'Improve YouTube!' ๐ŸŽง (for YouTube & Videos) icon

'Improve YouTube!' ๐ŸŽง (for YouTube & Videos)

by Code for Charity ยท improvedtube.com ยท Tools
FeaturedEstablished publisherManifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

YouTube, tidy & smart? Supercharge YouTube! Give it strong features, filter only the videos you want & exactly the look you like

Users
400K
0 in 30 days
Rating
4.4 / 5
โˆ’0.14 in 30 days
Ratings
7,153
+5 in 30 days
Store rank
#744
#679 among extensions
Version
4.2081
updated 6 Jul 2026

Users

monthly, 3 years
100K250K400KAug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 400,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
2,0004,5767,153Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 7,153 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About 'Improve YouTube!' ๐ŸŽง (for YouTube & Videos)

Set your YouTube Video Player; YouTube Content Categories & Filter-rules; Tweaks; Layout, Theme & Style all at once today & enjoy that for years to come! With our enhancer you have 175+ useful / unique features๐Ÿงฐ๐Ÿ”ง. To make your video experience & content discovery a whole lot better & save you a lot of clicks & time. โœ”๏ธ Open-source โœ”๏ธ Applies most settings with no reloadโŒ› (unlike other YouTube-Extensions; draggable icon on YT) ๐Ÿƒ lightweight: You can expect everything to work as expected. โœ“ Non-profit & no income since 2012. (Bear with us when YouTube changes. it's been an uphill race and only gets better.) โœ“ Video playback features for embedded videos (+ preparing mobile m.youtube, Facebook, Netflix, Twitch, Vimeo too) (Offline / privacy๐Ÿ”’: We can't care about what video you watch, just that you have a better time). ๐Ÿ…Press Reviews: We are Recommended by FireFox!๐ŸฆŠ(๐Ÿ†Only 98 extensions) "Enhances YouTube in meaningful ways" - (5/5โญ gHacks.net/2021/03/26/improved-youtube-enhances-youtube-in-meaningful-ways) "Might be the best YouTube Extension Ever" - (https://LifeHacker.com/this-might-be-the-only-youtube-browser-extension-youll-1846575110) โ‹ฎโš™๏ธ175+ featuresโ‹ฎ (many can only be found here /we pioneered) ๐Ÿ’ก Expand always: Video Description, Transcript, Chapters ๐Ÿ›ฉ๏ธ "Virtual Travel" (Switch your content-country) โœจ Dim pages until hovered ("Zen mode" ) ๐Ÿค– Auto-Pause Tabs โž• Auto-fullscreen โž• Pip Picture ๐Ÿ“ˆ Analyse your activity ๐Ÿšซ Block Videos, Channels, Tags, Category โž• Video tabs volume Mixer๐ŸŽ›๏ธ๐Ÿ”Š ๐Ÿ—‘๏ธ Remove Related Videos ๐Ÿ—‘๏ธ Remove Shorts Reel ๐Ÿ—‘๏ธ Hide distraction declutter attention (teaching / screenshare / presentation) โž• "Up Next": Off (Reset YT's "Autoplay" after every video ) โ™ป๏ธ Undo the new Sidebar (Description, details, comments) ๐Ÿšซ adblocker (adblock & adskip or white-list ads your channel subscriptions) โž• Channel: don't play trailer ๐ŸŽจโ˜• Themes ๐ŸŒˆ๐ŸŒ„๐ŸŒ‡ Disable Ambient lightning (cinematics) ๐Ÿ“… Dark mode Schedule (also Black theme for oLed) โœ“ Display dim โœ“ Blue-light filter (Preserve sleepiness. Relax eyes) ๐Ÿ“บ Video Player & Playback Features: ๐Ÿ“ท Screenshot (save copy download any video Frame) โฏ๏ธ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ”€ Extra Player Buttons (optional): โžฐLoop / Repeat (looper / repeater) โž• Rotate Video ๐Ÿ’ก Subtitles, captions & transcript Options ๐Ÿ” watch videos frame by frame. ๐Ÿ”„ reverse Playlist, Shuffle Playlist ๐ŸŽž๏ธ Expand videos to your full window (expander) ๐ŸŽž๏ธ theater mode ๐ŸŽž๏ธ cinema mode (turn off the lights) ๐ŸŽž๏ธ Resize videos (player Size) โž• Default/fixed Video Quality to match your Display 720p 1080p 4k 8k or bandwidth 480p 240p 144p, auto hd, automatic 4K โž• avoid 60 frames vs. 30 fps โž• HDR vs. SDR โž• Player Auto-Play: Off ๐Ÿ’จ "Speed-watching" (Fixed Default Playback Speed) (smart video speed controller excluding music or education) ๐Ÿ”Š Fixed Volume or Loudness normalization โž• Popup Player โž• Custom Mini-Player โž• Pop-out Player ( "always-on-top (floating popout) needs OS setting / app) โž• Deny AV1 codec to speed up Player /save CPU electricityโšก๐Ÿ”Œ. [Old] GPUs can do [H.264] VP8 VP9 encoding (fast) (H264 h264ify Flash) ๐ŸงฉโŒ˜+โ‡ง Youtube Shortcuts: Set any Shortcuts / Hotkeys (mouse scroll for volume, etc. ) ๐Ÿ—‘๏ธ Overwrite YT's Shortcuts ๐Ÿงน๐Ÿงฝ๐Ÿงผ ๐Ÿ—‘๏ธ Hide YT Comments / fold / collapse ๐Ÿ—‘๏ธ Transparent Header ๐Ÿ—‘๏ธ Hide Annotations ๐Ÿ—‘๏ธ Hide live stream chat ๐Ÿ—‘๏ธHide video's details โž•Toggle YT Player Controls โž• set YT language โž•Tweak YT's "Scroll for details" โœ“ Mimic retro classic Theme Style Layout โœ“ Mini Player scrolling โœ“ Search inside โœ“ Legacy List style โž• Channel Video counter โž• Thumbnails .gif animation: OFF, Thumbnails: HD โ“˜ https://github.com/code-charity/youtub (Twitter @ImprovedTube) (๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ‘ช Community / 140+ Volunteers) ๐ŸŒŽ translated to 40+ languages We'd like to team with Developers for Web-Video & YT Extensions and listed some unique, friendly, cool, smart work on: https://github.com/code-charity/youtub/discussions/1881 & https://improvedtube.com ) ๐Ÿ”ŽFound a bugโ“๐Ÿž๐Ÿ› - If you notice any issue, need help or wish for a new feature๐ŸŒŸ๐Ÿงš, please post on Github: https://github.com/code-charity/youtub/issues We work hard ๐Ÿ‹๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ป to make your experience a 5/5 Stars experience. (We might even read mail & "Support", next to "Reviews". Please don't complain in the Reviews immediately!) ( bugs@improvedtube.com ๐Ÿ“ง ideas@improvedtube.com ๐Ÿ“ง ) Compatiblity: While you might not lack features for YT with our extension (and some others copy our code), You can usually just run all else you need, i.e. sponsorblock, pockettube or extra adblocker / adskipper. (โ“˜ YT Extensions work with one permission to access YT, you dont need to accept 'alerts', 'change privacy settings', 'browser history') โ“˜ Not affiliated with YT. Independently developed.

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days0+0.0%+2โˆ’0.14
30 days0+0.0%+5โˆ’0.14
6 months0+0.0%+44โˆ’0.14
1 year0+0.0%+106โˆ’0.15

Chrome Web Store search rankings

Where 'Improve YouTube!' ๐ŸŽง (for YouTube & Videos) appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change
Search phrasePosition30 days
improve#1+2
features#30+22
youtube#350
expand#36โˆ’3
category#46+6
details#66new

Version history

135 versions recorded
4.20816 Jul 2026
4.208030 Jun 2026
4.203012 Jun 2026
4.20288 Jun 2026
4.202730 May 2026
4.202623 Mar 2026
4.200011 Feb 2026
4.14009 Dec 2025

Details

Category
Tools
First seen
26 May 2020
Size
809 KB
Languages
de, en, en-GB, en-US, fil, id, sw, ms
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
improvedtube.com
Support
improvedtube.com
Extension ID
bnomihfieiccainjcjblhegjgglakjdd

Permissions and risk

Minimal riskimpact 2, likelihood 0
Permissions
contextMenusstorage
Site access
https://www.youtube.com/*

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