Dark Theme for YouTube™ Chrome Extension Analysis
Niche Lifestyle & Gaming HacksChrome extension ID: noaomggoeegeonccimekobnhkikoapog
This extension applies custom CSS or CSS filters to the YouTube website to force a dark interface. It provides users with two theme variations intended to reduce eye strain, which can be toggled directly from the browser window.
Overview
Installs
10K+
Rating
★ 3.6
138 reviews
Languages
1 locales
Includes English
Market analysis
Review-backed positioning, friction, and market signals for this Chrome extension.
Macro category
Niche Lifestyle & Gaming Hacks
Pricing friction
Low review signal
Complaint intensity
Moderate review signal
Listing positioning
The extension positions itself as a lightweight utility to provide a comfortable dark viewing experience for YouTube. It emphasizes simplicity by offering two distinct dark theme styles and a convenient in-page toggle for quick activation.
Inferred product pattern
CSS-injection based browser utility that modifies third-party web element styles.
Review-backed pain points
Users frequently report that key information, such as view counts, video upload dates, and search suggestions, becomes invisible or illegible due to poor contrast against the darkened background.
Observed feature gaps
Lack of granular color customization for users; persistent issues with rendering text or metadata correctly on various YouTube layouts.
- Night-time users
- YouTube power users
- Users with visual sensitivity to bright UI
- Enabling dark mode on YouTube
- Reducing eye strain during late-night browsing
- Ease of use
- Effective dark mode implementation
- Non-laggy performance (compared to similar tools)
- Inconsistent element visibility
- Text color issues (invisible text on dark backgrounds)
- Performance degradation
- UI overlap issues
- Performance complaints detected
- None observed; the product is free.
Support
No specific support complaints; frustration is directed at the lack of maintenance and unresolved UI bugs.
Reliability
Users report that the extension sometimes slows down YouTube performance and fails to correctly display page elements like dates and view counts.
Privacy
No privacy complaints found.
- Free usage observed
- No account requirement observed
- Free plan or free usage claimed
Store listing facts
- Screenshots: 2
- Videos: 0
- Languages: 1
- Developer contact
- Official website
- Version: 0.2.2
- Size: 38.92KiB
- Last updated:
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Links
Website: mybrowseraddon.com
