{"id":24512,"date":"2024-08-01T17:41:44","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T12:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.veefly.com\/?p=24512"},"modified":"2026-06-16T12:49:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T07:19:56","slug":"youtube-black-screen-ad-blocker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/veefly.com\/blog\/latest-youtube-updates\/youtube-black-screen-ad-blocker\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube Ad Blocker Sees A Black Screen While Playing Videos: Here&#8217;s Why?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube, last month, took a big step and cracked down on multiple ad-block users to encourage them to get premium. While YouTube decided to inject server-side ads into the videos that are tricky to block, clever old ad blockers still managed to escape from it. Now, almost every ad blocker is seeing a black screen on the YouTube service. Let&#8217;s look into it in detail.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_72 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/veefly.com\/blog\/latest-youtube-updates\/youtube-black-screen-ad-blocker\/#YouTube_server-side_ads_show_a_black_screen_for_ad_blocker_users\" title=\"YouTube server-side ads show a black screen for ad blocker users\">YouTube server-side ads show a black screen for ad blocker users<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/veefly.com\/blog\/latest-youtube-updates\/youtube-black-screen-ad-blocker\/#Conclusion\" title=\"Conclusion\">Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"YouTube_server-side_ads_show_a_black_screen_for_ad_blocker_users\"><\/span>YouTube server-side ads show a black screen for ad blocker users<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24515 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.veefly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/youtube-black-screen-for-ad-blocker-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"youtube black screen for ad blocker\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.veefly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/youtube-black-screen-for-ad-blocker-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.veefly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/youtube-black-screen-for-ad-blocker-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.veefly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/youtube-black-screen-for-ad-blocker-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.veefly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/youtube-black-screen-for-ad-blocker-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.veefly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/youtube-black-screen-for-ad-blocker.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While YouTube is on the path of <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.veefly.com\/youtube\/youtube-ad-blockers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cracking down the ad blockers,<\/a> first it was lagging the video and now showing a black screen. The black screen stays up to 6 seconds before the video starts. It is like a replacement of ads for users using third-party tools to block ads.<\/p>\n<p>But this new strategy of YouTube doesn&#8217;t seem to annoy the users as one of them has to say that they would rather see a black screen than an ad. Apparently, hitting the F5 as soon as you refresh the page resolves the problem.<\/p>\n<p>Server-side ads are those that are directly injected into your videos from the server hosting the content, which cannot be tracked. While YouTube ads are added to your device using the script which is easily detectible to ad blockers.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>YouTube server-side ads result in a black screen for ad blocker users instead of artificial lag or load signs. However, this action affects different browsers except Chrome. You can still use the ad blockers of your choice to stop the ads on Google-based sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover the Secret Behind Those Black Screens!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":24514,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,71],"tags":[1138,136],"class_list":["post-24512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-youtube-updates","category-youtube","tag-black-screen-for-ad-blockers","tag-youtube-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3.1 (Yoast SEO v25.3.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why Ad Blocker Is Seeing Black Screen On YT Server-Side?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Users with an ad blocker extension are experiencing a black screen on the YouTube server site and other browsers. 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