Best alternatives to Lightweight - Youtube™ AdBlock (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Lightweight, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
Lightweight - Youtube™ AdBlock today
Lightweight alternatives, compared
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AdBlock for YouTube™ – Lightweight & Fast
Unlike other ad blockers, this lightweight extension focuses only on YouTube ads…
≈1K users4.3★ from 13 ratingsUpdated 7 months ago5 permissions- About 10× fewer users than Lightweight
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (5 vs 9)
- Listed under Shopping
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Adblock for YouTube™
Remove all ads from YouTube. Block ads and pop-unders on YouTube videos and remove all other types of ads. Make YouTube work faster.
≈300K users2.6★ from 3K ratingsUpdated 5 months ago5 permissions- About 30× more users than Lightweight
- Rated 2.3 stars lower
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (5 vs 9)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Adblock for YouTube™
Privacy aware, secure Adblock for YouTube™. Blocks any ads on YouTube.com.
≈40K users4.6★ from 3.2K ratingsNot updated for 2+ years8 permissions- About 4.0× more users than Lightweight
- Rated 0.3 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (8 vs 9)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Adblock for Youtube™
Removes ads from Youtube™.
≈11M users4.8★ from 385K ratingsUpdated 8 weeks ago9 permissions- About 1100× more users than Lightweight
- Updated more recently
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Adblock - adblocker for Youtube
Adblock tool to block ads on social websites YouTube, Facebook, Twitch. Adblocker effectively removes ads on all websites.
≈30K users2.2★ from 546 ratingsUpdated 22 months ago5 permissions- About 3.0× more users than Lightweight
- Rated 2.6 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (5 vs 9)
- Listed under Privacy & Security
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Adblocker for Youtube™
Block all Youtube Ads! Augment your YouTube experience with Fullscreen Theater Mode, Video Screenshot, Volume Booster and many more
≈400K users4.1★ from 29K ratingsUpdated 20 months ago4 permissions- About 40× more users than Lightweight
- Rated 0.8 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 9)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Adblock for Youtube - skip ads
Adblock to remove all ads from Youtube. Experience YouTube ad-free with ad blocker extension. Auto skip Youtube ads.
≈80K users3.3★ from 833 ratingsUpdated 5 months ago4 permissions- About 8.0× more users than Lightweight
- Rated 1.6 stars lower
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 9)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Adblock for YouTube™ — best adblocker
Privacy aware, secure Adblock for YouTube™. Blocks any ads on YouTube.com.
≈100K users4.9★ from 5.2K ratingsUpdated 13 months ago7 permissions- About 10× more users than Lightweight
- Asks for fewer permissions (7 vs 9)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Adblock for YouTube & Chrome - All Block
Blocks ads on YouTube, Twitch, & all websites. Powerful alternative to uBlock Origin.
≈20K users4.8★ from 78 ratingsUpdated 2 weeks ago7 permissions- About 2.0× more users than Lightweight
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (7 vs 9)
- Listed under Privacy & Security
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ProBlocker - Adblock for YouTube & Web
Fast, free adblock for YouTube™ and all sites. Block video ads, banners and trackers. 2026 Manifest V3 compliant.
≈20K users4.5★ from 383 ratingsUpdated 3 weeks ago12 permissions- About 2.0× more users than Lightweight
- Rated 0.4 stars lower
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (12 vs 9)
- Listed under Privacy & Security
Lightweight alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Lightweight?
By users, the most popular alternative is Adblock for Youtube™ with ≈11M users and a 4.8-star rating. The closest match by what it does is AdBlock for YouTube™ – Lightweight & Fast.
Which Lightweight alternative has the best rating?
Adblock for YouTube™ — best adblocker has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.9 out of 5 from 5.2K ratings.
Is there a Lightweight alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Adblocker for Youtube™ asks for 4 permissions, against 9 for Lightweight.
How many alternatives to Lightweight are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Lightweight on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.