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10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to 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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Star's Youtube Music Mini Player
Picture-in-Picture mini player for YouTube Music
≈2K users4.6★ from 18 ratingsUpdated 17 months ago4 permissions- About 2.0× more users than YouTube
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 0)
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Custom Video Player for YouTube
Replace the default YouTube player with a sleek, customizable alternative. Enjoy a stylish, ad-free experience with total ease!
≈2K users3.3★ from 7 ratingsUpdated 6 months ago4 permissions- About 2.0× more users than YouTube
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 0)
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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 8 days ago1 permissions- About 3.6× fewer users than YouTube
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (1 vs 0)
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hyde — hide the YouTube video player controls
Press Ctrl+M to hide or show the YouTube video player controls.
≈80K users4.2★ from 551 ratingsUpdated 18 months ago2 permissions- About 80× more users than YouTube
- Asks for more permissions (2 vs 0)
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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 YouTube
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (1 vs 0)
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YouMuse — Mini Player for YouTube Music
A beautiful mini-player, command palette, themes, queue, sleep timer, and shortcuts for YouTube Music.
175 users5.0★ from 2 ratings7 permissions- About 5.7× fewer users than YouTube
- Asks for more permissions (7 vs 0)
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YouTube Picture in Picture
Watch videos using the YouTube Picture in Picture feature. It allows to use picture-in-picture mode on YouTube or other websites.
≈10K users4.3★ from 29 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years4 permissions- About 10× more users than YouTube
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 0)
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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 YouTube
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (1 vs 0)
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YouTube Mini Player Button Restorer
Brings back the missing mini player button on YouTube with the same 'i' key functionality.
≈2K users4.6★ from 29 ratingsUpdated 11 months ago1 permissions- About 2.0× more users than YouTube
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (1 vs 0)
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Pastel Player — Soft Themes for YouTube
Six pastel themes for YouTube with a live preview, custom accent colour, and layout toggles.
115 users5.0★ from 1 rating2 permissions- About 8.7× fewer users than YouTube
- Asks for more permissions (2 vs 0)
YouTube alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to YouTube?
By users, the most popular alternative is hyde — hide the YouTube video player controls with ≈80K users and a 4.2-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Star's Youtube Music Mini Player.
Which YouTube alternative has the best rating?
hyde — hide the YouTube video player controls has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.2 out of 5 from 551 ratings.
How many alternatives to YouTube are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to YouTube on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
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