# YouTube Background Player

> Play YouTube videos in the background with speed and resolution settings.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtube-background-player`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** sahil
- **Category:** download-management,search-tools,photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 884
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Rating:** 3.71 / 5 (7 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2024-08-07
- **First published:** 2024-08-06
- **Size:** 77 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-background-player/)

## Description

The YouTube Background Player Chrome extension allows users to play YouTube videos seamlessly in the background. It offers customizable playback speed and resolution settings, ensuring an optimized viewing and listening experience. Whether you want to listen to music, podcasts, or any video content without keeping the YouTube tab in focus, this extension keeps the audio playing while you multitask or browse other sites. Enhance your productivity and enjoyment with flexible background playback on YouTube through this easy-to-use extension.

## Rankings

- #3,516 — Overall
- #313 — Download Management
- #106 — background
- #117 — hd backgrounds
- #236 — player

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `activeTab`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `*://*.youtube.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `*.youtube.com`

## 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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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-background-player)