What is YouTube Adblock?

YouTube AdBlock is a browser extension that filters and blocks advertising content on YouTube. This includes ads that appear before, during, and after a video. Ad blockers may feel like a marketer's worst nightmare. But there is power in understanding why people use them.

How do I reload a YouTube video with Adblock paused?

While on YouTube, click the AdBlock toolbar icon to open the menu and select Once under "Pause on this site". Reload the page. If you don't see any ads with AdBlock paused, the video doesn't have ads. If you do see ads, open the AdBlock menu again and select Unpause AdBlock. Reload the page again. That should force the ads to show on that video.

Do ad blockers drive you away from YouTube?

Don't let the fear of ad blockers drive you away from YouTube entirely. For Nicole Ondracek, marketing manager, paid advertising at HubSpot, advertising on YouTube still proves effective — even with pesky ad blockers. "You're still able to reach so many people on YouTube that [AdBlock] doesn't really play a factor in our strategy."

Does Safari block YouTube ads?

Safari Content Blockers block ads only in Safari, so you will suffer all the incoveniences associated with watching YouTube in a web browser, and they can't deal with most of the YouTube ads anyway. Ad blocking in YouTube is tricky, and there could be many different reasons: