# YouTube Embed Redirect

> Redirects YouTube watch/shorts pages to the privacy-friendly embed player and injects a Referer header so the embed loads without error 152/153.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtube-embed-redirect`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** butterboat
- **Category:** photos-music-videos,games-entertainment
- **Daily users:** 2
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-21
- **First published:** 2026-06-18
- **Size:** 16 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-embed-redirect/)

## Description

YouTube Embed Redirect sends YouTube watch and Shorts links straight to the privacy-friendly <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/cbd506f823489ca90c5eb1039cc2bbe285f9e182cec851a6605acb806526fd03/http%3A//youtube-nocookie.com" rel="nofollow">youtube-nocookie.com</a> embed player, so you watch without the cluttered, tracking-heavy watch page.

Features:
• Auto-redirects <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/03c84bb5331725e956e8686c505c15c356b93cf4b90e8f365be526b192d3639d/http%3A//youtube.com/watch" rel="nofollow">youtube.com/watch</a> and /shorts to the embed player
• Injects a Referer header so embeds load correctly (no error 152/153), including videos embedded on other sites
• Preserves timestamps (?t=)
• Privacy Mode toggle — switch between <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/cbd506f823489ca90c5eb1039cc2bbe285f9e182cec851a6605acb806526fd03/http%3A//youtube-nocookie.com" rel="nofollow">youtube-nocookie.com</a> and <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/577585700e711c66b2f847e9c2ba66f07706960fe129e88008d23cb2a93a014c/http%3A//youtube.com" rel="nofollow">youtube.com</a>
• Click a video's title or the YouTube logo in the player to open its comments &amp; likes page with the video player fully blocked — comment and like without loading the tracking player
• Enable/disable any time from the toolbar popup

## Rankings

- #68,884 — Overall
- #21 — embed
- #245 — redirect

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`

### Host permissions

- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `www.youtube-nocookie.com`
- `www.youtube.com`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- 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-embed-redirect)