# Brave uses 100% CPU in YouTube Premium

**URL:** <https://community.brave.app/t/brave-uses-100-cpu-in-youtube-premium/625202>\
**Category:** Desktop Support\
**Tags:** performance, browser\
**Created:** [June 11, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/brave-uses-100-cpu-in-youtube-premium/625202 "2025-06-11T16:49:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![jilbert](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/jilbert/32/204083_2.png) [@jilbert](https://community.brave.app/u/jilbert)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/brave-uses-100-cpu-in-youtube-premium/625202/1 "2025-06-11T16:49:12Z")

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**Description of the issue: Using Brave on YouTube premium CPU is pegged at 100% for approx 1 min. After a minute CPU goes down to 96-94%**  
**How can this issue be reproduced?**

1. Yes. Turned off extensions (AdBlock, Google Analysis opt-out, Silky, Ublock Origin) Same result
2. Use Chrome browser, no problem
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\*\*Expected result: \*\*

**Brave Version( check `About Brave`): 1.79.119 (64 bit) Chromium 137.0.7151.68**

\*\*Additional Information: Winver (home) 21H2 (22000.2438)  
MS Surface Pro 7 \*\*

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**Author:** ![Evan123](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/evan123/32/134423_2.png) [@Evan123](https://community.brave.app/u/Evan123)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/brave-uses-100-cpu-in-youtube-premium/625202/2 "2025-06-11T16:58:19Z")

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Do you have graphics acceleration enabled at brave://settings/system?

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**Author:** ![jilbert](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/jilbert/32/204083_2.png) [@jilbert](https://community.brave.app/u/jilbert)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/brave-uses-100-cpu-in-youtube-premium/625202/3 "2025-06-18T13:51:34Z")

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Thanks for your reply.  
I turned off graphics acceleration, but the problem still occurs. It’s only on live streams in YouTube. I have the live video paused and am just using chat in the browser. (I play the video portion thru my TV app.)  
After running both Chrome and Brave, the problem occurs on both. It’s a YouTube problem…

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/1/8/182067f3480d1a5e7aea5ae3131b116ca1ef7918.png) [@system](https://community.brave.app/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/brave-uses-100-cpu-in-youtube-premium/625202/4 "2025-07-18T13:51:56Z")

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