Youtube Study Mode
Stop falling into YouTube rabbit holes when you study
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A distraction-free YouTube study tool built to protect your focus. Allowlist trusted channels. When toggled on: • Hide YouTube Shorts and block YouTube recommendations. • Hide related videos; unapproved watch pages are paused and blurred. • Home & Search stay normal so you can still browse. A lightweight YouTube distraction blocker. 100% local, no account needed. Free & open source.
PH · launched Sep 17, 2026 · 6 upvotes (top 6%) · 0 views
Niche: distraction and screen time blockers · 257 launches, 30 in the last 7 days ▲ +7% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Education
- Workflow automation
- B2C
- Not AI
- Commercial product
- Chrome Extensions
- Productivity
- Open Source
- Education
- GitHub
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More like this: all 257 launches in distraction and screen time blockers →
Could you build this?
Yes It is a standard Chrome extension that uses DOM inspection and content scripts to filter video recommendations, allowlist channel IDs, and toggle element visibility on YouTube.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 344 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #14 of 345 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 277 days after the earliest competitor.
- TubeFocus · ph · 2026-10-13 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.59
- StudyGain: Study Focus Timer · ph · 2026-11-10 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.58
- QuizFirst · ph · 2026-11-08 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.57
- FocusShield · ph · 2026-10-07 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.55
- GuideTube · ph · 2026-09-25 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.54
- FocusTube · ph · 2026-09-15 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- Courseifier · ph · 2026-09-18 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- LockIn · ph · 2026-09-16 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.51
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