# RapidYouTube

> Allows setting a custom playback speed in YouTube, 2x, 4x, 5x etc. Insert your desired playback speed, press enter and that's it!

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `rapidyoutube`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Sorer
- **Category:** photos-music-videos,games-entertainment
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2023-03-21
- **First published:** 2023-03-21
- **Size:** 11 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/rapidyoutube/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/SorerBOT](https://github.com/SorerBOT)

## Description

RapidYouTube is a Firefox add-on that enables users to customize the playback speed in YouTube by setting their desired speed. With RapidYouTube, users can enjoy videos at 2x, 4x, 5x, and other speeds of their choice simply by inserting the desired speed and pressing enter. The add-on's source code can be found on GitHub.

## Rankings

- #120,772 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- 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/rapidyoutube)