YouTube Popup Player

Watch YouTube videos in a floating popup player. Block Shorts, filter content, keep recommendations.

YouTube Popup Player — Watch Videos While You Browse Watch any YouTube video (Shorts and standard) in a floating popup window while you continue browsing. Drag it anywhere, resize it, adjust transparency, and keep watching while you work. --- FREE FEATURES: - Popup Player for Shorts AND Standard Videos — 50 popup sessions per month - Drag, Resize & Reposition — move the popup anywhere on screen - Minimize to Mini-Bar — collapse the popup to a slim, draggable bar - Transparency Control — adjust popup opacity from 10% to 100% - Theater Mode — dims the page background for focused viewing - Video Queue — build a playlist of videos to watch back-to-back - Autoplay Queue — plays the next queued video automatically - Block Mode — hide Shorts from your YouTube home feed, subscriptions, search, and sidebar - Keyboard Shortcuts — play/pause (Space/K), seek (J/U), volume (arrows), fullscreen (F), loop (L), and more - Themes — Auto (system), Light, Dark, and YouTube Native - *Statistics — track daily and total popup usage and watch time (still testing - might not work reliably) - Import/Export Settings — back up your full configuration as JSON - WCAG 2.1 AA Accessibility — skip links, ARIA labels, high contrast mode, screen reader support - Onboarding Wizard — choose your preferred mode on first install - SPONSORBLOCK INTEGRATION: Skip sponsors, intros, outros, self-promotions, and more — automatically. Crowdsourced from the SponsorBlock community. Track time saved with built-in statistics. Configure which categories to skip. PREMIUM FEATURES (Monthly $4.99 | Annual $29.99 | Lifetime $49.99): - Unlimited Popup Sessions — no monthly cap - Multiple Popup Players — up to 7 concurrent popups per tab - Ad-Free Experience — removes the banner ad from the extension popup - *Content Filtering — filter videos by keyword, channel name, or video duration with built-in presets (Hide Clickbait, Family Mode, etc.) (beta—still testing) - Advanced Filters — sentiment analysis, engagement scoring, duplicate detection, language detection, regex patterns, and community filter lists - Channel Manager — block, allow, favorite, monitor, or rate-limit channels with bulk operations - Detailed Statistics Dashboard — filter effectiveness, performance metrics, filtering timeline, and history export - Time Limits — set daily watch time limits for Shorts (5–120 min presets) - Focus Mode — block YouTube entirely during productivity sessions (15/30/60 min) - Background Navigation — interact with the page behind the popup without closing it - Premium Themes — High Contrast, Blue Light Filter, Gaming, and custom theme creation /// * - Statistics and Content Filtering are still being tested, and likely won't work reliably. If you would like to help with testing, contact me at justin@ytpopupplayer.app and I can send you a tester code to unlock Premium for your account. Thanks! /// --- HOW TO USE: 1. Browse YouTube normally (home page, search, subscriptions) 2. Click a Short or video — it opens in a floating popup 3. Drag to reposition, resize with corner handles, adjust transparency 4. Continue browsing while the popup plays 5. Use Alt/Option+Click for Quick Popup Mode --- PRIVACY FOCUSED: - Settings stored locally in your browser (chrome.storage) - No tracking of your browsing history beyond YouTube - Secure payment processing via Stripe (we never see your card details) - Optional Google sign-in for premium account sync only - Privacy policy: https://ytpopupplayer.app/privacy Support: support@ytpopupplayer.app Website: https://ytpopupplayer.app --- Changelog (starting from v0.3.8): - v0.3.8: - Fixed premium license detection — multi-popup now works reliably for premium users -- Sign-out now properly clears account data - Fixed video popup player not opening on first click after install (default now enabled) -- Improved click reliability on video thumbnails - Fixed queue duration showing incorrect values — now extracts real duration -- Added duration fetching for Shorts via YouTube's internal API (no API key needed) - Fixed hover preview playback on YouTube home page — queue buttons moved to metadata area to avoid conflicts - Fixed orphaned popup registry entries blocking new popups after page reload - Fixed drag-and-drop to queue not adding items when dropping onto existing queue entries - Fixed 3-dot menu clicks being intercepted by the extension - Fixed stale subscription tier in storage causing premium features to appear disabled