diff --git a/content.css b/content.css
index 1d118fcf..c05f2f16 100644
--- a/content.css
+++ b/content.css
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+#previewbar {
+    overflow: visible;
+    padding: 0;
+    margin: 0;
+    position: absolute;
+    width: 100%;
+	pointer-events: none;
+	
+	height: 100%;
+	transform: scaleY(0.6) translateY(-30%) translateY(1.5px);
+	z-index: 40;
+}
+
+.previewbar {
+	display: inline-block;
+	height: 100%;
+}
+
 .popup {
     z-index: 10;
     width: 100%;
diff --git a/content.js b/content.js
index 3ee26aeb..1e1d5d2a 100644
--- a/content.js
+++ b/content.js
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ var channelURL;
 //is this channel whitelised from getting sponsors skipped
 var channelWhitelisted = false;
 
+// create preview bar
+let progressBar = document.getElementsByClassName("ytp-progress-bar-container")[0] || document.getElementsByClassName("no-model cue-range-markers")[0];
+var previewBar = new PreviewBar(progressBar);
+
 if(id = getYouTubeVideoID(document.URL)){ // Direct Links
   videoIDChange(id);
 }
@@ -310,6 +314,10 @@ function sponsorsLookup(id) {
       sponsorTimes = JSON.parse(xmlhttp.responseText).sponsorTimes;
       UUIDs = JSON.parse(xmlhttp.responseText).UUIDs;
 
+      //update the preview bar
+      //leave the type blank for now until categories are added
+      previewBar.set(sponsorTimes, [], v.duration);
+
       getChannelID();
 
       sponsorLookupRetries = 0;
diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
index 23204e4b..cc9f4000 100644
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
       "all_frames": true,
       "js": [
         "config.js",
+        "utils/previewBar.js",
         "utils.js",
         "content.js",
         "popup.js"
diff --git a/utils/previewBar.js b/utils/previewBar.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..95454e9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/previewBar.js
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/*
+	This is based on code from VideoSegments.
+	https://github.com/videosegments/videosegments/commits/f1e111bdfe231947800c6efdd51f62a4e7fef4d4/segmentsbar/segmentsbar.js
+*/
+
+'use strict';
+
+let barTypes = {
+	"undefined": {
+		color: "#00d400",
+		opacity: "0.5"
+	},
+	"sponsor": {
+		color: "#00d400",
+		opacity: "0.5"
+	}
+};
+
+class PreviewBar {
+	constructor(parent) {
+		this.container = document.createElement('ul');
+		this.container.id = 'previewbar';
+		this.parent = parent;
+		this.bars = []
+
+		this.updatePosition();
+	}
+
+	updatePosition() {
+		//below the seek bar
+		// this.parent.insertAdjacentElement("afterEnd", this.container);
+		
+		//on the seek bar
+		this.parent.insertAdjacentElement("afterBegin", this.container);
+	}
+
+	updateColor(segment, color, opacity) {
+		let bars = document.querySelectorAll('[data-vs-segment-type=' + segment + ']');
+		for (let bar of bars) {
+			bar.style.backgroundColor = color;
+			bar.style.opacity = opacity;
+		}
+	}
+
+	set(timestamps, types, duration) {
+		while (this.container.firstChild) {
+			this.container.removeChild(this.container.firstChild);
+		}
+
+		if (!timestamps || !types) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		// to avoid rounding error resulting in width more than 100% 
+		duration = Math.floor(duration * 100) / 100;
+		let width;
+		for (let i = 0; i < timestamps.length; i++) {
+			width = (timestamps[i][1] - timestamps[i][0]) / duration * 100;
+			width = Math.floor(width * 100) / 100;
+
+			let bar = this.createBar();
+			bar.setAttribute('data-vs-segment-type', types[i]);
+
+			bar.style.backgroundColor = barTypes[types[i]].color;
+			bar.style.opacity = barTypes[types[i]].opacity;
+			bar.style.width = width + '%';
+			bar.style.left = (timestamps[i][0] / duration * 100) + "%";
+			bar.style.position = "absolute"
+
+			this.container.insertAdjacentElement('beforeEnd', bar);
+			this.bars[i] = bar;
+		}
+	}
+
+	createBar() {
+		let bar = document.createElement('li');
+		bar.classList.add('previewbar');
+		bar.innerHTML = '&nbsp;';
+		return bar;
+	}
+
+	remove() {
+		this.container.remove();
+		this.container = undefined;
+	}
+}
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