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SponsorBlock

SponsorBlock is an open-source crowdsourced browser extension to skip sponsor segments in YouTube videos. Users submit when a sponsor happens from the extension, and the extension automatically skips sponsors it knows about.

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Cost / License

  • Freemium (Pay once)
  • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

Application types

Platforms

  • Mac
  • iPhone  As a Safari extension. Same as Safari Note.
  • iPad  As a Safari extension. Same as Safari Note.
  • Microsoft Edge  This version does not contain all translated languages. Download it from Chrome web Store if your language isn't in Chrome web Store version.
  • Google Chrome
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Safari  This version is paid in App Store, but you can build it from source code for free.
4.9
Excellent24 ratings
148likes
7comments
0articles

Features

Properties

  1.  Privacy focused
  2.  Lightweight

Features

  1. YouTube icon  Youtube integration
  2.  Community-based
  3.  Browser extension
  4.  No registration required
  5.  Ad-free
  6.  Dark Mode
  7.  No Tracking

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Comments and Reviews

   
Top Positive Comment
Tired Rabbit
7

Lets you skip not only sponsorship segments, but all sort of things (cosmetic beginning or endcard of video, joke segments etc.) in youtube videos based on community contributed database

Paul
3

A must-have extension to block ads/sponsors on YouTube, along with uBlock Origin icon uBlock Origin.

NejyCR
6

A must-have along with an adblocker in the modern day. More advertisers are moving into in-video sponsorships to get around the adblocking - and that's where SponsorBlock comes into play. Through user-submitted segments, sections of the video bar will be color-coded to indicate what type of bullshit is happening there. Intros, outros, sponsorships, & tangent auto-skips are just a few options.

The only catch is that because this relies upon user submissions, brand new videos or niche, low-viewed videos may not have auto-skips.

456477696e
3

YouTube is unwatchable without this. Constant begging for like/subscribe/hit that notification bell/comment down below/join our patreon... it just goes on and on. With a couple of clicks you can remove all that nonsense.

Prabhat
2

It lets you skip sponsored segments in yt videos. You can even skip filler segments. One can even add new segments to help others.

windmillchess
0

It's the future of ad-blocking.

kfua
4

A great extension that block sponsors when you watch videos.

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What is SponsorBlock?

SponsorBlock is an open-source crowdsourced browser extension to skip sponsor segments in YouTube videos. Users submit when a sponsor happens from the extension, and the extension automatically skips sponsors it knows about. It also supports skipping other categories, such as intros, outros and reminders to subscribe.

SponsorBlock information

  • Developed by

    CA flagAjay Ramachandran
  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Freemium product.
  • Pricing

    One time purchase (perpetual license) ranging between $2 and $3 + free version with limited functionality.
  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.9 (24 ratings)
  • Alternatives

    77 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English
    • Bulgarian
    • Chinese
    • Czech
    • Danish
    • Dutch
    • Estonian
    • Finnish
    • French
    • German
    • Hungarian
    • Indonesian
    • Italian
    • Japanese
    • Korean
    • Polish
    • Portuguese
    • Romanian
    • Russian
    • Slovak
    • Spanish
    • Swedish
    • Turkish
    • Ukrainian

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GitHub repository

  •  13,653 Stars
  •  469 Forks
  •  439 Open Issues
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Our users have written 7 comments and reviews about SponsorBlock, and it has gotten 148 likes

SponsorBlock was added to AlternativeTo by tvgoing1 on and this page was last updated .