# PipePipe

37 Hacker News commenters recommended PipePipe and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months; owners who said how long report a median of 0.8 years (5 owners). It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a fast, lightweight YouTube app with ad blocking, SponsorBlock built in, and frequent fixes.

## Why people recommend it

- Blocks ads and Google nonsense (5 comments): "They do a pretty good job of blocking Google's nonsense and just showing you the videos." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50176099)) "Using NewPipe and sponsor block on PipePipe increases privacy and makes YouTube ad free" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50055129)) "PipePipe up to 10x! And both block ads, while PipePipe also integrates Sponsorblock." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48506923))
- SponsorBlock built in (4 comments): "Using NewPipe and sponsor block on PipePipe increases privacy and makes YouTube ad free" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50055129)) "was missing SponsorBlock and had read that the NewPipe developer didn't want to add it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49863243)) "PipePipe up to 10x! And both block ads, while PipePipe also integrates Sponsorblock." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48506923))
- Frequent updates and fixes (4 comments): "The developer seems to care about the project and introduces a lot of quality of life improvments." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49858368)) "The developer seems to spend the time and attention needed to make it work again" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49857828)) "PipePipe is so nice with the fast auto-updates." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49860323))
- Stable, fewer bugs (2 comments): "It's also less buggy, and they've fixed long-standing navigation gripes I had with NewPipe." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49858164)) "I found pipepipe to be more stable, break less and have more features." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47021252))

## What people warn about

- Rate limited or blocked by YouTube (2 comments): "It always says that your IP is blocked by YouTube" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49864088)) "Google rate limits me when I refresh." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49858408))
- Playback or downloads stop working (2 comments): "Pipepipe stopped downloading audio or video when I was using it a couple of years back." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46759245)) "PipePipe (which always has the pause at the start since the last few months)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46213253))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [ReVanced](https://hackerapproved.com/p/revanced.md): 43 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "PipePipe", https://hackerapproved.com/p/pipepipe/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).