---
title: "YouPause - make YouTube less addictive – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "129 users, rated 5.00 by 2 people. Version 1.3, updated 2025-06-24. Requests 2 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/bnmggfnfmifcnfmcnapefffankkjnhoi"
---

# YouPause - make YouTube less addictive

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 129
- Rating: 5.00 from 2 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-09-26 22:43 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #59,712 of 264,702 live extensions
- Rank in Workflow & Planning: #13,071 of 44,474

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Take a pause from endless scrolling and recommendations

- Extension ID: `bnmggfnfmifcnfmcnapefffankkjnhoi`
- Developer: [None](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u7425eb0feb2761bc841fb23b4e80a535)
- Category: [Productivity › Workflow & Planning](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/workflow)
- First published: 2025-05-29
- Last updated: 2025-06-24
- Version: `1.3`
- Size: 40.76 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English (United States)
- Website: `https://shriramshanbhag.github.io/youpause-web/`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/youpause-make-youtube-les/bnmggfnfmifcnfmcnapefffankkjnhoi>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Peek: <https://crxpeek.com/?id=bnmggfnfmifcnfmcnapefffankkjnhoi>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-26 | 129 | 5.00 | 2 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

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

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

### Sites where it runs scripts

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

### Browser features

- `activeTab`: The tab you're on, only after you click the extension
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [CollapseGPTMessages](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ckineninpkgjgonjfkgleapdpkppdmna) | 147 | 4.33 | 6 | Workflow & Planning |
| [NoNextShort – Stop Endless Scrolling in YouTube Shorts](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/faedocbkbgjgfidemaondenlimbedaif) | 107 | 5.00 | 3 | Workflow & Planning |

All 3 extensions by [None](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u7425eb0feb2761bc841fb23b4e80a535).

## 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 2026-09-26 22:43 UTC; next check around 2026-10-07.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “YouPause - make YouTube less addictive” (bnmggfnfmifcnfmcnapefffankkjnhoi). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-26. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/bnmggfnfmifcnfmcnapefffankkjnhoi. Accessed 2026-09-28.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_bnmggfnfmifcnfmcnapefffankkjnhoi,
  title   = {YouPause - make YouTube less addictive (bnmggfnfmifcnfmcnapefffankkjnhoi)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-26},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/bnmggfnfmifcnfmcnapefffankkjnhoi},
  urldate = {2026-09-28}
}
```

---

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