SmartDuck
Lower the volume of YouTube ads, automatically
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YouTube ads usually come in louder than whatever you were watching, even with Stable Volume on. SmartDuck turns the volume down when an ad starts and brings it back when it ends. It doesn't block ads, they still play, just quieter. Everything runs in your browser.
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PH · launched Oct 18, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 67%)
- Media & entertainment
- Workflow automation
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
- Chrome Extensions
- Productivity
- YouTube
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Yes A browser extension that detects YouTube ad playback and lowers the volume is a small content-script project using standard browser APIs.
Competitors
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Attention rank: #100 of 231 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 230 days after the earliest competitor.
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- SoundSwitch: WiFi Auto Volume · ph · 2026-10-21 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- CrossBlock · ph · 2026-10-07 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- Gentle Volume · ph · 2026-10-18 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- Blockium · ph · 2026-10-09 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- Ads-Blocker · github · 2026-10-01 · 197 upvotes · similarity 0.43
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