# YouTube Adblock

> Block ads on YouTube automatically and effortlessly.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtube-adblock-addon`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Antony Sieben
- **Category:** privacy-security,photos-music-videos,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 2,426
- **Weekly downloads:** 97
- **Rating:** 4.32 / 5 (71 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2022-11-06
- **First published:** 2022-11-05
- **Size:** 1.18 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-adblock-addon/)

## Description

YouTube Adblock is a simple yet powerful Chrome extension designed to enhance your YouTube viewing experience. It automatically blocks ads and annotations, allowing you to watch videos without interruptions. With an easy-to-use addon popup, you can choose to block ads, annotations, or both, tailoring the experience to your preference. Enjoy seamless, distraction-free streaming every time you browse YouTube with YouTube Adblock.

## Rankings

- #1,918 — Overall
- #218 — Social & Communication
- #330 — Photos, Music & Videos
- #350 — Privacy & Security
- #5 — adblock for youtube
- #22 — adblock

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `storage`
- `unlimitedStorage`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `*`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Reviews are mixed: several users enthusiastically praise the add-on for improving YouTube and saving time, while multiple others report it does not block ads or behaves inconsistently across installations.

### Pros

- Widely praised—multiple users call it excellent/amazing/top
- Reduces ad interruptions and saves time (users called it a "game-changer")
- Improves YouTube viewing experience; several reviews call it a must-have

### Cons

- Fails to block YouTube ads for several users—"not working" appears multiple times
- Inconsistent performance across users—some report success while others report no ad blocking

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