Best alternatives to Channel Playlists for YouTube (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Channel Playlists for YouTube, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
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Channel Playlists for YouTube alternatives, compared
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Playlist Pro for YouTube
Replaces YouTube's playlist viewer with a Spotify-style multi-select drag-and-drop list. Reorders save via YouTube's internal API.
281 users4.4★ from 8 ratingsUpdated 7 days ago1 permissions- About 3.6× fewer users than Channel Playlists for YouTube
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 5)
- 2
YouTube Playlist Length - Duration Display
A Lightweight extension that displays the length of the current YouTube playlist
≈3K users4.5★ from 26 ratingsUpdated 6 months ago1 permissions- About 3.0× more users than Channel Playlists for YouTube
- Rated 0.5 stars lower
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 5)
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YouTube Playlist Duration
Popup to show the duration of the YouTube playlist.
≈2K users4.9★ from 29 ratingsUpdated 15 months ago3 permissions- About 2.0× more users than Channel Playlists for YouTube
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 5)
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YouTube Playlist Search
Goodbye to manually searching through multiple videos in a large playlist
≈10K users4.5★ from 13 ratingsUpdated 2 weeks ago1 permissions- About 10× more users than Channel Playlists for YouTube
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 5)
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YouTube Playlist Filters
Enhance your YouTube Watch Later and other playlists experience with search and filtering capabilities.
≈1K users4.4★ from 14 ratingsUpdated 3 weeks ago1 permissions- A similar number of users to Channel Playlists for YouTube
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 5)
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YouTube Playlist Sorter
Enhances YouTube's "Save to..." playlist dialog with search, pinning and sorting.
221 users3.7★ from 18 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago1 permissions- About 4.5× fewer users than Channel Playlists for YouTube
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 5)
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YouTube Playlist Duration bar
Know exactly how long your YouTube playlists are — and how far you've come.
≈3K users4.7★ from 24 ratingsUpdated 7 months ago1 permissions- About 3.0× more users than Channel Playlists for YouTube
- Rated 0.3 stars lower
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 5)
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YouTube Kids Channel Blocker
Blocks channel videos from YouTube Kids search results by keyword
110 users5.0★ from 1 ratingUpdated 12 months ago1 permissions- About 9.1× fewer users than Channel Playlists for YouTube
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 5)
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YouTube Playback Rate Control
This extension adds a button to YouTube videos that allows you to change the playback rate with touch operations.
169 users5.0★ from 4 ratingsUpdated 7 months ago1 permissions- About 5.9× fewer users than Channel Playlists for YouTube
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 5)
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YouTube Playback Quality Control
This extension adds a button to YouTube videos that allows you to change the playback quality with touch operations.
246 users4.4★ from 5 ratingsUpdated 7 months ago1 permissions- About 4.1× fewer users than Channel Playlists for YouTube
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 5)
Channel Playlists for YouTube alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Channel Playlists for YouTube?
By users, the most popular alternative is YouTube Playlist Search with ≈10K users and a 4.5-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Playlist Pro for YouTube.
Is there a Channel Playlists for YouTube alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Playlist Pro for YouTube asks for 1 permissions, against 5 for Channel Playlists for YouTube.
How many alternatives to Channel Playlists for YouTube are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Channel Playlists for YouTube on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
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