# Purple Ads Blocker for Twitch

> Purple AdBlock is a adblock for Twitch.tv

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `purpleadblock`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** King Arthur Devs
- **Category:** web-development,privacy-security
- **Daily users:** 5,390
- **Weekly downloads:** 159
- **Rating:** 2.99 / 5 (87 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.6.7
- **Last updated:** 2025-01-02
- **First published:** 2021-04-12
- **Size:** 23 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/purpleadblock/)
- **Website:** [https://discord.gg/A6CHvgtGmq](https://discord.gg/A6CHvgtGmq)

## Description

**Purple AdBlock: A Powerful Video Ad-Blocking Solution for Twitch**  
Purple AdBlock is a browser extension built to block video ads on Twitch.tv by rerouting video requests through an external proxy in an ad-free region. This ensures smooth, uninterrupted, and high-quality streaming without ads.  

Key features include a strong commitment to user privacy — no personal data is collected or stored — and full transparency as an open-source project. Users can contribute via the GitHub repository by providing proxies or helping with development. Please note, Purple AdBlock is not compatible with other Twitch ad blockers or scripts and users assume all responsibility for its use.  

Step into an enhanced Twitch viewing experience with Purple AdBlock and enjoy your streams without interruptions or ad distractions.

## Rankings

- #1,136 — Overall
- #119 — Web Development
- #237 — Privacy & Security
- #14 — ads
- #25 — block ads
- #41 — pitch

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `https://*.twitch.tv/*`
- `activeTab`
- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `*.twitch.tv`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Reviews show it’s hit-or-miss: some users experience effective, ad-free Twitch playback when it works and can coexist with other blockers, but reliability is often poor, it can crash or freeze streams, conflicts with uBlock complicate usage, and ad blocking is incomplete (not all ads or prerolls are blocked).

### Pros

- When it works, it blocks Twitch ads effectively, delivering an ad-free experience.
- Can run alongside other blockers like uBlock and Twitch 5 player for some users.
- Some users report long ad-free periods (over a year) after installing.

### Cons

- Reliability is inconsistent; many users report it not working or stopping to work after changes.
- Causes crashes, freezes, or errors (page crashes, infinite reloads, #2000 error) when ads play.
- Conflicts with uBlock; disabling uBlock on Twitch may be necessary to get it to work, which reduces blocker efficacy.
- Does not block all ads; partial blocking (preroll ads not blocked; automated ads blocked only) and sometimes only blocks some ads.
- In some cases it turns ads into network errors or otherwise degrades the stream.

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