# YT Auto Speed

> Automatically sets YouTube video playback speed. Simple slider and toggle button

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/yt-auto-speed](https://chrome-stats.com/d/yt-auto-speed)

## Overview

- **ID:** `yt-auto-speed`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** JNP
- **Category:** photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 3
- **Version:** 1.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-16
- **First published:** 2026-04-13
- **Size:** 12 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/yt-auto-speed/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/JNPCreates/yt-speed-extension](https://github.com/JNPCreates/yt-speed-extension)

## Description

YouTube resets your playback speed to 1x every time you open a new video. If you 
  watch at 1.25x or faster, you have to change it manually every single time.        

YT Auto Speed applies your preferred speed automatically the moment a video loads.  
  - Slider from 0.25x to 2.0x in 0.05 steps                                          
  - Toggle on/off with one click                          
  - Works across YouTube without refreshing
  - Skips Shorts
  - On live streams, speeds up to catch up to the live edge then resets automatically
  - No data collection, no external connections

## Rankings

- #54,127 — Overall
- #210 — speed

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

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

### Content script matches

- `*.youtube.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High 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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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/yt-auto-speed)