YouTube Dark Theme

A light, dark theme for YouTube with easy toggle on and off and scheduling support. This theme is based on the default YouTube theme

As of May 2026, YouTube Dark Theme has 60,000 users and a 4.23/5 rating from 222 reviews in the Accessibility category.

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60,000
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4.23
222 reviews
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Version
0.4.1
Manifest V3

History

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Tracking since Apr 28, 2026.

60.7K60.0K59.3KApr 28, 2026May 25, 2026
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DateUsersRatingReviewsVersion
Apr 28, 202660.0K4.232210.4.1
Now60.0K4.232220.4.1

Permissions & access

Permissions
storagecookiesalarmsidle
Host access
*://*.youtube.com/*

Screenshots

YouTube Dark Theme screenshot 1YouTube Dark Theme screenshot 2

About

"Dark Theme for YouTube" extension converts YouTube theme to a highly customizable dark charcoal/blue theme. This extension is built on top of the default YouTube theme (native dark theme) so it is very light-weighted compare to using themes injected by Stylish or Stylus extensions.

Features:
Turn on and off from the action button to switch between light and dark themes
Accepts scheduling to turn on only on the specified period
Customize default color scheme
Inject custom CSS to alter the default theme (change font-size or font-family for instance)

How does this extension work?
This extension alters a cookie globally to turn the dark theme on and off. It also injects a lite script to the YouTube pages to alter the color scheme of the root element. In oppose to the other similar extensions, there is no resetting of the default theme or inverting the white theme with an inversion filter. Both of these methods are computationally inefficient. Instead, this extension asks YouTube to turn the native dark theme and only alter the global CSS variables to alter the colors.
Note that this method only works if the product supports native coloring. Some Google products do not yet support this feature.

Privacy Policy: 
This extension does not send or receive any data to any server whatsoever.

Bug Report:
Please either use the commenting section of the FAQs page or the GitHub page for bug reporting.

Change Log:
0.2.0
Use the built-in dark theme (Material Design only)

Technical

Version
0.4.1
Manifest
V3
Size
86.58KiB
Min Chrome
88
Languages
14
Featured
Yes

Metadata

ID
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Developer ID
u5a225ce3ab29da06228223c7abbdd51f
Developer Email
[email protected]
Created
Feb 13, 2017
Last Updated (Store)
Dec 27, 2022
Last Scraped
May 25, 2026
Website

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