How to organize YouTube subscriptions into folders

What YouTube gives you

1. Open Subscriptions and scroll one mixed feed, newest first.
2. Use Manage to unsubscribe or turn notifications on or off for a channel.
3. The only grouping workaround is a playlist per topic, which you fill by hand.

None of this lets you read “just the tech channels” or “just the music channels” in one click.

With ytbud, step by step

1. Add ytbud to Chrome and turn on Subscription folders in Tools → Focus.
2. Open your Subscriptions page. Next to each channel name there is a small folder button: click it, type a folder name such as Gaming, and press Enter. The channel is now in that folder.
3. Click the same button on other channels to add them to a folder, or tick more than one folder.
4. Click a folder’s tab above the feed to see only its channels. “All” brings back the full feed.
5. Click an open tab again to rename or delete that folder.

Good to know

Covers

Each folder tab shows the thumbnail of the first video from its channels, so you can tell folders apart at a glance. It updates when a newer video appears.

Private and local

Folders and covers are stored in your browser on this computer. Nothing is sent anywhere, and no ytbud account exists.

Limits

A folder shows the videos YouTube has already loaded on the page, so scroll to load more. Up to 30 folders with 500 channels each.

Undo any time

Turn the switch off and the Subscriptions page is exactly as YouTube made it. Your folders are kept for next time.

Questions