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Metric	'Improve YouTube!' 🎧 (for YouTube & Videos)	Iridium for YouTube
User count	400,000	10,000
Average rating	4.49	3.97
Rating count	7,140	512
Last updated	2026-07-06	2024-09-19
Size	0.81 MB	1.13 MB
Version	4.2081	2.1.2

Short description	Supercharge YouTube with 175+ unique features. Customize video playback, filter content, themes, and layout for a smarter, tidier YouTube experience.	Iridium for YouTube lets you personalize your YouTube experience by blocking ads, disabling shorts, setting default quality, and more. Control YouTube your way!
Full summary	Improve YouTube! 🎧 is a powerful, open-source Chrome extension offering over 175 unique features to enhance your YouTube and video playback experience. Customize your video player, apply content filters, tweak layouts, and select themes to suit your viewing preferences without frequent page reloads. Enjoy features like auto-pause tabs, picture-in-picture mode, volume mixers, playlist controls, and much more. This lightweight and privacy-focused tool supports embedded videos from multiple platforms, including mobile YouTube, Netflix, Twitch, and Vimeo. Trusted and recommended by major platforms such as Firefox, Improve YouTube! has earned praise for meaningful enhancements to YouTube browsing. It offers extensive video playback controls, distraction-free viewing modes, advanced filtering by categories or channels, customizable hotkeys, and dark mode scheduling. Continuously updated since 2012 and backed by a committed community, it guarantees a refined and efficient video experience, free from intrusive ads and distractions.	Iridium for YouTube is a powerful Chrome extension designed to personalize and enhance your YouTube experience. It offers extensive customization options including ad management, channel blocking, and video playback control such as setting default quality and speed. Iridium allows disabling of autoplay, shorts, loudness normalization, and 60fps videos to tailor viewing preferences. Beyond controls, it improves navigation with features like redirecting the YouTube logo to subscriptions and choosing default tabs on channel pages. A unique Iridium button on YouTube pages enables easy access to settings without cluttering the browser toolbar. With features like dimming content around the video player, volume control via mouse wheel, and displaying creator merch, it significantly boosts usability and content engagement. No data is collected or processed externally, keeping user privacy intact. For support and updates, users can visit the official GitHub repository.