SponsorBlock

SponsorBlock is a free and open-source browser extension designed to skip (block) sponsorship segments in YouTube videos.[3] The extension relies on a user-submitted database to identify sponsorships in videos. Extension users can submit segments in videos and vote on segments others have submitted.[4][5] The extension is a recommended extension on Firefox's add-on store.[6] As of January 22, 2022, the extension has over 145,000 downloads on Firefox and over 500,000 downloads on Google Chrome.[7][8]

SponsorBlock
Developer(s)Ajay Ramachandran
Initial releaseJuly 12, 2019 (2019-07-12)[1]
Stable release
4.2.1[2] / 17 March 2022 (17 March 2022)
Repository
Written inTypeScript
Operating systemCross-platform
TypeServer:
Crowdsourced database
Client:
Browser extension
LicenseLGPL-3.0-or-later
Websitesponsor.ajay.app

History

Initially, SponsorBlock could only be used to submit and skip sponsorship segments, but support for multiple segment categories (such as self-promotion or intermission segments) was added in June 2020.[9] A revision in January 2022 added support for marking full video sponsorships.[10]

Usage

Users of the extension can submit timestamps for segments in videos and choose a category for them. Those segments are then automatically skipped when the video is playing. When a segment is skipped, a small pop-up appears for a few seconds to allow the user to vote on the segment or to "unskip" it. The extension tracks per-user statistics about the number of segments submitted and skipped.[11]

Reception

The extension was featured on Mozilla's Extension Spotlight on July 21, 2020. The extension is a recommended extension on Firefox and, as of April 7, 2021, is the highest-rated recommended extension listed.[6][12]

References
  1. "Initial Release". GitHub. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
  2. "Release 4.2.1". March 17, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  3. "5 YouTube Cheats to Break Restrictions and Make YouTube Fun Again". MUO. September 28, 2019. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  4. "SponsorBlock für YouTube - Add-on für Google Chrome". CHIP (in German). CHIP Digital GmbH. Archived from the original on August 12, 2020. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
  5. "6 Firefox Add-Ons to Improve Your YouTube Viewing Experience". MUO. December 8, 2021. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  6. "Extension Spotlight: SponsorBlock for YouTube". The Firefox Frontier. Mozilla. July 21, 2020. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
  7. "SponsorBlock for YouTube – Skip Sponsorships". chrome web store. Archived from the original on December 11, 2020. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
  8. "SponsorBlock - Skip Sponsorships on YouTube". Firefox Browser Add-ons. Mozilla. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
  9. "Categories – SponsorBlock". blog.ajay.app. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  10. "Allow submitting as full video · ajayyy/SponsorBlock@d36b4a5". GitHub. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
  11. Brinkmann, Martin (January 3, 2020). "Skip sponsor messages in YouTube videos with SponsorBlock". ghacks.net. Softonic. Archived from the original on March 24, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  12. "Recommended extensions". Firefox Browser Add-ons. Mozilla. Archived from the original on April 7, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
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