Better Subscriptions for Youtube™

Name: Better Subscriptions for Youtube™
Rating: 3.8824 (51 reviews)
Author: OsaSoft

By: OsaSoft

Clean up your YouTube subscriptions feed by hiding watched videos, shorts, and premieres.

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Features & Capabilities

Take control of your YouTube subscriptions feed with Better Subscriptions for YouTube. Hide watched videos from Subscriptions, Home, and Channel pages; collapse empty sections; and focus on content you haven't seen yet.

Open source and privacy-friendly, this extension syncs across browsers via your browser account and is fully configurable through the settings page. Features include one-click mark-as-watched, bulk actions, hiding Shorts and Premieres until they’re available, and an easy reveal/unmark workflow. Chrome is supported.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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By:

OsaSoft

Daily users:

472 -2

Rating:

3.88

(51)

Version:

0.27.1 Last updated: 2026-04-22

Version code:

6231327

Creation date:

2017-08-24

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Permissions:

storage

Host permissions:

*://*.youtube.com/*

Content scripts matches:

*.youtube.com

Size:

184.78KB

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-19

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 5,075 ▼ 19

Other rankings

#4 in subscriptions keyword 25

#6 in subscription keyword 29

#31 in options keyword 18 ▼ 1

#72 in script keyword 28

#228 in watch keyword 23 ▼ 3

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Better Subscriptions for YouTube™ (v0.27.1)

2,000 3.84

(106)

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Developed by:

OsaSoft

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-better-subscriptions/

Website:

https://github.com/OsaSoft/youtube-better-subscriptions

Permission Change History

2025-09-16: Version 0.19.2 → 0.21.0

Add Host permissions: *://*.youtube.com/*

Remove Permissions: unlimitedStorage

2023-10-02: Version 0.18.0 → 0.19.0

Remove Permissions: *://*.youtube.com/*

User Reviews

Pros

Useful in hiding watched videos from subscription box
Helps in collapsing sections for easier navigation
Able to mark videos as watched

Cons

Sometimes the extension does not load
In some cases all videos are hidden or none at all
Buttons are often duplicated

Recent reviews

by Fi*****, 2026-04-14

by Fi*****, 2026-04-03

Just wanted it to hide the "most relevant" section in the subscription feed, and it did not do that, even after I toggled it.

by Pe*****, 2026-03-22

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Is Better Subscriptions for Youtube™ Safe?

Risk impact

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Better Subscriptions for Youtube™ requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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Better Subscriptions for Youtube™ is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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