De-Mainstream YouTube for Chrome

The YouTube algorithm has suffered a lot of changes since it was first introduced. However, one of the most annoying ones is propping up authoritative sources as recommendations after any politics-related video. Not only this is defeating the platform’s purpose of offering an alternative to mainstream media, but it pushes that same content without offering the choice of blocking or ignoring those recommendations. Luckily, De-Mainstream YouTube is a smart and efficient extension that can rid you of all that force-fed content.

If you are familiar with this behavior, you had noticed by now that the pushed channels are almost the same most of the time, depending on what you are watching.

After you add the extension to your browser, you can open its menu and take a look at what it's able to block. For now, the list is pretty scarce, but it includes the most important sources. Of course, the best way to go is to select all of them, but if you have favorite mainstream channels, you can leave them unselected, so they can still be recommended.

If you stumble upon a channel that is not currently covered, you can leave a comment on the developer’s page, so it may get added in further updates.

The first thing to do after the extension is installed is to restart the browser. The changes should be noticeable after the first restart, but during several tests, some MSM channels still found their way into the feed.

Even if sometimes the blocked channels still invade the top of the recommended videos, the 100% percent rate is drastically reduced, which makes the slips mere exceptions.

To sum it up, De-Mainstream YouTube comes as a simple but powerful solution for people tired of the mainstream media intrusions into the recommended feed. Hopefully, the list of covered channels will continue to grow, so we won’t be bothered by that type of content.