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Life & fun · August 23, 2019

SponsorBlock – Skip sponsorship segments of YouTube videos

SponsorBlock is a crowdsourced browser extension to skip sponsor segments in YouTube videos.

SponsorBlock – Skip sponsorship segments of YouTube videos launched on August 23, 2019 with 139 votes, #175 of 3,185 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 7 years on.

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In plain words

SponsorBlock is a browser extension that automatically detects and skips sponsorship segments in YouTube videos. It identifies paid promotions, introductions, and outros so viewers can jump straight to the content they want to watch. The extension is crowdsourced, meaning users collectively identify and mark sponsored segments across videos. It's designed for YouTube viewers who prefer to avoid ads embedded within video content.

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From the sources

SponsorBlock is an open-source crowdsourced browser extension and open API for skipping sponsor segments in YouTube videos. Users submit when a sponsor happens from the extension, and the extension automatically skips sponsors it knows about using a privacy preserving query system . It also supports skipping other categories, such as intros, outros and reminders to subscribe, and skipping to the point with highlight. There are currently Loading users who have submitted Loading skip segments, which have saved a total of Loading years and Loading days of people's lives. Check out the leaderboard . The source code is fully open and the database can be downloaded by anyone. I want to keep this…from sponsor.ajay.app

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