YouTube might have started a new crackdown on ad blockers, as several users have reported that the YouTube website is not functioning properly when used in a desktop ...

There were thousands of reports of YouTube being down earlier today. It turns out that YouTube is working fine. The problem is that the platform rolled out a big anti-ad blocker update. YouTube has ...

Over the past month or so, many YouTubers have been reporting major drops to their video view counts. Theories have run wild, but there’s one explanation involving ad blockers that makes the most ...

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Alphabet profit jumps 19 percent in Q2 of this year. By Tony Maglio Alphabet remains on a roll as its world-beating streaming-video platform YouTube continues to dominate. Wall Street forecast ...

Find out why") with a link directing users to a Google support page about disabling ad-blocking extensions, suggesting the slowdowns are intentional. The recent crackdown is a shift from YouTube's ...

A hot potato: YouTube is once again cracking down on those who use ad blockers. The Google-owned company has been implementing measures to combat third-party extensions for years, and it has just ...

YouTube continues to rake in money from advertisers worldwide, with the video giant’s ad revenue reaching $8.93 billion in the first quarter of 2025, up 10.3% year over year — a solid double-digit ...

New research shows YouTube, while it is the largest and an ever-growing connected TV platform, has room to improve versus other similar free/advertising video-on-demand services. MoffettNathanson ...

In a nutshell: YouTube is now 20 years old, and the platform has changed significantly since its early days. A sizable minority of users is fed up with invasive advertising and actively seek ways to ...

YouTube is automating mid-roll ad placements starting May 12. Creators can combine automatic and manual placements for better results. YouTube Liaison recommends enabling automatic mid-rolls.