# Hooktubeify

> Automatically redirect YouTube links to Hooktube (https://hooktube.com/) instead, unless you're already on YouTube. Your request never reaches YouTube servers. Hooktube lets you watch YouTube videos without being tracked by Google.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/hooktubeify](https://chrome-stats.com/d/hooktubeify)

## Overview

- **ID:** `hooktubeify`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Firefox user 13492191
- **Category:** privacy-security,photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 3
- **Rating:** 4.78 / 5 (9 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.4resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2017-11-20
- **Size:** 13 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hooktubeify/)

## Description

Hooktubeify is a Firefox add-on that automatically redirects YouTube links to Hooktube, a platform that allows you to watch YouTube videos without being tracked by Google. Your request never reaches YouTube servers.

## Rankings

- #50,504 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `*://*.youtube.com/*`
- `*://*.youtu.be/*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/hooktubeify)