---
title: "Better YT Recommendations – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "8 users, no ratings yet. Version 1.5.1, updated 2026-11-03. Requests 6 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/migfjgcdmbcjeffiooeoookjjoipngaf"
---

# Better YT Recommendations

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 8
- Rating: no ratings yet
- Last checked: 2026-11-09 06:06 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: +7
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #171,630 of 292,125 live extensions
- Rank in Tools: #64,662 of 115,633

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Opened YouTube to learn, ended up on cat videos? An on-device AI hides off-topic recommendations so you stay focused.

- Extension ID: `migfjgcdmbcjeffiooeoookjjoipngaf`
- Developer: [PARROT CROWN, UNIPESSOAL, LDA](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/uc753272ada3d57a4fe1403995936af3b)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Not trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Productivity › Tools](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/tools)
- First published: 2026-11-02
- Last updated: 2026-11-03
- Version: `1.5.1`
- Size: 6.67 MiB
- Minimum Chrome: 116
- Languages (10): English, Indonesia, español, français, русский, العربية, हिन्दी, বাংলা, 中文（中国）, 中文（台灣）
- Privacy policy: `https://github.com/r-afael/better-yt-recommendations/blob/main/PRIVACY.md`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/better-yt-recommendations/migfjgcdmbcjeffiooeoookjjoipngaf>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/migfjgcdmbcjeffiooeoookjjoipngaf>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22migfjgcdmbcjeffiooeoookjjoipngaf%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-11-09 | 8 | – | – |
| 2026-11-04 | 1 | – | – |
| 2026-11-03 | – | – | – |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

- 2026-11-04: New version `1.5.1`, replacing `1.4.0`.
- 2026-11-04: The summary on the listing changed.
- 2026-11-04: Added the permissions `contextMenus`, `declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess`.
- 2026-11-04: Added the sites `https://www.youtube.com/*`, `https://youtube.com/*`.

## 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 2026-11-03.

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

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

### Sites where it runs scripts

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

### Browser features

- `contextMenus`: Add items to the right-click menu
- `declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess`: Block or change network requests on the sites it can reach
- `offscreen`: Open a hidden page for background work
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked again 7 and 30 days after it was published, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-11-09 06:06 UTC; next check around 2026-12-02.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Better YT Recommendations” (migfjgcdmbcjeffiooeoookjjoipngaf). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-09. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/migfjgcdmbcjeffiooeoookjjoipngaf. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_migfjgcdmbcjeffiooeoookjjoipngaf,
  title   = {Better YT Recommendations (migfjgcdmbcjeffiooeoookjjoipngaf)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-09},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/migfjgcdmbcjeffiooeoookjjoipngaf},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

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