# Invidious Redirect

> Redirects all YouTube requests to an alternative frontend, based on Invidious-Redirect.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/invidious-redirect-2](https://chrome-stats.com/d/invidious-redirect-2)

## Overview

- **ID:** `invidious-redirect-2`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** äymm
- **Category:** privacy-security,social-communication,games-entertainment
- **Daily users:** 78
- **Weekly downloads:** 7
- **Rating:** 4.80 / 5 (10 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.16
- **Last updated:** 2024-05-25
- **First published:** 2019-06-20
- **Size:** 13 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-11
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/invidious-redirect-2/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/hutattedonmyarm/invidious-redirect](https://github.com/hutattedonmyarm/invidious-redirect)

## Description

**Invidious Redirect** is a Chrome extension that seamlessly redirects all YouTube requests to your preferred alternative frontend powered by Invidious, defaulting to the popular invidio.us instance. Users can easily configure which Invidious instance to use for regular browsing and embeddable video content directly from the settings page. This flexibility provides a privacy-focused approach to consuming YouTube content without relying on the standard Google platform.

Derived and improved from previous versions, this extension also fixes the "Watch on YouTube" button behavior, allowing it to open videos directly on YouTube without redirection loops. Additionally, it supports Firefox on Android, enhancing cross-browser usability. Whether you seek privacy, performance, or simply an alternative viewing experience, Invidious Redirect offers an elegant and user-friendly solution.

## Rankings

- #13,074 — Overall
- #36 — redirect
- #87 — direct link
- #202 — request
- #247 — udio

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `<all_urls>`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `cookies`
- `tabs`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- 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/invidious-redirect-2)