Google is getting sick and tired of YouTube watchers who use ad blockers, and — no surprise — the company is stepping it up ...

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

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

YouTube confirms hour-long unskippable ads target ad blocker users, marking significant escalation in platform's fight against blocking software.

Google maintains that it restricts unskippable ads to a maximum of 15 seconds on mobile and 60 seconds on TV. Update: January 27, 2025 (10:14 PM ET): We’ve heard back from Google, and the company ...

By YouTube’s own admission, unskippable ads are supposed to be limited to 15-seconds (or up to 60 seconds on YouTube TV), so whether on purpose or not, something is definitely messing up here ...

Users are subject to the obligatory 15-second unskippable ads ... Another user posted a picture with a whopping 2-hour 52-minute ad. To put that in perspective, The Lord Of The Ring: Fellowship ...

YouTube ads are now unskippable and can last for several hours, just to deter users with adblockers. Google is cracking down ...

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 ...

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.