# Automatic Dark Theme For Youtube™

> Automatically switch Youtube™ to its built-in dark theme.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/yt-auto-dark](https://chrome-stats.com/d/yt-auto-dark)

## Overview

- **ID:** `yt-auto-dark`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Victor Voisin
- **Category:** appearance
- **Daily users:** 29
- **Rating:** 4.86 / 5 (7 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.1.0
- **Last updated:** 2020-12-07
- **First published:** 2019-08-29
- **Size:** 37 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/yt-auto-dark/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/vvision/yt-auto-dark](https://github.com/vvision/yt-auto-dark)

## Description

The **Automatic Dark Theme For Youtube™** Chrome extension seamlessly switches Youtube to its native dark theme shortly after the page loads. Designed to enhance your viewing comfort, it attempts the switch within ten seconds of loading. If the first attempt doesn't succeed due to slow loading, it retries during the next page load or page refresh, ensuring a consistent dark mode experience without manual intervention.

This lightweight extension improves visibility and reduces eye strain by enabling the built-in dark theme automatically, offering a hassle-free way to enjoy Youtube with a sleek, dark interface every time you visit.

## Rankings

- #20,643 — Overall
- #73 — automation
- #88 — automate

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `*.youtube.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low 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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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/yt-auto-dark)