Best alternatives to YouTube Dark Theme (2026)

10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to YouTube Dark Theme, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.

YouTube Dark Theme: reviews, users and permissions Best Accessibility extensions

YouTube Dark Theme today

≈60K users4.2★ from 225 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years5 permissions

YouTube Dark Theme alternatives, compared

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Dark Theme - Dark mode for Chrome
Dark mode switch any websites to dark theme. Take care of your eyes day using a classic dark reader or change screen brightness.
≈500K users4.3★ from 7.8K ratingsUpdated 5 weeks ago5 permissions
- About 8.3× more users than YouTube Dark Theme
- Updated more recently
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Dark Mode - Dark Theme for Chrome
A classic dark theme for every website. Use dark mode for the night and daily browsing to care for your eyes.
≈60K users4.4★ from 60 ratingsUpdated 21 months ago3 permissions
- A similar number of users to YouTube Dark Theme
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 5)
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YouTube Dark Mode
Youtube Dark Mode
≈10K users4.4★ from 19 ratingsUpdated 23 months ago3 permissions
- About 6.0× fewer users than YouTube Dark Theme
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 5)
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Dark Theme - Dark Reader for Web
Dark Theme switch any web pages to dark mode. Take care of your eyes day using a dark reader or change screen brightness.
≈90K users4.5★ from 475 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago4 permissions
- About 1.5× more users than YouTube Dark Theme
- Rated 0.2 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 5)
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PDF Dark Theme
Applies a dark theme to your PDF viewer
≈9K users3.0★ from 34 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years1 permissions
- About 6.7× fewer users than YouTube Dark Theme
- Rated 1.2 stars lower
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 5)
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Udemy Dark Theme
A dark theme for the udemy website
≈8K users3.7★ from 99 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years4 permissions
- About 7.5× fewer users than YouTube Dark Theme
- Rated 0.5 stars lower
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 5)
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Udemy Dark Theme
A simple dark theme for Udemy.
≈3K users4.8★ from 30 ratingsUpdated 18 months ago3 permissions
- About 20× fewer users than YouTube Dark Theme
- Rated 0.6 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 5)
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Pandora Dark Theme
Pandora Dark Theme! Make the glaring colors of Pandora a soft on the eyes experience.
≈1K users4.9★ from 18 ratingsNot updated for 4+ yearsNo special permissions
- About 60× fewer users than YouTube Dark Theme
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 5)
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YouTube Redux
Replicate old YouTube look and features within the modern layout!
≈100K users4.2★ from 1.1K ratingsUpdated 5 months ago3 permissions
- About 1.7× more users than YouTube Dark Theme
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 5)
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Dark Theme Everywhere
Darkens bright pages for easier night time reading. Unofficial improvement of 'Nicer Inverter'.
≈2K users3.9★ from 177 ratingsUpdated 5 weeks ago2 permissions
- About 30× fewer users than YouTube Dark Theme
- Rated 0.3 stars lower
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 5)
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YouTube Dark Theme alternatives: questions

What is the best alternative to YouTube Dark Theme?

By users, the most popular alternative is Dark Theme - Dark mode for Chrome with ≈500K users and a 4.3-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Dark Theme - Dark mode for Chrome.

Which YouTube Dark Theme alternative has the best rating?

Dark Theme - Dark Reader for Web has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.5 out of 5 from 475 ratings.

Is there a YouTube Dark Theme alternative that asks for fewer permissions?

Pandora Dark Theme asks for 0 permissions, against 5 for YouTube Dark Theme.

How many alternatives to YouTube Dark Theme are there?

We list 10 close alternatives to YouTube Dark Theme on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.

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