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.
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Add-on stats

Users: 565,743
-2,289
Rating: 4.80
(2,572)
10 new ratings
Version: 5.10.3 (Last updated: 2024-12-13)
Creation date: 2019-07-23
Weekly download count: 13,086
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • scripting
  • https://sponsor.ajay.app/*
Size: 1.60M
URLs: Website

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# 35
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SponsorBlock for YouTube - Skip Sponsorships (v5.10.3)
4.71 (2,667) 1,000,000
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SponsorBlock for YouTube - Skip Sponsorships (v5.10.2)
3.80 (175) 251,875
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Add-on summary

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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

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Effectively skips sponsorship segments on YouTube.
  • Saves users a significant amount of time by blocking ads.
  • Highly praised by users as a valuable extension for better viewing experience.
Cons
  • Issues with skipping segments correctly, including timing errors.
  • Automatic skipping may not work without reloading the page.
  • Compatibility problems with other add-ons, specifically YouTube Enhancer.
Most mentioned
  • Works well in many browsers, but has issues in Firefox.
  • User-generated database helps improve the skipping function.
  • Users experiencing difficulties with incorrect timing for sponsorship segments.
User reviews
by RevSyd, 2024-12-20
by Firefox user 17975804, 2024-12-20
by Paras, 2024-12-20
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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 likelihood

SponsorBlock - Skip Sponsorships on YouTube has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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