'Improve YouTube!' 🎧 (For YouTube & Video)

Name: 'Improve YouTube!' 🎧 (For YouTube & Video)
Rating: 4.3605 (749 reviews)
Author: code-for-charity

Youtube Extension. Powerful but lightweight. Enrich your Youtube and content selection. Make YouTube tidy and smart! (Layout, Filters, Shortcuts, Playlist)

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Improve YouTube! is a powerful yet lightweight open-source Chrome extension designed to enrich your YouTube and video content experience. With over 175 unique features, it enhances video playback, customizes layout and themes, and offers advanced content filtering and control, making your YouTube experience smarter and tidier.

Key features include customizable video player settings (resolution, speed, looping, pop-out player), enhanced playback controls (auto-pause, picture-in-picture), a variety of themes and schedules (dark mode, blue-light filter), and comprehensive content management tools (block channels, hide ads, remove distractions). It also supports multi-language translation and works seamlessly without reloading the page. Recommended and praised by Firefox and media outlets, Improve YouTube! helps save time and clicks while providing a better content discovery and viewing experience.

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Daily users:

Rating:

Version:

4.1320 Last updated: 2025-06-25

Version code:

5971604

Creation date:

2021-03-21

Risk:

Permissions:

contextMenus
storage

Host permissions:

https://www.youtube.com/*
https://m.youtube.com/*

Size:

964.75KB

Email:

bu*****@improvedtube.com

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Browser Add-ons

Data ingested on:

2025-07-17

Ranking

# 240 ▲ 2

Other rankings

#5 in Tabs

#10 in Photos, Music & Videos

#12 in Appearance

#1 in improve keyword 32

#1 in layout keyword 20

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*Improve YouTube!* (for YouTube + Videos) (v4.1250)

32,432 4.50

(95)

User reviews

Users appreciate Improve YouTube! for its rich feature set and ability to customize and block unwanted content on YouTube. However, several mention recent issues with features like blocking shorts no longer working, increased CPU usage causing lag, and missing functionalities such as channel blocking and playback resume. Some layout customization limitations and adblock detector detection were also noted. Overall, it's valued especially by users seeking a comprehensive, open-source YouTube enhancer.

Pros

Extensive feature set that enhances the YouTube viewing experience.
Effectively blocks unwanted content like ads and shorts (though some recent issues).
Compliments other extensions like uBlock Origin and aligns with open-source principles.
Provides customization options for YouTube layout and behavior.
Considered a must-have by users who prefer desktop mode on mobile browsers.

Cons

Recent updates have caused blocking features (e.g., shorts blocking) to stop working.
High CPU usage causing lag or performance issues.
Lack of functionality to block certain channels and playables/games.
No option to customize number of video thumbnails per row below a minimum of 4, which some users dislike.
Missing resume function; users have to rely on additional userscripts.

Recent reviews

Wonderful addon. The dim could be adjustable, it's a bit too dark now. Also, I have the default speed set at 1.25x. If I slow down the video and the video goes to PiP mode the speed jumps back to 1.25x, so I need to keep it at normal speed.

by Hi*****, 2025-07-17

Great addon, it helps me ❤. But the loop feature with numbers is still not implemented, if this feature exists I might give all my stars.

by Ya*****, 2025-07-16

by Fi*****, 2025-07-15

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'Improve YouTube!' 🎧 (For YouTube & Video) requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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'Improve YouTube!' 🎧 (For YouTube & Video) is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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