# Better Subscriptions for Youtube™

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

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-better-subscriptions](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-better-subscriptions)

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtube-better-subscriptions`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** OsaSoft
- **Category:** appearance,photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 477
- **Weekly downloads:** 12
- **Rating:** 3.88 / 5 (51 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.27.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-22
- **First published:** 2017-08-24
- **Size:** 185 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-better-subscriptions/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/OsaSoft/youtube-better-subscriptions](https://github.com/OsaSoft/youtube-better-subscriptions)

## Description

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.

## Rankings

- #5,106 — Overall
- #4 — subscriptions
- #7 — subscription
- #38 — options
- #74 — script
- #242 — watch

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

### Host permissions

- `*://*.youtube.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `*.youtube.com`

## Safety

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

### 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

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-better-subscriptions)