I have a problem, when I watch YouTube Brave uses a very large percentage of my processor which is not good (on other sites this is not a problem). this is not the case on another browser. The “use hardware acceleration when available” is disabled, I don’t know what could be causing all this. so ba…

Processor overuse (YouTube)

Mattches March 22, 2020, 8:01pm 7

@sami,
You’re likely running into this issue here:

Topic		Replies	Views
Brave CPU usage much higher then usual Desktop Support windows	5	528	October 4, 2021
Brave really seems to struggle with youtube Browser Support windows	1	775	August 27, 2020
High CPU Usage while using Desktop Support macos	8	10662	November 17, 2020
Brave is using too much cpu and memory with youtube Feedback performance , windows	0	80	March 14, 2025
Insanely high CPU usage Desktop Support windows	11	10212	April 20, 2020
Excessive CPU usage when using YouTube or any video website Desktop Support macos	2	722	June 23, 2020
Inexplicably high CPU watching video on Mac Mini Desktop Support macos	17	1749	July 3, 2021
High CPU usage while playing Youtube, completely cripples playback Desktop Support macos	12	4539	October 16, 2021