SponsorBlock - Skip Sponsorships on YouTube

Easily skip YouTube video sponsors. When you visit a YouTube video, the extension will check the database for reported sponsors and automatically skip known sponsors. You can also report sponsors in videos. Other browsers: https://sponsor.ajay.app

SponsorBlock: Skip YouTube Ads & Intros Easily

"SponsorBlock - Skip Sponsorships on YouTube" is a browser extension that enhances your YouTube viewing experience by automatically skipping sponsored content and other non-essential segments within videos, such as intros, outros, and subscription pleas. It is powered by a crowdsourced database, where users can submit the timing of such content, enabling the extension to skip for all its users. Additionally, it works with various versions and front-ends of YouTube, offering a seamless way to enjoy cleaner content.

Add-on stats

Daily users: 597,855
4.85K
Version: 5.11.5 (Last updated: 2025-01-31)
Version code: 5880358
Creation date: 2019-07-23
Weekly download count: 13,017
Firefox on Android: Yes
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • scripting
  • https://sponsor.ajay.app/*
Size: 1.61M
URLs: Website

Other platforms

SponsorBlock for YouTube - Skip Sponsorships (v5.11.5)
4.71 (2,747) 1,000,000
Not available on Android
SponsorBlock for YouTube - Skip Sponsorships (v5.11.5)
3.80 (177) 269,089
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Add-on summary

SponsorBlock lets you skip over sponsors, intros, outros, subscription reminders, and other annoying parts of YouTube videos. SponsorBlock is a crowdsourced browser extension that lets anyone submit the start and end times of sponsored segments and other segments of YouTube videos. Once one person submits this information, everyone else with this extension will skip right over the sponsored segment.

You can also skip over non music sections of music videos.

Supports Invidious, old YouTube and mobile YouTube.

With this extension, you will automatically skip YouTube sponsors.

More information about how it works: https://sponsor.ajay.app

Source code: https://github.com/ajayyy/SponsorBlock

Privacy Policy: https://gist.github.com/ajayyy/aa9f8ded2b573d4f73a3ffa0ef74f796

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User reviews

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Pros
  • Significantly reduces the number of sponsorships seen on YouTube
  • Saves time by skipping sponsorship segments
  • Easy to use and effective
  • Highly praised and recommended by users
Cons
    Most mentioned
    • Effectiveness in skipping sponsorships
    • Life-changing impact on the viewing experience
    • Appreciation for the developers
    • Value of the extension as a must-have
    User reviews


    by f3nn3c, 2025-02-11
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    Add-on safety

    Risk impact

    SponsorBlock - Skip Sponsorships on YouTube requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

    Risk impact analysis details
    • Critical Request access to the following domains: ajay.app, youtube.com, youtube-nocookie.com
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    Risk likelihood

    We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of SponsorBlock - Skip Sponsorships on YouTube. Use it at your own risk.

    Risk likelihood analysis details
    • High This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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