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

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

A user on Reddit has recently encountered an hour-long unskippable ad on YouTube. The issue could be attributed to an ad ...

Google has responded after a YouTube viewer went viral on Reddit showing a 60-minute unskippable ad on a video.

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 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 ...

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 ...

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.

YouTube users have reported encountering excessively long, un-skippable ads, with some lasting between 57 minutes to 3 hours. Screenshots shared on Reddit even show ads longer than the actual video ...

This is especially true for people who use YouTube for free. Users are subject to the obligatory 15-second unskippable ads, but how about an ad as long as The Lord Of The Ring: Fellowship Of The Ring?