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Shift Youtube Optimizer

by alexander.foster.mcculloch · Workflow & Planning
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View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 16 Oct 2026

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

Users
173
−5 in 30 days
Rating
4.8 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
5
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#68K
#57K among extensions
Version
1.1.2
updated 27 Nov 2024

Users

monthly, 3 years
05001,000Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 173 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
135Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 5 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 Shift Youtube Optimizer

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 .

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days+4+2.4%00.00
30 days−5−2.8%00.00
6 months−46−21.0%00.00
1 year+31+21.8%00.00

Chrome Web Store search rankings

Where Shift Youtube Optimizer appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change
Search phrasePosition30 days
shift#11+2

Version history

6 versions recorded
1.1.227 Nov 2024
1.1.022 Nov 2024
1.0.322 Oct 2021
1.0.26 Oct 2021
1.0.128 Sep 2021
1.0.024 Sep 2021

Details

Category
Workflow & Planning
First seen
24 Sep 2021
Size
1.8 MB
Languages
en-US
Pricing
Free
Support
github.com
Extension ID
hfndjegliabemhpfcdecfehlipjdnecp

Permissions and risk

Minimal riskimpact 1, likelihood 0
Permissions
activeTabscriptingstorage

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