---
title: "YouTube AdSkipper – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "9,000 users, rated 4.35 by 26 people. Version 1.1.3, updated 2025-05-06. Requests 3 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ipenehognpepmfokjeckpbenhjfchcfd"
---

# YouTube AdSkipper

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 9,000
- Rating: 4.35 from 26 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-09-27 03:21 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #7,867 of 264,703 live extensions
- Rank in Tools: #1,848 of 103,498

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Auto Skip ads so that you don't need to click the skip button yourself!

- Extension ID: `ipenehognpepmfokjeckpbenhjfchcfd`
- Developer: [Mark](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/uba0a30b9965ed8d3736437cce91ccd3d)
- Category: [Productivity › Tools](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/tools)
- First published: 2024-01-18
- Last updated: 2025-05-06
- Version: `1.1.3`
- Size: 43.77 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English (United Kingdom)
- Privacy policy: `https://adskip.markgurney.dev/privacy_policy.html`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/youtube-adskipper/ipenehognpepmfokjeckpbenhjfchcfd>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Fipenehognpepmfokjeckpbenhjfchcfd>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-27 | 9,000 | 4.35 | 26 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

No changes found since tracking began on 2026-09-27.

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `http://www.youtube.com/*`: www.youtube.com
- `https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/*`: developer.chrome.com
- `https://developer.chrome.com/docs/webstore/*`: developer.chrome.com
- `https://www.youtube.com/*`: www.youtube.com

### Browser features

- `identity`: Sign you in with your Google account
- `identity.email`: Read your Google account's email address
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser

## 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 2026-09-27 03:21 UTC; next check around 2026-10-02.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “YouTube AdSkipper” (ipenehognpepmfokjeckpbenhjfchcfd). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ipenehognpepmfokjeckpbenhjfchcfd. Accessed 2026-09-28.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_ipenehognpepmfokjeckpbenhjfchcfd,
  title   = {YouTube AdSkipper (ipenehognpepmfokjeckpbenhjfchcfd)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ipenehognpepmfokjeckpbenhjfchcfd},
  urldate = {2026-09-28}
}
```

---

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