YT Ad Speedup - Skip Ads Faster

Automatically speed-up ads on videos. Save time, enhance viewing. Simple, fast, and user-friendly. Transform your browsing now!

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YT Ad Speedup is a powerful Chrome extension that automatically speeds up YouTube ads to 16 times their normal speed, muting them to maintain your viewing experience without interruption. It works seamlessly in the background, allowing you to watch more content with fewer ads delaying your videos. The extension integrates smoothly alongside existing AdBlockers and requires minimal setup — just grant permissions on YouTube.

Key features include automatic ad acceleration and muting, unaffected main content playback, and an easy-to-use interface. Designed for YouTube enthusiasts, YT Ad Speedup enhances browsing by transforming how ads are handled, saving your time and improving your overall video watching experience. Future plans include support for other video platforms and sponsor content skipping, ensuring a continuously evolving tool for uninterrupted viewing.

Add-on Productivity Video Privacy & Security

By:: DincaAlin
Daily users:: 7,489 -18
Rating:: 3.93

(44)
Version:: 1.0.5 Last updated: 2023-12-13
Version code:: 5663620
Creation date:: 2023-11-25
Risk:: Moderate risk impact Low risk likelihood
Size:: 35.45K
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Firefox Browser Add-ons
Updated:: 13 hours ago

Ranking

# 899 ▲ 10

Other rankings

#133 in Photos, Music & Videos ▲ 2

#2 in skipads keyword 29

#3 in skip ads keyword 37

#6 in ads keyword 74

#8 in waste keyword 10

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User reviews

YT Ad Speedup - Skip Ads Faster is praised for speeding up and muting YouTube ads effectively, improving user experience. However, YouTube's detection limits its functionality, causing playback blocks and adblocker warnings. The auto-skip feature often fails, sometimes applying speed-up functionality to main videos erroneously. Despite occasional lags and platform compatibility issues, users appreciate its lightweight, derived design but request updates to improve reliability and extend support to other services like Twitch.

Pros

Effectively speeds up YouTube ads and mutes them, improving ad viewing experience.
Generally works most of the time with occasional need to reload the video to bypass YouTube adblocker notifications.
Ported from a Chrome extension and credited properly, showing a maintained lineage and community trust.
Lightweight and easy to use, with positive user appreciation for its intended functions.

Cons

YouTube has started detecting the add-on, leading to videos not playing and prompting users to disable ad blockers.
Auto-skip feature is often broken or no longer works, requiring manual intervention or additional extensions.
Sometimes the add-on speed-up and mute features accidentally apply to the main video instead of ads.
Occasional lagging and the add-on does not work reliably on all platforms like music.youtube.com or Twitch ads.
User concerns over malware or detection as an ad blocker raising suspicion, though not confirmed.

Recent reviews

by Jo*****, 2024-12-17

by Fi*****, 2024-12-12

The speed up is nice and all and the muting of the add also, but this addon has some issues on music.youtube.com where it pauses the ad and you or in this case i needed to interact with the first ad on each video/music piece that had an ad.

by Br*****, 2024-09-28

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Extension safety

Risk impact

YT Ad Speedup - Skip Ads Faster requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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Risk likelihood

YT Ad Speedup - Skip Ads Faster has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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