YouTube AdBlock

Name: YouTube AdBlock
Rating: 4.2545 (55 reviews)
Author: Martin

By: Martin

Accelerates and Skips YouTube Ads

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Features & Capabilities

YouTube AdBlock is a powerful Chrome extension designed to accelerate and skip YouTube ads instantly. It works seamlessly on both desktop and mobile platforms across YouTube Music and YouTube Videos. The extension speeds up ads in real-time and automatically skips them as soon as the "Skip Ad" button appears, enhancing your viewing experience.

Users can personalize settings such as playback rate, muting ads, hiding ads with a black screen, and actions when ads become skippable. It respects privacy by not collecting data or cookies, simply accelerating and clicking skip on ads. If YouTube detects the adblock, users can adjust configurations to avoid detection. This lightweight, user-friendly tool significantly improves YouTube browsing by minimizing ad interruptions.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on Privacy & Security

By:

Martin

Daily users:

6,322 -19

Rating:

4.25

(55)

Version:

1.71 Last updated: 2024-10-25

Version code:

5831853

Creation date:

2023-11-09

Risk:

Permissions:

storage
activeTab
scripting
*://*.youtube.com/*

Content scripts matches:

*.youtube.com

Size:

31.08KB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-03

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 1,010 ▲ 1

Other rankings

#161 in Photos, Music & Videos ▼ 1

#216 in Privacy & Security ▼ 1

#4 in adblock for youtube keyword 77

#18 in adblock keyword 96

#23 in ad keyword 87

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Developed by:

Martin

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube_adblock/

Website:

https://forms.gle/c87fsmy3tG1MmJaLA

Permission Change History

2023-12-03: Version 1.4 → 1.52

Add Permissions: *://*.youtube.com/*

Remove Permissions: *://www.youtube.com/*

2023-11-11: Version 1.3 → 1.4

Remove Host permissions: *://www.youtube.com/*

Add Permissions: *://www.youtube.com/*

User Reviews

Most users report that YouTube AdBlock generally works well, with reliable ad skipping and automatic clicking, and it even resists YouTube's anti-adblock updates. However, many reviews note reliability issues after updates, including cases where it stops skipping or even speeds up normal videos. Some users also encounter anti-ad prompts from YouTube and occasional platform-specific problems (e.g., Android), and a few reports indicate it doesn't block all ads consistently.

Pros

Effectively blocks and skips ads, and generally works as advertised.
Auto-skip feature that clicks the skip button automatically.
Resilient to YouTube's anti-adblock detection and keeps working across updates.
Includes extra ad controls like muting, hiding, or showing a black screen during ads.

Cons

Inconsistent performance across updates; some reviews report it no longer works or fails to click the skip button.
Speeds up normal videos or resets playback speed after ads.
Triggers YouTube anti-adblock prompts / 'don't use adblockers, allow ads' warnings.
Not always reliable at blocking all ads (some reviews say it doesn't block ads).

Recent reviews

this is garbage 100% doesnt work

by jo*****, 2026-02-27

very good, I set it to 5 ,mute ,hide and click button. thanks

by Yo*****, 2025-08-12

by li*****, 2025-08-05

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Is YouTube AdBlock Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

YouTube AdBlock requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Add-ons Store, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.

YouTube AdBlock has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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