# YouTube Audio Only

> Turns YouTube into an audio-only experience by blocking video streams and hiding visual playback.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtube-audio-only`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** mattwyd
- **Category:** search-tools,appearance,alerts-updates
- **Daily users:** 63
- **Weekly downloads:** 13
- **Rating:** 3.60 / 5 (5 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-02-27
- **First published:** 2026-02-24
- **Size:** 15 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-audio-only/)

## Description

this works as of monday feb 23,  unlike many on here.

## Rankings

- #14,393 — Overall
- #78 — audio
- #78 — udio

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `tabs`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `*://*.googlevideo.com/*`
- `*://*.youtube.com/*`
- `*://youtube.com/*`
- `*://m.youtube.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `*.youtube.com`
- `youtube.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very high risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate 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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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-audio-only)