023-07-16

Very good extension!! Very helpful for studying from YouTube.

Soumili Mondal 2023-07-16

Very good extension!! Very helpful for studying from YouTube.

nacho vidal 2023-03-27

just what i've wanted for long! any chance for a firefox version?

nacho vidal 2023-03-27

just what i've wanted for long! any chance for a firefox version?

Saurahh Singh 2023-03-04

Make one for firefox

Saurahh Singh 2023-03-04

Make one for firefox

William Phan 2023-02-19

This is actually insanely good. I installed it thinking it would replace the busy sidebar with the description of the video and the extension actually allows you to change the tab between related videos, playlist, comments, and descriptions. The only downside is that the tab interface is not customizable.? But I really like the extension and it has completely redesigned my viewing experience. Thank you for making this.

Statistics

Installs
8,000
Market
Chrome Web Store
Category
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Rating
4.23 (102 votes)
Last update
2024-05-11
Version 0.7.0
Languages
en