Reddit Hover Text

Shows the content of a reddit text post when you hover on it's link.

As of May 2026, Reddit Hover Text has 6,000 users and a 3.42/5 rating from 60 reviews in the Social & Communication category.

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6.0K
6,000
Ratingno change0%
3.42
60 reviews
Reviewsno change0%
60
Version
1.0.0
Manifest V3

Permissions & access

Permissions
history
Host access
None declared

Screenshots

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About

Displays the contents of text submissions in a box under the link when you hover on the link. Does the same thing Hover Zoom does for images but for text submissions. Very convenient if you read a lot of self subreddits.

Version 1.0.0
Migrates to v3 manifest required by newer versions of Chrome.
Adds support for the current Reddit design along side the old design.

Version 0.9.1
Fixes an issue with future versions of Chrome that introduce stricter security related to fetching data from websites.

Version 0.9
Adds support for Chrome version 73 and up.
Fixes an issue where links wouldn't get marked as visited when not using www.reddit.com.

Version 0.8
Add support for the old.reddit.com domain.

Version 0.7
Fixes a bug which broke all links starting with the letter g (https://gyfcat.com/... for example).

Version 0.6
Support for RES night mode.

Version 0.5
Fixes a silly mistake made in 0.4.

Version 0.4
Fixes issues related to changes in the Reddit page structure and https forcing.

Version 0.3
Fixes RES never-ending scroll and significantly improved performance.

Technical

Version
1.0.0
Manifest
V3
Size
63.63KiB
Min Chrome
88
Languages
1
Featured
No

Metadata

ID
phhpajlkjeoakfmckfnogpnfeidgbhil
Developer ID
u35b7c55d27327aa32c6214c4d0026ea9
Developer Email
[email protected]
Created
Jan 29, 2011
Last Updated (Store)
Mar 6, 2025
Last Scraped
May 22, 2026
Support URL

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Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified May 22, 2026.