# YoutubeCinema

> Watch videos without the distracting cruft around it, in the full window.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtubecinema](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtubecinema)

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtubecinema`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Gerben
- **Category:** photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 10
- **Weekly downloads:** 2
- **Rating:** 4.80 / 5 (5 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.3.1resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2017-03-21
- **Size:** 29 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-11
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtubecinema/)

## Description

YoutubeCinema is a Firefox add-on that redirects visits to YouTube videos, removing distracting elements and providing a full-window viewing experience.

## Rankings

- #32,744 — Overall
- #85 — deactivate
- #247 — embed

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `*://*.youtube.com/*`
- `tabs`
- `webNavigation`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- 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/youtubecinema)