# Video Speed Up

> - increase video and audio speed with single click by 0.25 ratio. - decrease video speed down to 0 (pause) - no upper speed limit so you can fast forward movies or ads.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/video-speed-up](https://chrome-stats.com/d/video-speed-up)

## Overview

- **ID:** `video-speed-up`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** no9
- **Category:** photos-music-videos,games-entertainment
- **Daily users:** 1,636
- **Weekly downloads:** 53
- **Rating:** 4.38 / 5 (26 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.5.7.3
- **Last updated:** 2022-10-18
- **First published:** 2018-03-24
- **Size:** 51 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/video-speed-up/)
- **Website:** [http://grogon.com](http://grogon.com/)

## Description

Video Speed Up is a simple and efficient Chrome extension that lets you control video and audio playback speed with ease. Instantly increase the speed by 0.25 increments or slow down videos all the way to a pause with a single click. This extension works seamlessly on popular platforms like YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, and many others that use HTML5 video players. It offers no upper speed limit, allowing users to fast forward through movies, ads, or any video content effortlessly.

To speed up a video, simply click on the extension icon. To decrease speed or return to default, right-click the icon and select your preferred playback speed from the menu. Note that videos embedded using Flash in frames are not affected. Video Speed Up enhances your viewing experience by giving you intuitive speed control right at your fingertips.

## Rankings

- #2,506 — Overall
- #236 — Games & Entertainment
- #3 — video speed
- #11 — speed
- #16 — video ads
- #34 — video

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `contextMenus`
- `activeTab`
- `http://*/*`
- `https://*/*`
- `file:///*/*`

### Content script matches

- `*`
- ``

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate 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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## Review summary

Users find Video Speed Up highly useful and reliable for speeding up videos, with mobile support and easy use. However, several reviews report occasional non-functionality, limited increment steps and no per-site memory, and UI/UX issues like non-integrated YouTube controls and missing hotkeys; overall positive but with notable areas for improvement.

### Pros

- Extremely useful and frequently relied upon to speed up videos.
- Works on mobile as well as desktop.
- Simple, user-friendly interface that is easy to use.
- Generally positive reception with users recommending it to others.

### Cons

- Occasional non-functionality or 'doesn’t work' issues reported by some users.
- Limited features: only 0.25x increment steps and no per-site speed memory.
- UI/UX could be improved: controls could be more intuitive (e.g., +/- buttons) and not well integrated with native YouTube controls.
- Users express a desire for hotkeys and other convenience improvements that are not currently available.

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