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CLUSTER BLOCKING-VIDEOS-YOUTUBE · 31 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2014-07-11

Ad-blocking media players

This cluster consists of video and music streaming apps and browsers that block ads, enable background or floating playback, and often include features like sponsor skipping, downloads, or casting. Dated entries appear intermittently from July 2014 to July 2026, generally one per month, with a single month (December 2021) containing two entries. YouTube-Adfree is the clear traction leader with 36 stars, while the next most active members, TubeNow and jiohotstar-ad-blocker, have only 2 stars each.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

JUL 2014: 1FEB 2021: 1DEC 2021: 2NOV 2022: 1JAN 2023: 1JUN 2023: 1AUG 2023: 1SEP 2023: 1DEC 2023: 1JUL 2024: 1OCT 2024: 1MAR 2025: 1APR 2025: 1JUL 2025: 1NOV 2025: 2FEB 2026: 1APR 2026: 1JUN 2026: 1JUL 2026: 1AUG 2026: 4SEP 2026: 4OCT 2026: 2
JUL 2014OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 1 hand-coded · 10 unlabelled

Operator · 3 commercial · 1 open source · 7 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 11 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 21Tube Browser - Faster Ad Block0★3 yrabandonedlivecommercialBrowser that removes YouTube video ads and offers floating and mini player modes for uninterrupted viewing.
  2. 22SwizzTube: Video Ad Blocker0★4 moliveA video-optimized web browser with built-in ad blocker and features like background playback, picture-in-picture, and 4K quality.
  3. 23FirTube0★9 daysliveopen sourceAn Android app for watching YouTube videos with background playback, ad blocking, and emergency wipe features.
  4. 24IPTV Player : Ads Blocker0★6 mostaleliveInternet TV player that streams live channels and online videos from playlist files and blocks ads in its built-in browser.
  5. 25ADB Browser - Faster Web0★1 yrabandonedliveAd-blocking web browser that blocks ads and pop-ups, plays YouTube audio in the background, and protects personal browsing data.
  6. 26Ad Blocker. No Ads For YouTube0★1 yrabandonedliveAd-blocking browser app that removes ads and trackers, supports multi-tab navigation, and plays videos in picture-in-picture mode.
  7. 27Adlocked – No Ads Web Browsing0★4 yrabandonedlivehand-codedcommercialiOS app that blocks ads and popups so users can watch videos and play games without interruptions, improving speed and data usage.
  8. 28Tube Browser Pro0★3 yrabandonedlivecommercialBrowser app that blocks video ads, supports background playback, and casts media to Chromecast.
  9. 29TizenTube | Ad-free experience on Samsung TV, Google TV, Android TV, and Fire TV sticks0★unknownliveApp that removes ads and sponsor segments from streaming video on smart TVs and streaming sticks, with playback speed controls.
  10. 30Node Unblocker0★unknownliveWeb app that unblocks YouTube videos so users can watch content from restricted networks.
  11. 31AdBlock Ultra – Block Web and YouTube Ads0★unknownliveBrowser extension that blocks advertisements on websites and YouTube videos for uninterrupted browsing.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.