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 ...

Nope, there’s nothing wrong with your TV—that was an ad you just saw on Amazon Prime Video. Like many of the big streaming services, Amazon Prime Video has rolled out an ad-supported tier ...

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 ...

A user on Reddit has recently encountered an hour-long unskippable ad on YouTube. The issue could be attributed to an ad blocker, which Google is proactively cracking down on. Google issued a ...

YouTube users have recently raised concerns about encountering unusually long ads—and when we say long ads, we’re talking about some lasting three hours or more. Screenshots shared on Reddit show ads ...

While Google cracked down on freeloaders last year, YouTube is stepping up its efforts in 2025, making viewers with adblockers sit through hours of unskippable ads. Even though ads are annoying ...

In response, Google has intensified its crackdown on such freeloaders, particularly in 2025, by introducing extreme deterrents like unskippable ads lasting several hours. In 2024, YouTube had ...

YouTube ads are now unskippable and can last for several hours, just to deter users with adblockers. Google is cracking down on freeloaders by showing excessively long ads to promote premium ...

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 ...

Users with ad blockers are reporting seeing hourslong unskippable ads. Users with ad blockers are reporting seeing hourslong unskippable ads. Google has denied reports that it’s serving ...

That's nothing. How about a 60-minutes long ad? And such that can't be skipped? Reports come up that point in that direction. One notable example came from a Reddit user who shared their experience of ...

We recently reported about a few bizarre cases of YouTube viewers seeing hour-long unskippable ads. This particular article sparked a lot of conversation on our website, with many frustrated users ...