Return YouTube Subscribers

Return YouTube Subscribers

Fixes YouTube's Subscriber Counts On Channel/Video Pages.

What is Return YouTube Subscribers?
'Return YouTube Subscribers' is a Chrome extension that solves the problem of abbreviated subscriber counts on YouTube. Since September 2019, YouTube started abbreviating all subscriber counts across its site. This extension uses nextcounts.com and axern.space to retrieve an estimated count of a YouTube channel's subscribers, displaying it where the abbreviated counts would otherwise be. It is an effective solution for those who wish to get more detailed subscriber information.
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Stats
Users: 943 ▲ 17
Rating: 4.07 (27)
Version: 3.1 (Last updated: 2024-02-16)
Creation date: 2022-04-19
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Host permissions:
  • https://api.mgcounts.com/*
Size: 9.50K
URLs: Website
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Summary

In September of 2019, YouTube abbreviated all subscriber counts across their website and api. This extension uses yabcounts.com and nextcounts.com to get an estimated subscriber count of YouTube channels. It displays then where the abbreviated counts would be.

User reviews
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Pros
  • Developer responds quickly
  • Provides exact subscriber count
  • Works well on big channels
Cons
  • Replaces subscriber counts with 0s
  • Does not work on smaller channels
  • Source code is poorly written
Most mentioned
  • Does not work on smaller channels
  • Replaces subscriber counts with 0s
  • Developer responds quickly
Recent reviews
by Matt Lee NTHS Matt Lee NTHS, 2023-12-02

by S T S T, 2023-11-29

Works great, still sad that you need to use estiminations for some channels, but overall like 1/2 of all chanells work as intented!
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Safety
Risk impact

Return YouTube Subscribers is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Return YouTube Subscribers has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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