---
title: "Simplify YouTube – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "51 users, no ratings yet. Version 1.6.3, updated 2026-04-21. Requests 1 permission."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/bghdcbjcpljlfodcogdfkmbobmebbnfi"
---

# Simplify YouTube

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 51
- Rating: no ratings yet
- Last checked: 2026-11-08 02:56 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: +7
- Users gained in 30 days: +7 (+15.9%)
- Rank by users: #86,272 of 292,131 live extensions
- Rank in Functionality & UI: #3,551 of 11,702

## The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check.

Summary from the listing:

> Simplify YouTube

- Extension ID: `bghdcbjcpljlfodcogdfkmbobmebbnfi`
- Developer: [Simple and Tiny Utilities](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u700dd87d8c1f06687ab335d70f91d481)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Make Chrome Yours › Functionality & UI](https://extensiontracker.com/category/make_chrome_yours/functionality)
- First published: 2025-02-13
- Last updated: 2026-04-21
- Version: `1.6.3`
- Size: 25.78 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (2): English, 日本語
- Website: `https://yudai-tiny-developer.github.io/`
- Support page: `https://github.com/yudai-tiny-developer/yt-simplify/issues`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/simplify-youtube/bghdcbjcpljlfodcogdfkmbobmebbnfi>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/bghdcbjcpljlfodcogdfkmbobmebbnfi>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22bghdcbjcpljlfodcogdfkmbobmebbnfi%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

One row per check, newest first, as shown on the Chrome Web Store.

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-11-08 | 51 | – | – |
| 2026-10-10 | 44 | – | – |
| 2026-09-26 | 44 | – | – |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

No changes found since tracking began on 2026-09-26.

## Developer history

Moves to another publisher account and new contact emails, newest first.

No move to another account and no new contact email since tracking began on 2026-09-26.

We know contact emails only by a keyed hash, so they're never shown. Recent changes: [Account and contact changes](https://extensiontracker.com/owners/).

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `https://www.youtube.com/*`: www.youtube.com

### Browser features

- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [YouTube Live Stream Latency Mitigator](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ambdnabnehojedeaffciphbmfhfmfmjp) | 10,000 | 4.61 | 28 | Accessibility |
| [Subscription Feed Filter for YouTube](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/jpdngflnlekafjhdlcnijphhcmeibdoa) | 2,000 | 4.64 | 36 | Functionality & UI |
| [Auto Pan by Window Position](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/endjnlmjnfebiajbcibmldiemeakmodf) | 594 | 4.71 | 7 | Accessibility |
| [YouTube Volume Control](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/bnlonpmgdljdcbcikglejiddbnlbphhl) | 415 | 5.00 | 3 | Functionality & UI |
| [YouTube Playback Quality Control](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/pdldflmoghejmdcdpibfgncpbpjbdogg) | 256 | 4.50 | 6 | Functionality & UI |
| [Pin YouTube Control](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/aegeomojnipoafjjjlajnpchphkneobj) | 241 | 3.67 | 3 | Functionality & UI |
| [Seek to Timecode Control for YouTube](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/jlceencaalimelhdbkjpcddmmhfkcmfo) | 197 | 5.00 | 2 | Functionality & UI |
| [YouTube Playback Rate Control](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/gehlcandikhmhhkejmneplgmocjpegcl) | 187 | 5.00 | 4 | Functionality & UI |
| [Remove from watch history button for YouTube Player](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ddchadacgpngkidekijlhljioknbpafc) | 122 | 3.86 | 7 | Functionality & UI |
| [Synchronized Playback for YouTube Archived Live Streams](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/lkinpbnkpmmikjbnfcmnlomimcefeffb) | 105 | 5.00 | 1 | Functionality & UI |

All 14 extensions by [Simple and Tiny Utilities](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u700dd87d8c1f06687ab335d70f91d481).

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every month, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-11-08 02:56 UTC; next check around 2026-12-06.

How the data is collected: <https://extensiontracker.com/methodology>.

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Simplify YouTube” (bghdcbjcpljlfodcogdfkmbobmebbnfi). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-08. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/bghdcbjcpljlfodcogdfkmbobmebbnfi. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_bghdcbjcpljlfodcogdfkmbobmebbnfi,
  title   = {Simplify YouTube (bghdcbjcpljlfodcogdfkmbobmebbnfi)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-08},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/bghdcbjcpljlfodcogdfkmbobmebbnfi},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

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