# Replace YouTube's Home with Subscriptions

> Sets the Subscriptions page as your default homepage on YouTube by redirecting all requests at the browser level

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `ytmysubs`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** SeinopSys
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,games-entertainment
- **Daily users:** 569
- **Weekly downloads:** 7
- **Rating:** 4.66 / 5 (29 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.1.1
- **Last updated:** 2024-02-03
- **First published:** 2017-10-02
- **Size:** 26 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/ytmysubs/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/SeinopSys/YTMySubs/issues](https://github.com/SeinopSys/YTMySubs/issues)

## Description

The "Replace YouTube's Home with Subscriptions" Chrome extension redirects all requests to YouTube's main homepage to the Subscriptions section instead. Perfect for avid YouTube users who want to bypass the default Home page entirely, this tool ensures that clicking the YouTube logo or the Home menu item in the sidebar always takes you directly to your Subscriptions feed. It operates at the browser level, intercepting any links that point to https://www.youtube.com/. This extension is fully open source and freely available on GitHub, allowing tech-savvy users to inspect or contribute to the code.

By installing this extension, users streamline their YouTube experience by focusing on subscribed content first, avoiding distractions commonly found on the Home page. Its simplicity and focus make it ideal for those who want a more streamlined and personalized YouTube browsing experience.

## Rankings

- #4,684 — Overall
- #257 — Feeds, News & Blogging
- #5 — subscriptions
- #8 — subscription
- #12 — replace
- #13 — home

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `https://*.youtube.com/`
- `tabs`

## Safety

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

Users praise the extension for delivering its promised, simple, uncluttered behavior and direct access to subscriptions, but note it can cause performance issues (CPU/RAM spikes and crashes) for some. There are also compatibility and page-specific bugs (ESR incompatibility and YouTube Studio redirects) that limit use on certain setups. Overall, it's a helpful, minimal tool for a cleaner YouTube experience, but not universally stable.

### Pros

- Delivers exactly what it promises and is simple to use.
- Bypasses the YouTube Home page and takes you directly to subscriptions.
- Minimal, uncluttered experience with a lightweight redirect.
- Works as described and helps streamline navigation for a cleaner YouTube experience.

### Cons

- Can cause high CPU/RAM usage and even browser crashes on some setups, affecting performance.
- Not compatible with Firefox ESR (compatibility limitation).
- Occasional page-specific bugs (e.g., YouTube Studio redirects) that disrupt navigation.

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