How to repeat (loop) YouTube Videos automatically

Martin Brinkmann
Jun 12, 2018
Updated • Jun 22, 2020
Music and Video, Youtube
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If you like a particular video on YouTube very much, you may want to play it over and over again using some sort of repeat functionality.

Problem is, most users don't know that YouTube supports native loop functionality on the desktop . While you can hammer on the play button again as soon as the video ends, it is not the most comfortable of options as it requires manual action on your part.

The following guide looks at popular options that you have to repeat YouTube videos automatically. The guide is divided into several parts: it reveals how to enable loop mode on YouTube, and looks at online services that add repeat functionality to any YouTube video and browser add-ons.

Tip: If you watch YouTube on the desktop, you can right-click on any video to activate the Loop functionality.

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While you can do so on the desktop, you can't on mobile devices. Online services, browser add-ons and apps may offer additional functionality that you may require next to that.

Online Services

Online services take any YouTube video URL that you provide and integrate with repeat functionality. The process is straightforward but how it is done depends on the service that you will use.

YouTube Repeat

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Update: YouTube Repeat is no longer available. Check out the alternatives below. End

YouTube Repeat is one of the easier options. All you have to do is add the word repeat to the YouTube URL to put the video on repeat.

You would turn an URL such as https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yh9i0PAjck into https://www.youtuberepeat.com/watch?v=7yh9i0PAjck and load the new address. It gets redirected automatically to the service that powers the functionality.

The video should play automatically when the new page loads and it will start from the beginning again when it reaches the end.

YouTube Loop

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YouTube Loop is another service that you may use. It is not as easy to use as the first as you have to edit two parts of the address to make it work.

To use it, change a YouTube video URL like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgoolZ-Mo48 to https://www.youtubeloop.net/watch?v=GgoolZ-Mo48. As you can see, you have to add loop to the domain name and replace the com extension with net to make it work.

Note that you can go to both sites directly to paste YouTube video urls that you want to play.

Other online services that let you loop YouTube videos:

  • Tube Replay: http://www.tubereplay.com/
  • YouTube Repeater: https://www.youtuberepeater.com/

Browser Add-ons to loop YouTube videos

Browser add-ons integrated directly in the browser and may add repeat or looping functionality directly to any video you play on YouTube.

The approach has advantages and disadvantages:

  • Positive: works directly on YouTube usually so no third-party domain loading at all.
  • Negative: you need to install a browser extension that may use RAM when it is loaded. Also, some add-ons require permissions that are not justifiable, e.g. to run on all sites and not only on YouTube.

I selected extensions that require only permissions that make sense.

YouLoop (Firefox)

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Firefox users can check out the browser extension YouLoop - Repeat video/audio endless on YouTube. It enables repeat mode on YouTube automatically so that any video that you play on the site is looped automatically.

A click on the extension icon displays options to disable the functionality, or to repeat only a specific part of the video.

YouTube Repeat Button (Chrome)

The browser extension for Google Chrome adds a repeat button to the video player on YouTube. You need to click on the icon to activate repeat mode. A second click disables it again. The video plays in a  loop automatically when you activate the mode.

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Comments

  1. Raj said on June 27, 2020 at 10:56 am
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    I was facing a problem with looping on my mobile. Fortunately, I found the prorepeat.com app.

  2. Anonymous said on June 24, 2020 at 3:01 am
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    Great answer. Simple. Works. Instructions got right to the point–Right click, choose loop.

  3. MDP said on June 24, 2020 at 2:58 am
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    Frustrating blarney! Simply right click on the video and choose loop.

  4. pj said on June 21, 2020 at 11:29 pm
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    https://www.youtuberepeat.com/ no longer works … as of today’s writing. listenonrepeat.com appears as address.

  5. Victor said on September 16, 2019 at 2:03 pm
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    There are also extensions that you can install in chrome that will allow you to loop certain parts of videos directly on Youtube.
    I am using YT Looper (https://ytlooper2019.page.link/webapp). It allows you not only to replay certain parts of a video, but also to save these loops for later use or change video’s speed.
    Check out the below video if you believe it might be relevant for you.
    https://ytlooper2019.page.link/youtubepromo

  6. chesscanoe said on June 12, 2018 at 1:37 pm
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    “Tip: If you watch YouTube on the desktop, you can right-click on any video to activate the Loop functionality.” Thanks Martin, that is all I require.

  7. flash said on June 12, 2018 at 1:01 pm
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    Enhancer for YouTube ( https://www.mrfdev.com/enhancer-for-youtube ) has a loop feature too. It’s a cross-browser extension that has a lot more features and among those is a loop feature that also lets you repeat the partial contents of a YT video.

    In years past I used the great YouTube Center extension/userscript but development had stopped and it became useless once YouTube changed to its new design. The developer restarted under a different name ( maia-yt https://github.com/YePpHa/maia-yt ), but progress is slow and incomplete.

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