# Youtube Volume Scroll

> Enable scrolling mousewheel to control volume on Youtube and Youtube Music

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtube-volume-scroll`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Araxeus
- **Category:** photos-music-videos,other
- **Daily users:** 1,627
- **Weekly downloads:** 31
- **Rating:** 4.33 / 5 (24 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.4.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-22
- **First published:** 2023-01-13
- **Size:** 63 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-volume-scroll/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/Araxeus/Youtube-Volume-Scroll](https://github.com/Araxeus/Youtube-Volume-Scroll)

## Description

Youtube Volume Scroll is a handy Chrome extension enabling you to control the volume on YouTube and YouTube Music with your mousewheel. It displays the current volume on screen for one second, remembers your volume settings even in incognito mode, and works seamlessly on embedded videos across platforms like Reddit and WhatsApp.

Additional features include customizable volume scroll steps and overlay styles that can be adjusted by clicking the extension icon. The extension also automatically blocks the annoying "Continue watching?" popup to improve your viewing experience. Open-source and actively maintained, you can find support and updates on its GitHub repository.

## Rankings

- #2,473 — Overall
- #10 — scroll
- #31 — changelog
- #63 — poll
- #120 — youtube
- #172 — school

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

### Content script matches

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

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: youtube.com, youtube-nocookie.com
- This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users broadly praise Youtube Volume Scroll for being simple, lightweight, and effective at enabling scroll-wheel volume control on YouTube and related pages. It’s seen as a welcome fix for a long-standing missing feature and is reported to work well across YouTube, YouTube Music, and other sites. Reviewers appreciate the straightforward, low-friction experience. However, several users report reliability problems such as bugs and settings not persisting, with intermittent failures. Overall, it’s a well-liked tool with room for stability improvements.

### Pros

- Simple, lightweight, and easy to use; it does exactly what it promises.
- Fulfills a long-standing need by enabling scroll-wheel volume control on YouTube.
- Generally reliable and effective for volume control across YouTube and related pages (e.g., YouTube Music, Songsterr).
- Positive user sentiment and widespread appreciation; quick to adopt.

### Cons

- Reliability issues: bugs, settings not saving, and intermittent operation.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-volume-scroll)