# YouTube Blocker

> YouTube Blocker is a simple productivity extension that blocks opening YouTube. It features a toggle in the toolbar to enable/disable blocking, with an intentional friction mechanism that requires typing a phrase to disable it.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtube-tab-blocker`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Maxim B
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 16
- **Weekly downloads:** 3
- **Version:** 1.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-02-19
- **First published:** 2026-02-16
- **Size:** 20 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-tab-blocker/)

## Rankings

- #27,303 — Overall
- #73 — adblock for youtube
- #186 — phrase

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `storage`
- `*://*.youtube.com/*`
- `*://*.youtu.be/*`
- `*://*.youtube-nocookie.com/*`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: youtube.com, youtu.be, youtube-nocookie.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-tab-blocker)