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Customize, shuffle and play random videos from any YouTube channel.
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Do you have a favourite YouTube channel, but don't know what to watch? This extension is for you!
The "Random YouTube Video" extension adds a "Shuffle" button to YouTube channel, video and shorts pages, which will play a truly random video from the current channel. Use the extension's popup to customize your experience even further!
Level up your YouTube experience with these features:
✔ A new shuffle button that uses the native look and feel of YouTube - including dark mode - so it fits right in with the YouTube interface you're used to!
✔ Utilize a wide range of options to individualize your experience, such as ignoring shorts, only shuffling from the most recent videos or shuffling multiple videos into a playlist!
✔ A smart, 100% anonymous backend technology ensures that popular channels shuffle as fast as possible, no matter how many video uploads they have!
✔ ...and much more!
Do you want to support the extension's development or say thank you? Consider donating or sponsoring the project on GitHub:
https://ko-fi.com/nikkelm
https://github.com/sponsors/NikkelM
Do you have questions or feedback? Feel free to open an issue on the project's GitHub page:
https://github.com/NikkelM/Random-YouTube-Video
Latest changes:
v3.1.13
- Added accessibility options: Under "Advanced Settings", choose to not show shuffle buttons on video or channel pages.
- Added some smoothed animations to the popup when expanding and collapsing the advanced settings.
v3.1.12
- Removed "tabs" permission from the extension, enhancing privacy.
v3.1.11
- Changed the default settings to not open shuffled videos in a new tab.
- Moved the informative text about remaining YouTube API quota to the advanced settings menu.
- Updated the welcome page for a better experience.
v3.1.10
- News page will no longer open after updating from v3.1.5 or an earlier version.
v3.1.9
- Temporarily disabled the news feature.
v3.1.8
- The button's tooltip may now show additional information on the shuffle status.
- The extension will now show that a shuffle is still running when navigating within a channel.
- Fixed a bug where an active shuffle would continue in the background when navigating to a different channel.
- Fixed a bug where clicking the shuffle button while the shuffle was running would start a second shuffle at the same time.
- Fixed a bug where the shuffle button would sometimes not be added to the page if it was opened directly from a new tab.
- Fixed a bug where the playlist created by the extension would sometimes not be renamed correctly.
- Fixed an animation bug when ignoring shorts and shuffling a channel with many videos from a shorts page.
- Fixed the shuffle button not being added to the channel page if the browser is using a new YouTube UI.
You can always view the full Changelog here: https://github.com/NikkelM/Random-YouTube-Video/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
Latest reviews
- (2025-06-03) bslover: my favorite extension
- (2025-05-07) Keira: i have used this exactly once and i am already convinced it has changed my life. thank u nikkel 🙏🙏
- (2025-04-09) Abel Weldegebriel: Thought 'this extension would be great if you could exclude older videos', then one day I finally checked and realized you could. Thanks a lot.
- (2025-03-31) Bradley: why did it rick roll me lol
- (2025-03-24) Yauhen: Great ideas, but extention does not work for me
- (2025-03-23) Navneet Bharti: One of the best extension I ever used
- (2025-02-18) Matthew Weitmann: Has every option you could want, is extremely simple, and does its job. Perfect.
- (2024-12-08) Back2back Marshal: Great
- (2024-11-26) Clinton “The Mad Scientist” Williams: just loaded the extension going to try it out will review there after.
- (2024-11-20) Sunny Bigbear: JUST GREAT AND IM JUST GETTING STARTED
- (2024-09-10) Natepushweights: Extention does not work anymore. Gets stuck on shuffle loop.
- (2024-06-22) Michael Gaming0823: i just downloaded is and it works perfectly and is a neat feature for when i'm bored.
- (2024-06-09) Hussain Biedouh (حسين بيدوح): useful when at work and need some random bg noise. thanks
- (2024-06-08) sherif sabry: Is there a way to exclude videos where I already have a "thumbs up" or "thumbs down" on the video? Basically exclude videos I already watched.
- (2024-05-23) abid youssif: really fun when im bored
- (2024-05-17) Eric Christian Erl “Eric Cawaling Vlogs” Cawaling: There are times that it is not working. How to fix this? It doesn't show up sometimes.
- (2024-05-10) Ayoub: Exactly what I need 👍
- (2024-05-08) Ties Boesboxem: it does exactly what it says it does
- (2024-03-18) OstepopSalat: ok
- (2024-03-15) Mihir: Strong usecase and excellent implementation
- (2024-02-21) Exyllr: supreme time saver saves a lot of scrolling and searching actually essential
- (2024-02-19) Jef Cooreman: I think this is one of the best ideas I've ever seen and it works too! It suffles pretty fast even on big channels.
- (2024-01-31) Mae: Great for shuffling videos on channels!!
- (2024-01-26) Adam: Really awesome been looking for something that works this well for years, just perfect :)
- (2023-12-30) Ryan Blanchard: Is not a random Youtube video. Is a random Youtube video *from a specific channel*. Call it "Random YouTube channel video".
- (2023-12-12) mohamed Mannaa: Amazing extension . Thank you
- (2023-11-26) Pequod vl: I am about to finnish watching every video of forgotten weapons, thanks to this plugin
- (2023-11-05) JerezFIN: Damn! Thanks alot for this extension highly needed extension and very useful <3
- (2023-11-05) JerezFIN: Damn! Thanks alot for this extension highly needed extension and very useful <3
- (2023-10-28) indie leet (indieleet): Perfect!
- (2023-10-28) indie leet (indieleet): Perfect!
- (2023-10-12) Nick Saris: Excellent extension with a great simple UI. Had features I didn't know I wanted like auto playlists which were great. Deserves more love, should be an official feature.
- (2023-10-12) Nick Saris: Excellent extension with a great simple UI. Had features I didn't know I wanted like auto playlists which were great. Deserves more love, should be an official feature.
- (2023-08-13) Андрей Черкашин: thank you Nikkel !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- (2023-08-13) Андрей Черкашин: thank you Nikkel !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- (2023-06-21) Mike Vincent: Works fine but it has trouble with this channel with 18K videos: EpicSkillshot - LoL VOD Library After loading for about 3 minutes it shows "Error: Could not establish connection. Receiving end does not exist"
- (2023-06-21) Kuba Słoń: Works fine but it has trouble with this channel with 18K videos: EpicSkillshot - LoL VOD Library After loading for about 3 minutes it shows "Error: Could not establish connection. Receiving end does not exist"
- (2023-06-10) DrMonsterX: very nice
- (2023-06-10) DrMonsterX: very nice
- (2023-06-03) Lisa Lavandula: Awesome idea. I love randomizers. I found a 7 year old video with 0 comments from a YouTuber who now has 60k subscribers thanks to this extension. :p
- (2023-06-03) Lisa Lavandula: Awesome idea. I love randomizers. I found a 7 year old video with 0 comments from a YouTuber who now has 60k subscribers thanks to this extension. :p
- (2023-04-26) Cherkey: Разработчики, огромное вам спасибо за такое расширение. Я очень давно искал что-то похожее, но не мог найти. ставлю максимально высокую оценку.
- (2023-04-13) Pro Grammer: This extension is awesome! I can't believe I've only found out about this now. I wonder if this can be ported to Firefox though. It would be really great to see it there too since I usually use Firefox for personal browsing.
- (2023-04-13) Pro Grammer: This extension is awesome! I can't believe I've only found out about this now. I wonder if this can be ported to Firefox though. It would be really great to see it there too since I usually use Firefox for personal browsing.
- (2023-03-21) Антон Воронин: Хорошее расширение. Именно то, что я давно искал
- (2023-03-13) Dolan Spons: Man, after getting this extension, it feels like I upgraded YouTube...Can't believe they don't have this already. It's such a useful feature and is incredibly easy to use.
- (2023-03-13) Dolan Spons: Man, after getting this extension, it feels like I upgraded YouTube...Can't believe they don't have this already. It's such a useful feature and is incredibly easy to use.
- (2023-03-12) Robert Millier: This has been a great extension for a very long time, definite recommend. I am writing this post to report a bug though... On the yt channel "Instrumental121" I have found the shuffle button displaying "unknown error". Not a disaster since it's just one channel out of the dozens I tried it on but it is noteworthy and could happen to others on other channels too...
- (2023-03-12) Wayne Peairs: This has been a great extension for a very long time, definite recommend. I am writing this post to report a bug though... On the yt channel "Instrumental121" I have found the shuffle button displaying "unknown error". Not a disaster since it's just one channel out of the dozens I tried it on but it is noteworthy and could happen to others on other channels too...
- (2023-02-28) do0myk: works as intended