Best alternatives to FloatTube — A Floating Mini Player for YouTube (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to FloatTube, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
FloatTube — A Floating Mini Player for YouTube today
FloatTube alternatives, compared
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YouTube Floating Player
Watch YouTube in a floating window while browsing other sites.
550 users5.0★ from 3 ratingsUpdated 10 months agoNo special permissions- About 1.8× fewer users than FloatTube
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 5)
- Listed under Tools
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Floatify: Floating Player for YouTube™
Always-on-top floating YouTube player with feed browsing, search, privacy mode, playback controls, and arrow key seek.
130 users5.0★ from 4 ratingsUpdated 9 months ago7 permissions- About 7.7× fewer users than FloatTube
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (7 vs 5)
- Listed under Tools
- 3
Floating Player for Youtube™ Videos
Floating youtube always on top
≈60K users3.8★ from 944 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago3 permissions- About 60× more users than FloatTube
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 5)
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Picture in Picture | PiP | Floating Player for Youtube
Watch video in a floating PiP window. Picture in Picture for YouTube, Netflix & all sites. Always on top.
≈100K users4.6★ from 1.3K ratingsUpdated 5 days ago2 permissions- About 100× more users than FloatTube
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 5)
- Listed under Tools
- 5
Music Mini Player for YouTube Music
Always-on-top PiP player for YouTube Music with synced lyrics for supported tracks, lyric seeking, queue and search.
227 users4.6★ from 5 ratingsUpdated 2 days ago3 permissions- About 4.4× fewer users than FloatTube
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 5)
- Listed under Tools
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YouTube MiniPlayer Hider
A browser extension that permanently hides the mini-player that appears in the bottom right when browsing YouTube
≈4K users2.6★ from 25 ratingsUpdated 13 months agoNo special permissions- About 4.0× more users than FloatTube
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 5)
- Listed under Tools
- 7
Pink Player — Mini for YouTube Music
A mini player for YouTube Music in your toolbar. Search, queue songs and read synced lyrics from any tab.
607 users4.6★ from 11 ratingsUpdated 8 days ago6 permissions- About 1.6× fewer users than FloatTube
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 5)
- Listed under Tools
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Improved YouTube Miniplayer
A browser extension that allows you to have a floating mini player that allows you to watch youtube videos in a resizable window…
395 users5.0★ from 3 ratingsUpdated 19 months ago3 permissions- About 2.5× fewer users than FloatTube
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 5)
- Listed under Entertainment
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Mini Player for YouTube™
Mini Player for YouTube™: activate pip and use picture in picture function with a simple mini player button.
≈80K users4.9★ from 1.6K ratingsUpdated 2 weeks ago2 permissions- About 80× more users than FloatTube
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 5)
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Mini YouTube
Floating YouTube Player for True Multitasking.
117 usersNot rated yet4 permissions- About 8.5× fewer users than FloatTube
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 5)
- Listed under Entertainment
FloatTube alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to FloatTube?
By users, the most popular alternative is Picture in Picture | PiP | Floating Player for Youtube with ≈100K users and a 4.6-star rating. The closest match by what it does is YouTube Floating Player.
Which FloatTube alternative has the best rating?
Mini Player for YouTube™ has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.9 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings.
Is there a FloatTube alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
YouTube Floating Player asks for 0 permissions, against 5 for FloatTube.
How many alternatives to FloatTube are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to FloatTube on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
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