---
title: "Stop Doom Scrolling on YouTube – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "7 users, no ratings yet. Version 1.0.0, updated 2026-01-01. Requests 1 permission."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/pkfnaapkjlaoaocalhiekpdhkdpgijaa"
---

# Stop Doom Scrolling on YouTube

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 7
- Rating: no ratings yet
- Last checked: 2026-09-27 07:37 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #175,436 of 264,703 live extensions
- Rank in Well-being: #1,427 of 2,823

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Detects and helps prevent doom scrolling on YouTube, especially for Shorts. Alerts you when you're binging on short-form content.

- Extension ID: `pkfnaapkjlaoaocalhiekpdhkdpgijaa`
- Developer: [LydiaResearch](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u934ae3dddac7f302516002c1ba4d52f0)
- Trader status: Declared a trader under EU law
- Category: [Lifestyle › Well-being](https://extensiontracker.com/category/lifestyle/well_being)
- First published: 2026-01-01
- Last updated: 2026-01-01
- Version: `1.0.0`
- Size: 657 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/stop-doom-scrolling-on-yo/pkfnaapkjlaoaocalhiekpdhkdpgijaa>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Fpkfnaapkjlaoaocalhiekpdhkdpgijaa>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-27 | 7 | – | – |

## 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

### Browser features

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

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [Ad Blockers are not allowed on Youtube bypass](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ahabnibpppaaiedhfejoolemiabbofkd) | 6,000 | 2.94 | 84 | Privacy & Security |
| [Your Daily Affirmations](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/clblfhaoblbiheninjbljggjddaepdfb) | 163 | 5.00 | 1 | Well-being |
| [Disable WhatsApp Status: Privacy & Focus](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/oefecjlbpnbmgdehnpldjipjcmmgmblm) | 81 | 5.00 | 2 | Workflow & Planning |
| [Youtube is not loading videos for me](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/oiakbdcopkpaajaeokefpnplcgfinodc) | 66 | 1.00 | 2 | Tools |
| [Fake WhatsApp Chats](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/lagdjbeiakpfafdikkehobocmkgjgldf) | 43 | – | – | Tools |
| [Vula Deadlines](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/nopifanmjlkcpcofliggpgibeilnllja) | 17 | – | – | Workflow & Planning |
| [Clippr.site - Repurpose Videos for Shorts/Reels/TikTok](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/dlcdagmmnckmddaeobjcmepfnbnlnonf) | 12 | – | – | Tools |
| [Detect Red Flags in Chat Screenshots](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/aeckpigedaefflognmkokmkgkaeimaok) | 4 | – | – | Tools |

All 9 extensions by [LydiaResearch](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u934ae3dddac7f302516002c1ba4d52f0).

## 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 07:37 UTC; next check around 2026-10-22.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Stop Doom Scrolling on YouTube” (pkfnaapkjlaoaocalhiekpdhkdpgijaa). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/pkfnaapkjlaoaocalhiekpdhkdpgijaa. Accessed 2026-09-28.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_pkfnaapkjlaoaocalhiekpdhkdpgijaa,
  title   = {Stop Doom Scrolling on YouTube (pkfnaapkjlaoaocalhiekpdhkdpgijaa)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/pkfnaapkjlaoaocalhiekpdhkdpgijaa},
  urldate = {2026-09-28}
}
```

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