Use your media keys to navigate YouTube chapters, videos and Shorts.
Users
314
+8 in 30 days
Rating
5.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
4
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#53K
#44K among extensions
Version
1.0.3.1
updated 3 Jun 2026
Users
monthly, 3 years
Latest, 15 Oct 2026:314 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month
Ratings count
monthly, 3 years
Latest, 15 Oct 2026:4 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month
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About Better Media Keys for YouTube
Navigate YouTube chapters and Shorts whilst not in focus of Chrome with Better Media Keys for YouTube (Including embedded video support). For videos without chapters; use your media keys to restart the currently playing video or skip to the video that's up next. Finally, the current chapter title will be used instead of the video title on the mini player by default. This is great for single video music playlists, to see what the current song title is instead of the playlist video title.
Better Media Keys is highly customizable with a pop up settings page accessible by clicking on the extension icon. Don't like how the extension functions? Change it to your own preferences.
You can disable chapter navigation in the settings.
Note: You will need the keys 'MediaTrackPrevious' and 'MediaTrackNext' available on your keyboard for most of the functionality.
This extension also doesn't change the way that playlists work on YouTube, you won't lose any functionality that you had before installing.
Growth
Window
Users
Change
Ratings
Rating
7 days
+25
+8.7%
0
0.00
30 days
+8
+2.6%
0
0.00
6 months
+157
+100.0%
+1
0.00
1 year
+277
+748.6%
+1
0.00
Chrome Web Store search rankings
Where Better Media Keys for YouTube appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change