I spent 3 months without using AdBlock on Youtube, here are the results.

Repost because I am dumb and I didn't read the rules and just followed what other popular posters did.

Why did you do this experiment?

Last year around November I stopped using ad block on youtube because I wanted to give back to the creators that I watch, and at the time I didn't think much of it, but around the end of December I noticed unusual number of ads playing on videos that I watched, so I decided to write down every ad that I get and see how many ads in total I will have after some time.

Are those video ads or all ads that show up on youtube combined?

I focused on video ads because they were the main annoyance, all other ads weren't exactly consistent either so I didn't bother with that.

Why do you spend so much time on youtube?

I mostly use youtube as a source for music which I play pretty much all the time while I work or just doing some stuff on my computer, hence why there is kind of a crazy amount of hours in just 3 months.

Why did you stop the experiment?

As the stats show, there were just way too many ads, which it self isn't that bad, but amount of repetitive crap one after another was just too much and it started to frustrate me, so instead of going for half year mark, I cut it short at 3 months, which is fine because I got enough data to see what kind of treatment people get when they don't use adblocker.

How did you keep track of all ads and advertisers?

I basically made a table in excel and I added every single ad right after I got it. As the time passed I switched to notepad and at the end of the day I would just put the data into tables, which saved a lot of time, compered of constant alt-tabbing and interrupting my work.

How did you measure amount of hours that you spent on youtube?

Youtube App got a feature sometime last year which shows you some data about the time you spend on Youtube, both on mobile and desktop. Every night I would just transfer the data from Youtube App to my Excel sheet.

How did you create this graph?

I made it by using a website called SankeyMatic, I wanted to use Adobe Illustrator but I really liked this type of graph and it was way easier than screwing around in Illustrator.

Why do you have so many ads from Tai Lopez?

I have absolutely no God damn idea. I know the guy only from memes and H3H3 podcast, and I swear ever since I've seen that podcast, I just got hammered with ads from that guy. Not sure what the deal is but he sure as hell has that advertisement game on point. He was one of the main reasons why I stopped this experiment. Hearing his voice would make me instantly mad and ruin what ever kind of mood I was in at that time. Screw you Tai.

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