Android Authority's survey shows a clear discrepancy between Google's claims about unskippable ads on YouTube and what users ...

Google has offered an explanation for why these ads are happening and what users can do about it. Whether the explanation is ...

Google has denied reports that it’s serving unskippable ads that last for minutes or even hours to some YouTube users who ...

In response, Google has intensified its crackdown on such freeloaders, particularly in 2025, by introducing extreme ...

YouTube users are experiencing extremely long, unskippable ads, sometimes up to an hour long. There’s a good chance that ad blockers might be contributing to the issue. Google maintains that it ...

Google has been taking its crusade against adblockers to a whole new level lately, and users are speculating that unskippable multi-hour ads are its latest weapon. Over the past week, Redditors ...

Valve makes clear companies can still advertise in games. Those awkward billboards and real-world brand cosmetics are still ...

even more ad revenue from users. On Reddit, one user on the r/youtube subreddit showed a screenshot of a 58-minute unskippable ad, which then prompted commenters to share their own experiences of ...

YouTube is facing backlash over an aggressive tactic targeting free-tier users who use ad blockers. Despite offering a free, ...

Some users are seeing hour-long unskippable ads on YouTube. No, seriously… an hour. I wouldn’t blame anyone if they resorted to ad blockers after dealing with that sort of nightmare.

Since around January 2025, there have been a series of reports of YouTube displaying unskippable ads that last for several hours. Since these ads are being displayed to users of 'ad blockers' that ...