ShortsTrack — Watched Shorts Indicator

Adds a red progress bar to watched YouTube Shorts thumbnails, so you can binge a channel's Shorts without losing your place.

See exactly which YouTube Shorts you've already watched — without clicking into each one. ShortsTrack adds a red progress bar to every watched Shorts thumbnail, right in your normal YouTube feed — the Shorts shelf, a channel's Shorts tab, and search results. Bingeing a channel's back-catalog of Shorts no longer means rewatching the same ones over and over trying to remember what you've seen. HOW IT WORKS YouTube Shorts loop, so there's no "video ended" moment to hook into like a normal video. ShortsTrack tracks the furthest point you've reached in each Short — the same way YouTube's own watched-bar works for regular videos — and stores it locally, keyed to that Short's video ID. A full loop counts as fully watched, and a red "Viewed" badge appears once it does. No titles, thumbnails, or video content ever leave your browser. FEATURES (Free) - Red progress bar on every watched Shorts thumbnail - "Viewed" badge once a Short is fully watched - 7-day rolling watch history - Today / this week / total watch-time stats in the toolbar popup - Full light & dark mode, matching your browser theme FEATURES (Pro — $3 one-time) - Unlimited watch history (no 7-day expiry) - Hide watched Shorts to clean up your feed - Manual mark watched/unwatched via right-click, on any Shorts link or page - Custom stats: total viewed, 7-day chart, day/week/month comparisons - "Jump to next unwatched Short" floating button - Per-channel watched progress ("42/60 watched") WORKS EVERYWHERE SHORTS APPEAR The red progress bar and watched badge show up in the Shorts shelf on your home feed, a channel's dedicated Shorts tab, and Shorts results in search — anywhere YouTube renders a Shorts thumbnail on www.youtube.com. PRIVACY ShortsTrack doesn't collect, transmit, or sell any data. Watch progress is stored locally in your browser using chrome.storage.local and never leaves your machine. The only network request ShortsTrack ever makes is a license-key check against Lemon Squeezy's license API, and only if you activate a Pro key — Free-tier use makes zero network requests. ShortsTrack is an independent extension and isn't affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by YouTube or Google. "YouTube" and "Shorts" are trademarks of Google LLC, referenced here only to describe compatibility.