# Weedout

13 Hacker News commenters recommended Weedout and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Safari extension that hides YouTube videos labeled as AI, for a cleaner feed. Critics say it relies on YouTube's own AI detection, which they find inaccurate.

## Why people recommend it

- Cleans up cluttered feed (4 comments): "Been waiting for something like this; YouTube's AI detection is wildly inaccurate and just clutters the feed." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49532831)) "This sounds like a perfect solution to clean up the experience." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49533318)) "Finally, a way to reclaim my YouTube feed from the AI sludge." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49533127))
- Hides AI-labeled YouTube videos (3 comments): "Been waiting for something like this; YouTube's AI detection is wildly inaccurate and just clutters the feed." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49532831)) "This is great. Having the option to choose whether or not to see AI content" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49531238)) "Finally, a way to reclaim my YouTube feed from the AI sludge." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49533127))
- Wants more browser support (2 comments): "This is great and hope it'll be compatible with more and more browsers." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49531920)) "I love this concept, but use Firefox, so I ported it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49533429))
- Plans to use it (2 comments): "this is nice work, I'll be a user for sure" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49545599)) "Definitely gonna use it myself." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49533451))

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Weedout", https://hackerapproved.com/p/weedout/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).