# YouTube AdBlock

> Accelerates and Skips YouTube Ads

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube\_adblock](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube_adblock)

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtube_adblock`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Martin
- **Category:** privacy-security,photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 6,114
- **Weekly downloads:** 90
- **Rating:** 4.27 / 5 (56 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.71
- **Last updated:** 2024-10-25
- **First published:** 2023-11-09
- **Size:** 31 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube_adblock/)
- **Website:** [https://forms.gle/c87fsmy3tG1MmJaLA](https://forms.gle/c87fsmy3tG1MmJaLA)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube\_adblock/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube_adblock/privacy/)

## Description

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.

## Rankings

- #1,038 — Overall
- #172 — Photos, Music & Videos
- #220 — Privacy & Security
- #4 — adblock for youtube
- #19 — adblock
- #26 — ad

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

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

### Content script matches

- `*.youtube.com`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: youtube.com
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

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).

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