Some affected users took to the r/youtube subreddit to complain about the new feature. One Redditor claimed they received 90 ...

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

With its new unskippable ad feature, YouTube might end up killing ... A Google spokesperson explained the test to Gizmodo: "YouTube is improving its performance and reliability in serving both ...

YouTube ads are getting more frustrating, with some users reporting unskippable ads that are nearly an hour long. Are ad ...

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

Now that Google is largely winning the war against ad blockers, it’s time to remind the company that it’s messing up again in ...

but with new lines denying that YouTube serves long, unskippable ads in the first place. "YouTube does not serve minutes-long, non-skippable ads," I was told. The company also said "Viewers with ...

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 ...

In response, Google has intensified its crackdown on such freeloaders, particularly in 2025, by introducing extreme ...

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 ...

A few strange instances of YouTube users witnessing hour-long, unskippable advertisements were recently covered by Android ...

Google is taking stronger action against YouTube users who rely on ad blockers. The company has introduced a new strategy: extremely long, unskippable ads. Users report encountering ads lasting ...