YouTube has addressed reports from some creators who claim their video views have recently dropped – and are blaming ad blockers.

Microsoft is testing a feature in its Edge Canary browser for Android that enables YouTube videos to play in the background without a YouTube Premium subscription, potentially undermining one of ...

Update: October 31, 2023 (11:26 PM ET): After our original report about an increasing number of users being unable to use ad blockers on YouTube, the platform has confirmed to The Verge that it has ...

Being able to keep a YouTube video playing in the background is a big benefit of subscribing to YouTube Premium, but that ...

Google started a big fight against ad blocker use on YouTube a few years ago, which was perfectly understandable. YouTube is free for people who don't want to pay for a Premium subscription because ad ...

YouTube is really slowing down the platform for people using ad blockers. Video load times have gone up as much as five minutes. Meanwhile, the platform seems flooded with bad, misleading ...

There's been a lot of talk about YouTube ads in the past few years, as Google has made an aggressive move against YouTube ad blockers. Google's stance is understandable. Commercials are what make ...

First, YouTube subjected viewers to longer unskippable ads. Now, not even pausing your screen will let users escape. The Google-owned platform confirmed Thursday that it has “widely rolled out Pause ...

YouTube's crack down on ad blockers leads to unskippable blank video ads on the platform. Credit: Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto via Getty Images YouTube ad-blocker users, prepare to stare at nothing for ...

YouTube revealed plans to update how mid-roll advertisements function, starting May 12. The update focuses on showing more ads at natural breakpoints in videos while reducing interruptive ad ...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 5 (Reuters) - Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab YouTube on Wednesday rolled out a $7.99 monthly subscription service that is ad-free for most videos, except music, to create a ...