# YouTube Dark Theme

> A highly customizable dark charcoal/blue theme for YouTube

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/dark-theme-for-youtube](https://chrome-stats.com/d/dark-theme-for-youtube)

## Overview

- **ID:** `dark-theme-for-youtube`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Joe Ertaba
- **Category:** appearance
- **Daily users:** 1,381
- **Weekly downloads:** 17
- **Rating:** 4.23 / 5 (92 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.4.1
- **Last updated:** 2022-12-26
- **First published:** 2017-02-13
- **Size:** 92 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/dark-theme-for-youtube/)
- **Website:** [https://add0n.com/dark-theme.html?from=youtube](https://add0n.com/dark-theme.html?from=youtube)

## Description

The YouTube Dark Theme Chrome extension offers users a seamless and highly customizable dark mode experience for YouTube. Built on top of YouTube's native dark theme, this lightweight extension enhances visual comfort by applying a dark charcoal and blue color scheme without the performance overhead associated with traditional theme injectors like Stylish or Stylus. Users can effortlessly toggle between light and dark modes using the action button, schedule theme activation during specified periods, and tailor the default colors to their preferences. Additionally, custom CSS injection allows advanced users to modify font sizes and styles for a personalized browsing experience. Unlike other dark theme extensions, it modifies YouTube's global cookies and CSS variables to efficiently implement changes, ensuring smooth performance and compatibility. Importantly, this extension respects user privacy by not transmitting any data to servers.

## Rankings

- #2,765 — Overall
- #19 — dark theme
- #37 — theme
- #42 — hd theme
- #67 — dark
- #118 — youtube

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `cookies`
- `alarms`
- `idle`
- `*://*.youtube.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `*.youtube.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: youtube.com
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users appreciate the add-on's effective YouTube dark theme with good customization options and its ability to convert mobile YouTube to dark mode. However, multiple reviews highlight issues including instability when using Firefox containers, failure to work in private browsing, continuous refresh loops on YouTube Music, and a non-functional toggle button. Additionally, the configuration page not being dark frustrates some users. Despite these bugs, it remains favored over other similar extensions by some.

### Pros

- Provides a dark theme for YouTube and other related sites, helping reduce eye strain.
- Highly customizable compared to other similar add-ons.
- Effectively converts YouTube mobile to dark mode.
- Some users find it better than other dark mode extensions.

### Cons

- Unreliable when used with Firefox containers, often disables the dark theme automatically requiring reactivation.
- Does not work in private browsing mode.
- Causes YouTube or YouTube Music to refresh continuously, making the sites unusable.
- Extension button toggle does not function correctly or reflect the actual state.
- Configuration page itself is not dark, which is inconsistent and bothers some users.

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- [YouTube Dark Mode Override](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-dark-mode-override) — 1 users

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