---
title: "YouTube AV1 Priority – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "403 users, rated 5.00 by 2 people. Version 0.1.0, updated 2026-07-01. Requests 0 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/kknkojjbeafaknpbgipfkbnbabipnkcn"
---

# YouTube AV1 Priority

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 403
- Rating: 5.00 from 2 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-09-27 04:26 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #37,239 of 264,702 live extensions
- Rank in Tools: #10,549 of 103,498

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Prefer YouTube video codecs in AV1 \> VP9 \> H.264 order

- Extension ID: `kknkojjbeafaknpbgipfkbnbabipnkcn`
- Developer: [Yang Deng](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/uf18754f5c5ec56a44a815ddcd604884b)
- Category: [Productivity › Tools](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/tools)
- First published: 2026-07-01
- Last updated: 2026-07-01
- Version: `0.1.0`
- Size: 13.89 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English (United States)
- Privacy policy: `https://gist.github.com/malagebidi/b49f912a2fdaec14e146bb990f661120`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/youtube-av1-priority/kknkojjbeafaknpbgipfkbnbabipnkcn>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Peek: <https://crxpeek.com/?id=kknkojjbeafaknpbgipfkbnbabipnkcn>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-27 | 403 | 5.00 | 2 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

No changes found since tracking began on 2026-09-27.

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `https://*.youtube.com/*`: youtube.com and its subdomains

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [YouTube 2K Badge](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/oilcojalngddikkhdhpibgfiknbaebng) | 22 | – | – | Tools |

All 2 extensions by [Yang Deng](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/uf18754f5c5ec56a44a815ddcd604884b).

## 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 2026-09-27 04:26 UTC; next check around 2026-10-19.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “YouTube AV1 Priority” (kknkojjbeafaknpbgipfkbnbabipnkcn). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/kknkojjbeafaknpbgipfkbnbabipnkcn. Accessed 2026-09-28.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_kknkojjbeafaknpbgipfkbnbabipnkcn,
  title   = {YouTube AV1 Priority (kknkojjbeafaknpbgipfkbnbabipnkcn)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/kknkojjbeafaknpbgipfkbnbabipnkcn},
  urldate = {2026-09-28}
}
```

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