Using Adblocker? You'll Get The Big Ol' Stinkeye From Youtube

If you use Adblocker to remove advertising from your video feed you watch on YouTube, the platform might just pull the rug out from under you, just stomp it's feet and go home. Or maybe it won't load on your computer, phone or whatever device used to view content.

There's long been something of a push and pull between the YouTube user and the platform when it comes to the ads served up for the free patronage you as a viewer has enjoyed. For most, its almost like a love-hate relationship. Everyone loves the ad revenue but can barely tolerate seeing all the ads.

Here's a video from one YouTube content creator, DeepHumor, who raises some concerns with what he sees YouTube rolling out as they strive to combat the pickle of user retention vs keeping or increasing ad revenue.

DeepHumor is a longtime content creator having been uploading to YouTube for the last 7 years. He has generated 125,000 subscribers and posted 925 videos.

He's put in the work, so his concerns need to be given some weight.

Looks a little shady YouTube. Trying to force the hand of your user base to watch more advertising is not a good look, even if there is plausible deniability on their side. The users' collective experience is the proof in the pudding.

But there are legit reasons why the platform might be throttling usage for those who use a useful app to try to enhance their own usage on the website. You may not like it, but it IS their website and turning a blind eye too many times to what they might feel is something almost like an abuse of their website might make them turn a more critical eye on the problem. Maybe that's what is happening here.

The world is at your fingertips online and this platform, like Twitch, Kick, Instagram and all the rest, try to navigate the fine line of providing an enjoyable experience while on their various websites and the dark matter of generating income by giving you that experience.

Some get a little "piggish" when they provide online services, trying to nickel and dime their users so they can pad their bottom lines or provide acceptable rates of return to shareholders, or even finance the owner's or manager's lavish lifestyle.

Not saying that is the case with YouTube or that they're trying to dip their sticky fingers in my pocket searching for any loose change, as the company does need to make a profit or it will go the way of others who slipped into bankruptcy or a curtailing of services their customers expect and demand.

How Much Does YouTube Make Each Year?

When you type that question into Google, it states that last year, 2024, YouTube made $36.2 billion in advertising revenue (Sidenote: Zoinks! That's a lot of money!) and that is a 14.6 percent increase on 2023's revenue when they generated an equally massive $31.7 billion (Again, zoinks!) BUT that does not take into account an equally large number of expenses or the revenue sharing (the YouTube Partnership Program aka YPP) they do with huge creators such as PewDiePie or MrBeast or presumably, smaller channels like DeepHumor (the link to his channel is in the 3rd paragraph, so go subscribe to him). As you may know, the revenue is split between YouTube (they get 45 percent) and the various content creators (they get 55 percent).

By the way, one of the videos that popped up in Google when I queried how much revenue YouTube makes was by a channel called MakeMoneyMatt, one of the hundreds or thousands of "make money online" channels but this one seems pretty informative called "How Much YouTube Pays You For 1,000 Views In 2025". I have no affiliation with this channel at all, it just looked like an appropriate video, given the topic.

There hundreds of results given when you type "Adblocker" into the YouTube search bar with most demeaning that the website frown upon it or trying to provide sketchy fixes or alternatives, so if that's the route you want to follow, that's up to you to find a viable solution.

If you are unhappy being buried in ads when you watch videos continuously, you need to tell YouTube about it. Or use Adblocker or any alternatives where you can, but expect to be throttled or denied service from time to time.

It is what it is.