---
title: "YouTube Shorts Watch Buddy – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "42 users, no ratings yet. Version 1.1, updated 2023-10-30. Requests 2 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/mncbkjdlnjnanohmijglcaigomjjpkkp"
---

# YouTube Shorts Watch Buddy

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 42
- Rating: no ratings yet
- Last checked: 2026-09-27 05:49 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #90,388 of 264,703 live extensions
- Rank in Tools: #30,026 of 103,498

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Marks the YT Shorts you've watched before and optionally, skip them automatically

- Extension ID: `mncbkjdlnjnanohmijglcaigomjjpkkp`
- Developer: [iamrexthebuilder](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u22f67f0f70f0e6fa5643d2d3dac82874)
- Category: [Productivity › Tools](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/tools)
- First published: 2023-10-23
- Last updated: 2023-10-30
- Version: `1.1`
- Size: 24.01 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/youtube-shorts-watch-budd/mncbkjdlnjnanohmijglcaigomjjpkkp>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Fmncbkjdlnjnanohmijglcaigomjjpkkp>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-27 | 42 | – | – |

## 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/shorts*`: youtube.com and its subdomains

### Browser features

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

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [Hidari - Manga & Webtoon Reading Assistant](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/bomhjipgphmpallgkkdjbabpegdaolmd) | 3,000 | 3.47 | 15 | Workflow & Planning |
| [GreekType - Greek Alphabet Keyboard](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/iipmakblgfnpfpjgdfkanhgkajgjlhfp) | 250 | 1.00 | 2 | Workflow & Planning |

All 3 extensions by [iamrexthebuilder](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u22f67f0f70f0e6fa5643d2d3dac82874).

## 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 05:49 UTC; next check around 2026-10-02.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “YouTube Shorts Watch Buddy” (mncbkjdlnjnanohmijglcaigomjjpkkp). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/mncbkjdlnjnanohmijglcaigomjjpkkp. Accessed 2026-09-28.

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

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