# YouTube Mode - Separate discovering and watching

> Discovery and Watching mode for YouTube.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtube-mode`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** MTM
- **Category:** appearance
- **Daily users:** 2
- **Version:** 0.141
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-26
- **First published:** 2026-07-23
- **Size:** 9.87 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-mode/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/MTMXLP/Youtube-Mode](https://github.com/MTMXLP/Youtube-Mode)

## Description

<strong>Minimal youtube behaviour modifier. Intentionally opinionated to fit my use case</strong>

You ever scrolled way too much in youtube? Ever added extensions like unhook, untrap and leechblock, just to stop it?

Well use this, to separate discovering content, and to watch content.
Use discovery mode to find new videos, save them to a playlist.
Use watching mode to watch said content.
Always leave your youtube page on watching mode so you don't scroll automatically whenever you open youtube.

.. use ublock origin element picker mode to block shorts

## Rankings

- #69,438 — Overall
- #182 — overwatch

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `tabs`

### Host permissions

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

### Content script matches

- `www.youtube.com`
- `m.youtube.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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