YouTube Speed Controls
Extension Actions
- Extension status: Featured
- Live on Store
Click ` (backtick) to toggle between normal (1x) and 2x speed, or Ctrl + ` to play at 3x speed.
Please Note:
- After initial installation, you may need to reload any open YouTube pages (this is only after initial install).
- On US English keyboards, control the speed of YouTube videos using the ` (backtick) key.
- For other (non-US English) keyboard layouts, see the "Non-US English Keyboard Usage" section below.
General:
Click ` to toggle between normal (1x) and 2x speed. Increase the speed to 3x, 4x, or 5x by using the corresponding shortcut combinations listed in the usage information below.
Alternative Toggle Keys:
- On US English keyboards, the " (quotation mark) or ' (apostrophe) or @ or ` (backtick) keys can be used interchangeably for any of the shortcuts. Note: keys like " and @ may require pressing Shift (e.g. Shift + 2 produces @ on many US English keyboards).
Windows Usage (US English Keyboard):
- 1x/2x Toggle: Press `
- 3x Speed: Press Ctrl + `
- 4x Speed: Press Windows + `
- 5x Speed: Press Alt + `
Mac Usage (US English Keyboard):
- 1x/2x Toggle: Press `
- 3x Speed: Press Control + `
- 4x Speed: Press Command + `
- 5x Speed: Press Option + `
Non-US English Keyboard Usage:
An inexhaustive list of suggested keys to try for toggling between normal (1x) and 2x speed.
- US-International English: @ (i.e. Shift + 2)
- UK English: `
- Japanese: @
- Turkish: "
- India: ` (General) or ॊ (Devanagari) or ॥ (Bengali) or ञ (Nepali)
- German: ö
- French: @ or ' or ù
- Chinese: `
- Spanish: ñ
- Portuguese: '
- Polish: `
- Russian: ё
- Arabic: > or ذ
- Hebrew: ;
- Korean: `
- Vietnamese: `
- Italian: ò
- Dutch: ù or @ (i.e. Shift + 2)
For higher speeds, use the appropriate modifier key (e.g. Ctrl, Windows, Alt, Control, Command, Option) along with the toggle key. For example:
- 3x speed on Windows (US English): Ctrl + `
- 3x speed on Mac (US English): Control + `
- 3x speed on Windows (Japanese): Ctrl + @
- And so on.
If you have any issues, please log a support query (or a GitHub issue on the repo) - please also specify the language and keyboard layout you're using and what you've tried. I'll try get back to you within the same year :)
Latest reviews
- Howard Wang
- Really loved this Add-On, but newest version of Youtube made it dysfunctional, hope they are able to update it and make it work and wonderful again. Thank you.
- Cytroit X
- Lol it works on ads too i use it as an ad blocker ig 5x on ads
- vroom vroom
- 3x speed doesnt work on opera windows 11
- Shiddat Singh
- Overall I'll say it's good , It does what it say's but there should be an option for 2.5 speed or 2.75 speed that's it .
- Liam Hammond
- I don't think 4x speed works on mac, the shortcut commant + ` doesn't do anything
- Marc Xie
- The 4x function dosen't work. I had to download another google extension for 4x, which is more complex. Could you reprogram your code to make the 4x function work? Thanks!
- ZY
- NO 1.25x, 1.5x, 2.5x ... etc
- blandragny
- So useful!
- Ahza
- cool, sometimes i really need it
- julian acosta
- Before the update the extension worked fine, but it doesn't work anymore :c. I hope it gets fixed soon, I loved it. EDIT: The extension was updated again, and now it works!
- Marc Harder
- Doesn't work at all after the update Edit: It doesn't work at all on an international keyboard, x3 doesn't on any keyboard Edit 2: Works great now
- アトリア
- The "1x/2x Toggle" hasn't worked well since it was updated to version 2.0. I'm Japanese and using the Japanese version of Windows. I can't input ` correctly on the Japanese version of Windows. When I change the display language in the settings to English (United States), it works. Before the update, the "1x/2x Toggle" worked by inputting @. I want it to work with @ again as it did before. PS It now works properly with version 2.1. Thanks.
- Andrei-alexandru Tulbure
- really great extension but it stopped working for me since last week. I use win 11 pro in english. nothing works, neither the toggle for 1x 2x , neither the 3x toggle
- Jerin Akter
- the 3x speed doesnt wor
- Mitchell
- 3x doesnt work
- caroline vineeta
- the 3x speed doesnt work
- Ruben
- Does not work. Only 1x and 2x works.
- achmad afinadi
- it doesnt work!
- Schanwel
- ctrl + ` doesn't work but pressing ` to flick between 1 n 2x works
- Musab
- how to use
- Matthew Clay
- Clunky and only seems to work on some videos, at least on Mac. Lack of feedback when it does work is frustrating and a shame it doesn't integrate with the youtube interface.
- Sly Hombre
- which it had faster speeds. >:D
- Phil Nu
- I love this extension. Please do setting up to x5 playback speed
- Jon Brown
- It works! Simply press ctrl-` and viola 3x speed. While I won't fault the developer of this extension for the UX, I kinda wish it also added a 3x to playback speed in the the youtube player gear icon popup menu.
- Kirill “BuzzKirill” B
- Very useful, thanks
- Derek
- great extension but can you add another keybind for people with small keyboards? (i dont have grave accent key)
- Ryan
- very epic
- Eamon Sing
- This is a great extension. Love it! Could you make a 2.5x speed mode?
- Arush Charde
- Amazing extension, not only helps a student like me to quickly change lecture speeds but also helps to skip youtube ads by increasing the speed which feels like a bonus
- Max Beech
- Works well, thank you, but really got to allow some more customisation. Why not just overwrite the default YT speed dialog with many more options? Or at least allow us to modify the shortcut key and the speed it changes to/from.
- The Sadanand
- after recent chrome update(Version 127.0.6533.73 (Official Build) (64-bit)) this is no more working... So Sad...
- Spencer Winset
- Please make flick between 3x and 0.5x speed at ctrl + `
- Ameya Khangar
- very nice application !
- Sai Shivaram Rao Pujari
- One of the most useful chrome extensions
- Yugank Singh
- brilliant... Make sure you reload page if it doesn't work in one go!!
- The Gamers Fantasy
- how to useeee?????????
- Advit
- 3 may get too fast, need an option for 2.5x
- John Dor
- 3 speed is too fast. Should be 1, 2, and 2.5
- junes lee
- Small and not bulky. And it works fine! I recommend this app.
- Isaac Luzuriaga
- its worked for me for a while now goes up to 3x
- Nate Felton
- its terrible and doesnt work at all
- Jacob Coleman
- doesn't work
- Azranelian
- As non english keyboard user, i can't use this extensions because of " ` " binding. I suggest another key for more world-wide compatibility
- Casey Cartagena
- Using it to listen to an hour long AP Psych review video. This was the perfect extension and it works perfectly for me.
- bruno ch
- Using the ` key and not be able to change it is nonsense. I already have programs that use that key.
- Jisnudeep Mandal
- working fine...wish there was an option for 2.5x
- KAVYANSH SAINI
- great
- Joshua Ofili
- It just Doesn't Work, what are people on?
- Lalith Madhav
- Very Nice.
- Khalid Waleed
- its awesome like really i was struggling with ppl that talks like turtle and also it makes ads go faster