---
title: "YouTube Simplified – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "130 users, no ratings yet. Version 3.3, updated 2025-08-12. Requests 0 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ckfgpfbjidmnafhbbflpjodifgplfgoe"
---

# YouTube Simplified

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 130
- Rating: no ratings yet
- Last checked: 2026-11-02 19:01 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: No change (+0.0%)
- Rank by users: #60,744 of 292,131 live extensions
- Rank in Functionality & UI: #2,536 of 11,702

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Redirects YouTube watch pages to YouTube Simplified

- Extension ID: `ckfgpfbjidmnafhbbflpjodifgplfgoe`
- Developer: [script.js](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u0e6fabba7e60faf4cab4529a5a312376)
- 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: 2024-02-05
- Last updated: 2025-08-12
- Version: `3.3`
- Size: 20.66 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English (United States)
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/youtube-simplified/ckfgpfbjidmnafhbbflpjodifgplfgoe>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/ckfgpfbjidmnafhbbflpjodifgplfgoe>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22ckfgpfbjidmnafhbbflpjodifgplfgoe%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-11-02 | 130 | – | – |
| 2026-10-02 | 130 | – | – |
| 2026-09-26 | 133 | – | – |

## 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

- `*://*.youtube.com/*`: youtube.com and its subdomains
- `*://ytsimplified.pages.dev/*`: ytsimplified.pages.dev

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [&udm=14](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hhgggnkcbgadpjgeigcdeedmknkbgogk) | 1,000 | 4.00 | 4 | Functionality & UI |
| [GoogleSkinner](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/apnkgogljikgmognlcoejohiogmknkjb) | 7 | – | – | Functionality & UI |
| [sync.js](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/jobnjgnmbknekedfmaafenkejolhfgje) | 4 | – | – | Tools |
| [EasyStyle](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/odckbekmignmbecnigojmnkkopjpcdef) | 3 | – | – | Functionality & UI |

All 5 extensions by [script.js](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u0e6fabba7e60faf4cab4529a5a312376).

## 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 2026-11-02 19:01 UTC; next check around 2026-12-02.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “YouTube Simplified” (ckfgpfbjidmnafhbbflpjodifgplfgoe). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-02. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ckfgpfbjidmnafhbbflpjodifgplfgoe. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_ckfgpfbjidmnafhbbflpjodifgplfgoe,
  title   = {YouTube Simplified (ckfgpfbjidmnafhbbflpjodifgplfgoe)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-02},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ckfgpfbjidmnafhbbflpjodifgplfgoe},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

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