# YouTube Ad Accelerator & EasySpeed

> Speed up YouTube Ads by 16x. Plus, change the speed of YouTube videos by clicking and dragging left or right anywhere on the video.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-ad-accelerator](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-ad-accelerator)

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtube-ad-accelerator`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** David Schiller
- **Category:** photos-music-videos,games-entertainment
- **Daily users:** 548
- **Weekly downloads:** 20
- **Rating:** 4.62 / 5 (13 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.50.4.1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-09
- **First published:** 2024-04-08
- **Size:** 293 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-ad-accelerator/)
- **Website:** [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfi8sK3XFfufZGP4RVNluDVyQgl23eSQapL2puhmLETvhtyBw/viewform](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfi8sK3XFfufZGP4RVNluDVyQgl23eSQapL2puhmLETvhtyBw/viewform)

## Description

**YouTube Ad Accelerator & EasySpeed** is a powerful Chrome extension designed to enhance your YouTube watching experience by accelerating ads and offering intuitive video speed controls. Ads are automatically sped up by 16x or skipped instantly, drastically reducing interruption time. 

Beyond ad acceleration, the extension lets you control video playback speed by clicking and dragging anywhere on the video. Drag right to speed up, left to slow down or rewind, and drag down to lock in your preferred speed, ranging from 0.1x to 16x. It works seamlessly on embedded videos, respects native YouTube features, requires minimal permissions, and collects no data, ensuring privacy and convenience.

## Rankings

- #4,734 — Overall
- #58 — ad
- #68 — drag
- #75 — easy
- #78 — speed
- #97 — ads

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `storage`
- `*://www.youtube.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `www.youtube.com`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: youtube.com
- 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/youtube-ad-accelerator)