If you follow more than a handful of YouTube channels, you already know the problem. You open YouTube to check if Kurzgesagt posted something new, and 45 minutes later you’re watching a stranger rank fast food french fries.
The algorithm is doing its job. It’s just not doing your job.
The feed is broken
YouTube’s subscription feed exists, technically. But it’s a single reverse-chronological stream of every channel you follow — no grouping, no filtering, no way to say “I only want to see what my AI channels posted this week.”
If you follow 50+ channels across different topics, the feed is unusable. Important uploads from channels you care about get buried under content you subscribed to once and forgot about.
What we wanted instead
We wanted something simple:
- Group channels by topic — AI, Finance, Cooking, whatever categories make sense for you
- See the latest videos per category — open “AI” and see what dropped this week, newest first
- No recommendations — just your channels, nothing else
That’s it. No social features, no comments, no autoplay. A calm, organized view of the channels you chose to follow.
How it works
You sign in with Google, and FocusedFeed imports your YouTube subscriptions. Then you drag channels into categories. Open any category to see the latest videos from those channels.
The Chrome extension takes it further — it filters your actual YouTube homepage to show only videos from a selected category.
We also built AI-powered video summaries so you can scan the key points before deciding what to watch.
Building in public
We’re building FocusedFeed in the open. This blog is where we’ll share what we’re learning about intentional content consumption, the technical decisions behind the product, and updates as we ship.
If you follow a lot of YouTube channels and want a calmer way to keep up, join the waitlist.