Shift Youtube Optimizer

Name: Shift Youtube Optimizer
Rating: 4.8 (5 reviews)
Author: alexander.foster.mcculloch

Chrome extension to hide/reduce the number of videos shown on YouTube.

As of June 2026, Shift Youtube Optimizer has 186 users and a 4.80/5 rating from 5 reviews in the Workflow & Planning category.

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Users−62.9%

186

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4.80

5 reviews

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Version

1.1.2

Manifest V3

History

3 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 1, 2026.

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Date	Users	Rating	Reviews	Version
Apr 1, 2026	501	4.80	5	1.1.2
May 2, 2026	462	4.80	5	1.1.2
Jun 1, 2026	203	4.80	5	1.1.2
Now	186	4.80	5	1.1.2

Permissions & access

Permissions: activeTabscriptingstorage
Host access: None declared

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About

As the summary above states, this is a simple open-source chrome extension written in vanilla JavaScript, CSS and of course, HTML, using the Chrome Extension format, although shortly there should be an extension for Firefox as well. I noticed a number of other Chrome Extensions that were similar but they all only worked on the homepage, so I decided to make one that worked all over the site, and didn't need the mouse to scroll before it would activate.

I spent a few days looking into how YouTube sets up the front-end of their website, so if anyone has any questions, feel free to shoot me a message. Also, if anyone would like to check out the source-code, or contribute to make it ever better (or fix bugs), check out the github page for this chrome extension : https://github.com/robertfrosty/shift-yt-optimizer .