---
title: "Music Mode for YouTube™ – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "80,000 users, rated 4.60 by 570 people. Version 6.5.23, updated 2026-09-25. Requests 4 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/abbpaepbpakcpipajigmlpnhlnbennna"
---

# Music Mode for YouTube™

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 80,000
- Rating: 4.60 from 570 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-09-26 21:31 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #1,902 of 264,703 live extensions
- Rank in Workflow & Planning: #646 of 44,474

## The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check.

Summary from the listing:

> Hides the video and thumbnails on YouTube. Blocks the video keeping only the audio on YouTube Music.

- Extension ID: `abbpaepbpakcpipajigmlpnhlnbennna`
- Developer: [Thunderarea](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u9490af9e582a8f87e649ae38c0f3ceaf)
- Category: [Productivity › Workflow & Planning](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/workflow)
- First published: 2019-10-02
- Last updated: 2026-09-25
- Version: `6.5.23`
- Size: 110 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (7): English, español, italiano, Ελληνικά, русский, 中文（中国）, 日本語
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/music-mode-for-youtube/abbpaepbpakcpipajigmlpnhlnbennna>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Fabbpaepbpakcpipajigmlpnhlnbennna>

## Users over time

One row per check, newest first, as shown on the Chrome Web Store.

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-26 | 80,000 | 4.60 | 570 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

No changes found since tracking began on 2026-09-26.

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `*://m.youtube.com/*`: m.youtube.com
- `*://music.youtube.com/*`: music.youtube.com
- `*://www.youtube-nocookie.com/*`: www.youtube-nocookie.com
- `*://www.youtube.com/*`: www.youtube.com

### Browser features

- `declarativeNetRequest`: Block or change network requests, using rules
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser
- `tabs`: Read the addresses and titles of your tabs
- `unlimitedStorage`: Store more data than the usual limit

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [No Shorts Mode for YouTube™](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ilkcgpioigbhepilmhljihldmpgldpme) | 1,000 | 4.70 | 10 | Tools |

All 2 extensions by [Thunderarea](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u9490af9e582a8f87e649ae38c0f3ceaf).

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every week, because it has 1,000 or more users, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-09-26 21:31 UTC; next check around 2026-09-30.

How the data is collected: <https://extensiontracker.com/methodology>.

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Music Mode for YouTube™” (abbpaepbpakcpipajigmlpnhlnbennna). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-26. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/abbpaepbpakcpipajigmlpnhlnbennna. Accessed 2026-09-28.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_abbpaepbpakcpipajigmlpnhlnbennna,
  title   = {Music Mode for YouTube™ (abbpaepbpakcpipajigmlpnhlnbennna)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-26},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/abbpaepbpakcpipajigmlpnhlnbennna},
  urldate = {2026-09-28}
}
```

---

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