YouTube has once again shattered ad revenue records, generating a staggering $10.4 billion in the fourth quarter of 2024. This marks a 13.8% year-over-year increase, fueled largely by political ...

YouTube users are experiencing ... users have been getting really long, unskippable ads, long enough to question whether the video after the ad is even worth it. Reddit user Lin1ex has complained ...

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

Ads that are 60, or even 120 minutes long on YouTube: and the best part is that they can't be skipped. I guess we've reached the lower circles of hell now.

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

Google denies serving extended unskippable ads on YouTube despite survey showing 31% of users encounter ads longer than two ...

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's advertising model has long been a source of frustration for its vast user base. The platform's approach to monetization, which often involves interrupting videos with unskippable ads ...

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

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 ...