Control YouTube video playback speed with custom buttons
YT Speed Controller enhances YouTube with customizable playback speed controls. Easily adjust speeds with one click, create keyboard shortcuts, and choose where controls appear. Save time and improve your viewing experience with precise speed management.
Hi Product Hunt! 👋
I'm excited to share YT Speed Controller with you today.
YT Speed Controller gives you:
• Custom speed controls directly in the YouTube interface
• Precise speed adjustments (any value between 0.1x and 10x)
• Keyboard shortcuts for instant speed changes
• Choice of where controls appear (player or subscribe area)
• Light/dark theme support
Perfect for:
• Students watching lectures at higher speeds
• Professionals reviewing lengthy videos
• Anyone who wants to consume content more efficiently
I'd love to hear your feedback and suggestions for future improvements! What features would make this extension even more useful for you?
About YT Speed Controller on Product Hunt
“Control YouTube video playback speed with custom buttons”
YT Speed Controller launched on Product Hunt on March 27th, 2025 and earned 116 upvotes and 6 comments, placing #16 on the daily leaderboard. YT Speed Controller enhances YouTube with customizable playback speed controls. Easily adjust speeds with one click, create keyboard shortcuts, and choose where controls appear. Save time and improve your viewing experience with precise speed management.
On the analytics side, YT Speed Controller competes within Chrome Extensions, Productivity and YouTube — topics that collectively have 719.1k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how YT Speed Controller performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted YT Speed Controller?
YT Speed Controller was hunted by Prashant Dwivedi. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
Prashant Dwivedi