# Youtube Subscriptions Transfer

> Transferring subscriptions from one YouTube account to another

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtube-subscriptions-transfer`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Biplob Sutradhar
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 626
- **Weekly downloads:** 67
- **Rating:** 4.77 / 5 (22 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.9.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-01
- **First published:** 2025-01-13
- **Size:** 198 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-subscriptions-transfer/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/biplobsd/yst/issues](https://github.com/biplobsd/yst/issues)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-subscriptions-transfer/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-subscriptions-transfer/privacy/)

## Description

The YouTube Subscriptions Transfer Chrome extension simplifies the process of migrating your YouTube subscriptions from one account to another. It offers comprehensive features such as importing subscriptions from Google Takeout ZIP files, batch subscribing, and one-click unsubscribing from channels. Users can collect all subscriptions from the active YouTube tab, save them, and easily manage their channel subscriptions through an intuitive interface with support for dark and light themes.

This extension utilizes either XPath or the YouTube Data API v3 to interact with the YouTube DOM and offers advanced functionalities like auto-updating XPath selectors, channel ID scraping, and seamless API setup guided on its GitHub repository. Being completely free, open-source, and without hidden limitations, it empowers users looking for efficient subscription migration and backup solutions.

## Rankings

- #4,346 — Overall
- #1 — transfer
- #2 — subscriptions
- #4 — subscription
- #36 — options
- #47 — transform

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `identity`
- `storage`
- `unlimitedStorage`

### Content script matches

- `www.youtube.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate 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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## Review summary

Overall, users praise the add-on for ease of use and its ability to transfer large numbers of YouTube subscriptions automatically, saving manual effort. It’s described as reliable and capable of resuming after pauses. The most common positives are simplicity and speed. A few users report limitations: not all subscriptions transfer (about a quarter may be missed), data import/paste features can fail due to IDs and case sensitivity, and automation for subscribing to some channels (e.g., musicians) isn’t available. Despite these caveats, many consider it a time-saving, life-saver tool when migrating accounts.

### Pros

- Easy to use and intuitive.
- Handles bulk transfers of hundreds of subscriptions automatically.
- Reliable and supports pausing/resuming mid-process.
- Saves time and is a life-saver for migrating accounts.

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