Skippy: The Best YouTube Ad Skipper icon

Skippy: The Best YouTube Ad Skipper

by Rohan Makhija · Workflow & Planning
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 18 Oct 2026

Automatically skips youtube ads by speeding them up

Users
55
+8 in 30 days
Rating
0.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
0
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#106K
#88K among extensions
Version
2.0
updated 25 Dec 2023

Users

monthly, 3 years
02855Dec 2023Jun 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 18 Oct 2026: 55 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
001Dec 2023Jun 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 18 Oct 2026: 0 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About Skippy: The Best YouTube Ad Skipper

Skippy is a chrome extension that fast-forwards through all video ads on YouTube. Skippy also skips all video ads on websites with YouTube embeds. Skippy is Ultra-Lightweight, meaning the entire extension is under 1 megabyte. This makes it so that there is absolutely ZERO latency. This extension is comparably much lighter than most or even all other YouTube ad skippers. Disclaimer: YouTube is a trademark of Google LLC

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days0+0.0%00.00
30 days+8+17.0%00.00
6 months+13+31.0%00.00
1 year+13+31.0%00.00

Chrome Web Store search rankings

Where Skippy: The Best YouTube Ad Skipper appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change
Search phrasePosition30 days
adskipper#56+6
best#90new

Version history

2 versions recorded
2.025 Dec 2023
1.021 Dec 2023

Details

Category
Workflow & Planning
First seen
21 Dec 2023
Size
11 KB
Languages
en
Pricing
Free
Extension ID
mccflcadolbmcnapdbaepohgnggcnlol

Permissions and risk

Moderate riskimpact 2, likelihood 2
Permissions
storageactiveTabscripting
Site access
*://www.youtube.com/*

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