SponsorBlock for YouTube - Skip Sponsorships

Skip sponsorships, subscription begging and more on YouTube videos. Report sponsors on videos you watch to save others' time.

SponsorBlock for YouTube - Skip YouTube Sponsorships

'SponsorBlock for YouTube - Skip Sponsorships' is a crowdsourced Chrome extension that allows users to skip not just the sponsorship segments, but also the intros, outros, reminders, and other interruptive parts of YouTube videos. Users can conveniently report the timing of these segments in videos, enabling everyone using the extension to bypass them automatically. This extension also comes with additional features like skipping non-music parts of music videos. The entire database is open source and public.

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Extension stats

By: https://sponsor.ajay.app

Users: 1,000,000+

Rating: 4.71

(2,667)

11 new ratings

Version: 5.10.3 (Last updated: 2024-12-17)

Creation date: 2020-06-22

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage
scripting

Host permissions:

https://*.youtube.com/*
https://sponsor.ajay.app/*

Size: 1.60M

Email: de*****@ajay.app

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Ranking

# 398 ▼ 3

Other rankings

#1 in Functionality & UI

#22 in youtube keyword 69 ▲ 1

#77 in block keyword 70 ▼ 7

#83 in source code keyword 9 ▲

#120 in will keyword 30 ▲ 25

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Other platforms

Not available on Android

SponsorBlock - Skip Sponsorships on YouTube (v5.10.3)

4.80

(2,572) 565,743+

SponsorBlock for YouTube - Skip Sponsorships (v5.10.2)

3.80

(175) 251,875+

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Extension summary

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Available on Firefox as well, visit my site: https://sponsor.ajay.app.

SponsorBlock lets you skip over sponsors, intros, outros, subscription reminders, and other annoying parts of YouTube videos. SponsorBlock is a crowdsourced browser extension that lets anyone submit the start and end times of sponsored segments and other segments of YouTube videos. Once one person submits this information, everyone else with this extension will skip right over the sponsored segment.

You can also skip over non music sections of music videos.

This is open source and the entire database is public.

Permission explanations:

Access your data for youtube.com, www.youtube-nocookie.com:

Used to modify the YouTube webpage

Data usage explanations:

User reviews

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Pros

Significantly improves the YouTube experience by skipping sponsorships.
Users report a life-changing impact due to reduced ad interruptions.
Many find it to be one of the most useful extensions they've ever downloaded.

Cons

Does not block sponsor advertisements on certain channels like Дождь.
Some users face issues with the server not working due to restrictions in Russia.
There are technical challenges in configuring the extension to work with VPNs and bypassing restrictions.

Most mentioned

The extension greatly enhances the viewing experience by skipping ads.
Problems with specific channels and server accessibility in certain regions.
Users suggest workarounds for the server issues related to regional restrictions.