{"id":121308,"date":"2025-11-07T22:58:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T22:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/121308\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T22:58:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T22:58:10","slug":"youtube-isnt-down-its-your-ad-blocker-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/121308\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube isn&#8217;t down, it&#8217;s your ad blocker again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=\"e_Gg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\"  title=\"youtube app logo close up android phone\"  alt=\"A close-up of the YouTube app running on an Android phone.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/youtube-app-logo-close-up-android-phone-scaled.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Joe Maring \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<p>There were thousands of reports of YouTube being down earlier today.<br \/>\nIt turns out that YouTube is working fine.<br \/>\nThe problem is that the platform rolled out a big anti-ad blocker update.<\/p>\n<p>YouTube has long been at war with ad blockers, implementing various measures to get users to turn off their extensions. As a result, we occasionally see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/black-ads-youtube-ad-block-extension-3465017\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">some users report<\/a> that an ad blocker has stopped working on the website. This time, however, it appears that YouTube has rolled out a big update that made the website unusable for a large number of viewers who have their ad blockers enabled.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t want to miss the best from Android Authority?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/andauth.co\/AAGooglePreferredSource\" class=\"e_Em\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\"><img class=\"e_Gg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  title=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\"  alt=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png\"\/><img class=\"e_Gg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  title=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\"  alt=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Around 12:00 AM today, reports of YouTube being down began to spike on <a href=\"https:\/\/downdetector.com\/status\/youtube\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Downdetector<\/a>. But it wasn\u2019t until around 6:00 AM that those reports jumped into the thousands. While it seemed like YouTube went offline, users quickly realized that wasn\u2019t the case.<\/p>\n<p>As it turns out, YouTube was still working just fine. The actual root of the problem is that YouTube is once again cracking down on ad blockers. Over on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/youtube\/comments\/1oqtrnc\/was_listening_to_music_in_the_background_and\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reddit<\/a> (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.windowscentral.com\/software-apps\/youtube-not-down-anti-ad-blocker-update\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Windows Central<\/a>), users have sleuthed out a few of the old solutions that have been affected. There are several mentions of the Opera GX browser and its built-in ad blocker having problems with YouTube. Another user also suggests that you won\u2019t be able to use YouTube with an ad blocker if you\u2019re on a Chromium browser and signed into your account.<\/p>\n<p>It appears that you can still use the popular video platform with an ad blocker if you\u2019re using Firefox and aren\u2019t signed in. Microsoft\u2019s Edge browser also appears to be safe from today\u2019s crackdown. And it looks like uBlock Origin still works just fine.<\/p>\n<p>This latest crackdown comes on the heels of a recent change to YouTube\u2019s mobile ads. A few days ago, it was spotted that the app <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/youtube-side-panel-ad-update-3612988\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">removed the close-out button<\/a> from side panel ads. As a result, you can no longer dismiss a side panel ad while viewing a horizontal ad on mobile.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for being part of our community. Read our\u00a0<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/android-authority-comment-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/android-authority-comment-policy\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Comment Policy<\/a> before posting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joe Maring \/ Android Authority TL;DR There were thousands of reports of YouTube being down earlier today. 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