Bookmarklet For Increasing YouTube Speed

I made a new tiny bookmarklet to let you increase the speed of a YouTube video beyond 2x.

As always, just drag this link to the bookmark bar on your browser, then just start a YouTube video, once the video starts, click the bookmark, and enter how many “x” you want the video played at. I usually stick to 2.5 or possibly 3, it all depends on the video – but you do you!

YouTube Speed

The code is pretty simple and easily found online, but just in case that’s what you are looking for:

(function(){
document.getElementsByTagName('video')[0].playbackRate = window.prompt('Please enter a new speed:');
})();

About RTPMatt

I'm a Software Engineer Living in Asheville, NC. I specialize in Front-End development, currently with ReactJS. I also consult on some Vue projects.
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2 Responses to Bookmarklet For Increasing YouTube Speed

  1. michal says:

    Hi,
    This stopped working now sadly. Is there a new code?
    cheers
    Michal

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