# YouTube ReVanced

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/youtube-revanced/

14 people recommended YouTube ReVanced in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 8 of 12 months, in 13 threads. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** A patched YouTube app for Android that removes ads and adds features such as background playback and sponsor skipping. People recommend it for ad-free viewing and customisation.

Summary written by Claude from 11 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Works well on Android (3 comments in the sample): "On Android the YouTube ReVanced patch is really good though." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47607402)) "works perfectly on Android with YouTube ReVanced" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46450787)) "Revanced YouTube works fine." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46842464))
- Blocks YouTube ads (2 comments in the sample): "Youtube revanced on your phone + ublock on firefox and you'll never see youtube ads again." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48305568)) "I completely forgot what ads look like" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46524768))
- Customisable app with extra features (2 comments in the sample): "it lets you customise your YouTube app and add or remove as many features as you want" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46191225)) "YouTube Revanced does this (+many other premium features" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46053592))

## Other YouTube clients people recommend

- [NewPipe](https://hackerapproved.com/p/newpipe/): 95 recommend, 13 mixed, 23 criticize
- [ReVanced](https://hackerapproved.com/p/revanced/): 37 recommend, 3 mixed, 10 criticize
- [SmartTube](https://hackerapproved.com/p/smarttube/): 37 recommend, 1 mixed, 5 criticize
- [PipePipe](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pipepipe/): 35 recommend, 2 mixed, 4 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "YouTube ReVanced", https://hackerapproved.com/p/youtube-revanced/ (14 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 3 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.