YT Engagement Verdict by denali42
Analyzes YouTube video engagement (views, likes, dislikes, comments) and renders a statistically-grounded authenticity verdict below the view count.
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About this extension
Tired of not knowing if a video is genuinely popular or just gamed? YT Engagement Verdict scores every YouTube video you watch and renders a verdict right below the view count.
The four verdicts:
- 🤖 View Botted — engagement is suspiciously low for the view count
- 💩 Hot Garbage — people watched but didn't engage or actively disliked it
- 👍 Solid Video — healthy engagement consistent with genuine viewership
- 🔥 Legit on Fire — exceptional across all signals
Scoring uses log-normalized engagement decay tiers based on published academic research. A flat percentage threshold doesn't work because engagement naturally drops as view counts grow — this extension accounts for that.
Selectors auto-update from GitHub (same pattern as uBlock Origin's filter lists), so when YouTube changes its DOM the extension stays working without a reinstall.
No accounts required. No data collected by default. Optional anonymous engagement data sharing available to help improve scoring accuracy — you choose in the extension popup.
The four verdicts:
- 🤖 View Botted — engagement is suspiciously low for the view count
- 💩 Hot Garbage — people watched but didn't engage or actively disliked it
- 👍 Solid Video — healthy engagement consistent with genuine viewership
- 🔥 Legit on Fire — exceptional across all signals
Scoring uses log-normalized engagement decay tiers based on published academic research. A flat percentage threshold doesn't work because engagement naturally drops as view counts grow — this extension accounts for that.
Selectors auto-update from GitHub (same pattern as uBlock Origin's filter lists), so when YouTube changes its DOM the extension stays working without a reinstall.
No accounts required. No data collected by default. Optional anonymous engagement data sharing available to help improve scoring accuracy — you choose in the extension popup.
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Permissions and data
Required permissions:
- Access browser tabs
- Access your data for www.youtube.com
- Access your data for returnyoutubedislikeapi.com
- Access your data for raw.githubusercontent.com
- Access your data for yt-engagement-verdict-api.steve-mcknelly-cloudflare.workers.dev
Data collection:
- The developer says this extension doesn't require data collection.
Optional data collection, according to the developer:
- Technical and interaction data
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- Version
- 1.1.2
- Size
- 34.83 KB
- Last updated
- 8 hours ago (Aug 15, 2026)
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- License
- MIT License
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