Video Watch Time Statistic Pro

About

Video Watch Time Statistic Pro helps you understand how much time you actually spend watching online videos across websites.

It automatically tracks HTML5 video playback time on regular websites (HTTP/HTTPS pages) and presents your usage in a clear, professional dashboard. The extension is designed for personal productivity, study planning, media habit tracking, and time awareness.

Key Features

1) Automatic video watch-time tracking
- Detects HTML5 video playback on supported pages
- Tracks time while videos are playing
- Works across many video websites that use standard HTML5 video players

2) Multiple tracking metrics (for better accuracy)
- Playtime: counts time whenever a video is playing
- Effective Watch Time: counts only when a video is playing and the tab is visible
This helps you distinguish between “video was playing” and “you were actually watching”.

3) On-page Mini Display Window
- Optional mini display overlay shown directly on the webpage
- Real-time watch-time updates while you watch
- Adjustable position and size (drag/resize)
- Customizable opacity and background color
- Compact mode available to reduce on-page obstruction
- Supports quick “Adjust” mode and ESC to exit

4) Popup Summary (quick overview)
- Today’s total watch time
- Current site watch time (today)
- Recent range summaries (7 days / 30 days / 365 days / all records)
- Site share summary for today
- Quick settings for display and tracking preferences

5) History Dashboard (professional view)
- Watch Time Trend chart with selectable range:
  - 7d / 30d / 90d / 365d / All
- Chart granularity:
  - Auto / Daily / Weekly / Monthly
- Website Share chart (selected range)
- Interactive chart hover details:
  - Bar chart tooltip shows period, total time, and top site
  - Pie chart hover highlights slices and shows website/time details

6) Multi-language interface
- Includes multiple UI languages (such as English and Chinese, plus several others)
- Language can be changed from the extension UI

7) Local-first privacy design
- Your watch-time statistics are stored locally in your browser (chrome.storage.local)
- No external analytics, ads, or tracking SDKs
- No watch-time data is uploaded to a remote server in the current version

How It Works (in simple terms)
- The extension detects HTML5 video playback state on webpages you open.
- It aggregates watch-time totals by date and website hostname.
- You can then review the data in the popup and full history dashboard.

Permissions (Why they are needed)
- Storage: save your settings and watch-time statistics locally
- Website access (HTTP/HTTPS pages): detect HTML5 video playback and show the mini display on pages with videos

Important Notes / Limitations
- This extension mainly relies on standard HTML5 video detection.
- Some custom players, restricted pages, or special embedded/iframe setups may not be fully trackable.
- Browser internal pages (for example, chrome:// pages) do not support content script injection, so the mini display will not appear there.

Who is this for?
- Students tracking study video time
- Professionals learning from training platforms
- Language learners tracking immersion time
- Anyone who wants a clearer picture of video consumption habits