# YouTube Background Play

> Keep YouTube videos playing when you switch tabs or minimize your browser. Perfect for listening to music or podcasts in the background.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtube-background-play`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Felipe
- **Category:** web-development,photos-music-videos,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 3,057
- **Weekly downloads:** 3
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (11 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-02-20
- **First published:** 2026-02-17
- **Size:** 14 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-background-play/)

## Description

Background playback for YouTube. Continue listening to your favorite content while browsing other tabs or working in different apps.

## Rankings

- #1,644 — Overall
- #178 — Social & Communication
- #178 — Web Development
- #282 — Photos, Music & Videos
- #5 — hd backgrounds
- #6 — background

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `*://*.youtube.com/*`

### Content script matches

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

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate 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-background-play)