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

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YouTube Dark Theme - A Customizable Chrome Extension

'YouTube Dark Theme' is a chrome extension that readily swaps YouTube's standard theme to a customizable dark theme. It provides an effortless toggle switch between the dark and light themes. The extension comes with scheduling support and personalizes default color schemes. Notably, it involves no data exchange with servers, guarantying user's privacy. It changes a cookie and runs a lite script on YouTube pages to alter their appearance. It builds upon YouTube's native dark theme, ensuring light load on system resources.

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Extension stats

By: MeryDev

Users: 70,000+

Rating: 4.21

(219)

Version: 0.4.1 (Last updated: 2022-12-27)

Creation date: 2020-05-08

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage
cookies
alarms
idle

Host permissions:

*://*.youtube.com/*

Size: 88.66K

Email: sc*****@gmail.com

URLs: Privacy policy

Ranking

# 3,249 ▲ 4

Other rankings

#397 in Accessibility

#8 in dark theme keyword 82 ▲ 2

#18 in black theme keyword 68 ▲ 2

#18 in dark keyword 87 ▲ 2

#19 in theme keyword 57 ▲ 4

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Other platforms

YouTube Kids for Android TV (v1.21.01)

2.76

(32,887) 67,919,891+

YouTube Dark Theme (v0.4.1)

4.21

(90) 2,061+

YouTube Dark Theme (v0.4.1)

4.20

(10) 15,608+

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Extension summary

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"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.

User reviews

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Pros

Helps reduce eye strain.
Looks good when it works.
Easy to switch to dark mode when functional.
Many users appreciate the visual aesthetics.

Cons

Doesn't stay on by default; requires manual activation.
Multiple users reported that it doesn't work.
Background color setting is broken.
Inconsistent performance compared to YouTube's built-in dark theme.

Most mentioned

Doesn't stay on by default.
Helps reduce eye strain.
It doesn't work for some users.
Background color setting is broken.

User reviews

its already on your youtube page here how you can change it..... Click your profile picture . Click Appearance . Select "Dark theme" to use the dark theme setting. OR. Turn on Light theme or Use device theme........