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Considering 955 reviews, most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. People frequently complain about the excessive, long, and intrusive advertisements that constantly interrupt videos. Consumers feel that these continuous commercial breaks completely ruin the fun of watching their favorite creators. Reviewers also find the constant website layout and interface changes extremely frustrating and difficult to use. Some reviewers were happy with the massive selection of entertaining videos and classic channels available. Despite the overwhelming number of commercial interruptions, many consumers still enjoy visiting the platform daily for music and specific shows. They appreciate having endless entertainment options at their fingertips.

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

YouTube has become the epitome of annoying with ads appearing for no apparent reasons in the middle of a story, song, tune etc…completely destroying the moment. A new annoyance is automatic minimizi... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Utter trash. There are a few helpful and entertaining videos on YouTube but sadly the whole experience of watching it has been ruined by sheer number of adverts a lot of which are fraudulent and the v... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Why not just call it ad tube now. Its unusable unless you pay cable level membership fees. I just watch other stuff but I miss my YouTube creators and hope they grow on patrion but I can't watch with... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Totally unbearable stuff now. From being a very interesting website, YouTube has become now the home of crooks who post thousands of AI generated videos for fooling people and attracting adverts. Ever... See more


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Youtube is bias

. Keeps increcing video player size more and more, streaming videos beacoming more and more unsafe
. Bias in reccomendations (youtube is very anti sanity)
, search results get unrelevant fast
. Shorts reccomended in search to much (needed get a blocker)
. No option to atleast for health reasons block videos with audio spikes or visual issues (eg. flashing)
. Allows of AI use
. Removing dislike counter
. Owned by extremly evil company alphabet/google.

12 August 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Youtube has become The Nest of the…

Youtube has become The Nest of the Scammers. They easily deceive people there and Youtube administration takes no action against them although i reported them couple times. One of the scammers there is " markscryptolab " there. Beware Guys !

9 August 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Youtube take money from crooked companies

Three censoring overlords who delete any opinions we have that they don’t like …. see Covid scandal …. people died as youtube stuck to the fauci lies…. anyway today i’m angry as they are making a fortune from Clarity Blue glasses adverts and that company is a completely crooked outfit …. that supply no return address or paperwork. Sent me a useless pair that didn’t do any of the miracles claimed

31 July 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Ai this Ai that

Youtube has gotten to an abusive amount of advertisements, some advertisements are so much longer, that the video its self feels like its shorter and it is, while you still have to watch 3 other advertisements that are also really long. When you click the skip button, you usually just have to watch another advertisment.

The ai has gotten to a point where it isn’t even acceptable anymore, like 1 ai video every 15 scrolls is acceptable, but thats not the reality no more, all the videos are ai especially the comments. Its not just ai videos and comments, it gotten to ai moderation ai, ai ads, ai likes, ai shares and much more, this is not acceptable at all youtube,

I have so much more to talk about too because youtube has become complete slop.

9 August 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

It profits from users’ anxiety through an abusive amount of advertising!

Horrible. Simply horrible! YouTube was created to democratize content, but with this amount of advertising, it has simply become a money-making machine feeding off users’ anxiety. We’ve reached the point where television has a less abusive relationship with its viewers than YouTube does.

This is a perfect example of how good projects and inventions can become instruments of torture in the hands of those who seek unlimited income and power.

I’ve already left other social media platforms, and now it’s time to say goodbye to YouTube.

8 August 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

YouTube is fast becoming unwatchable…

YouTube is fast becoming unwatchable due to the frequency of ads. Bad enough on pre-recorded videos, they totally ruin live feeds, and they have the cheek to want £12.99 a month for ad free content !
Scandalous !

8 August 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 3 out of 5 stars

I really don’t like the video games and…

I really don’t like the video games and YouTube shorts and even though every time I hit “not interested” they keep popping up. Another thing I don’t like is the uselessness of the dislike button EVERYWHERE. Commenting a negative review just brings a bad creator more engagement so we’re enticed to not give our opinions. But I like most videos on the platform.

7 August 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

YouTube's downfall

YouTube has became worse of worsts. Very dark psychological tricks to force you buying premium. Advertisings are more frequent than ever. I sincerely wish for downfall of this company, if such persists I'll be willing to quit this app forever even if there's no replacement.

6 August 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Full of fake ads

Full of fake ads , mostly chinese selling rubbish with UK domain addresses .
You tube should be doing more to stamp these out , but guess they have to make money from somehwere ,always check on trustpilot before buying , in fact I now ignore any ad on youtube as being a scam or rip off site .

4 August 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Horrible platform to some creators!

Everything started well with YouTube back in 2011 when I created my channel, until a shift in its algorithm destroyed my channel. I was almost at the point where I could have quit my day job because of the ad revenue generated, but then they had a policy change, and an algorithm tweak and my uploads went from hundreds of thousands of views per video, with some also reaching millions per video, to now just two to five thousand views per video if I am lucky, and yet they, YouTube, tell me they have not done anything to affect my channel. NOT TRUE! I long for a viable alternative to YouTube. I no longer respect or like using it now.

3 August 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Shape youngest mindset and perception of the world in a very unhealthy way

I have to say that I do enjoy watching YouTube, and there is still a lot of useful and entertaining content on the platform. However, there are two major things I dislike about it, and these issues make the overall experience much less attractive.

The first is the way its recommendation system interprets our viewing behaviour. YouTube seems to assume that we agree with the views, ideas, or mindset expressed in a video simply because we watched it. Even if we open a video accidentally and close it immediately, YouTube may still assume that we are interested in that type of content and continue recommending similar videos.

Once, I accidentally opened a video of a person behaving aggressively and shouting at others for no clear reason. Within a few hours, my entire homepage was filled with similar videos showing people fighting, arguing, and behaving violently.

As adults, we understand that such behaviour represents only a very small percentage of the population. However, when our homepage is filled with this type of content, it creates the impression that the world is full of aggressive and unreasonable people.

Adults may be able to judge such content critically, but what about young people? YouTube’s recommendation system may shape their mindset and perception of the world in a very unhealthy way.

The second problem is YouTube’s acceptance of questionable sponsored advertisements.

I have seen many similar advertisements claiming that a government official posted something on social media and quickly removed it. The advertisement then suggests that the official accidentally revealed a “secret” way of making money that only a small group of people knew about.

Eventually, these advertisements lead viewers to an external website. I researched one of these websites and found many negative reviews. The website claimed to offer extremely high investment returns that appeared far too good to be true.

Advertisements like these use the image or reputation of public officials to create false credibility and pressure viewers into acting quickly. This is especially dangerous for younger people, older people, or anyone who may not recognise common signs of an investment scam.

YouTube should have a stronger responsibility to review the advertisements it accepts. A sponsored label does not make misleading or potentially fraudulent content acceptable.

I have now turned off my watch history. However, once I did that, my homepage became completely empty, and YouTube stopped recommending videos based on my interests. This makes the option to select our interests on YouTube seem almost pointless.

These two issues have made me seriously consider whether I should continue using YouTube at all.

3 August 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Racism

So I am a ER:LC Content Creator. I am a small creator with only 20 Subscribers. So that day I posted a tips & tricks that you can do with Melonly. For those of you who don't know what Melonly is, Melonly is a ER:LC Private Server management panel. So I was doing some Tips & Tricks and covering their tester update coming soon. So I posted the video, literally not even 5 Minutes go by and they take down my video and terminate my account for Scamming. And I did right a appeal, and they denied it with no reason what so ever. So I told them and informed them that nothing in that video included Scamming. So I called my YouTube Rep, and we got together and watched the video. And I always download my posts after editing just incase something happens. So me and my YouTube Rep are just sitting down reviewing the video and he says to me " There is no Scamming in this video what so ever." so I told him "What the heck do I do then?" And he said to file another appeal and attach the video for YouTube to review. They reviewed it and they Terminated my account again but for a completely different reason. They said my video included Racism. And I said "Now they are just making shit up". And yes, I am a African American, so I am trying to figure out how i'm being racist in my video. So I call my friend and he said everything that they are doing is wrong because my video doesn't include anything they're terminating me for. So now I'm pissed. So I make a new account, and record me face to face talking about my situation that Youtube put me through. And next thing you know, YouTube recgonized the voice and took the video down but they also copyright striked me, as well as mark me down for Scam. And now i'm thinking "Oh my god, is YouTube being racist?" So now I look up some more creators who experienced the same thing, and guess who popped up on the subject? CoryXKenshin. Now i'm like "What in the world is cory doing in this problem?" So I do more digging and come to find out YouTube did the same thing to him but they age restricted his. And many people mind you have made videos about Melonly. So YouTube, just for you to know that you guys are racists and I hope you get deleted.

1 August 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Bad website good content

Bad website good content

YouTube has a lot of adds and is very aggressive with copyright and sensorship towards there own content creators. Meanwhile bot accounts pedaling scams and porn slip by. They don't moderate there adds and you will be constantly bombarded with scam adds, ai slop adds, and temu wich is somehow a mix of both. Constantly secretly changing the UI which makes me feel like I'm going crazy. However it is one of the largest content sharing platforms and is a great place to find quality content.

2 August 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Horrible.

Horrible. Absolutely horrible.
For starters, barely even half of what they promise with their system doesn't even work. Playlists don't work—sometimes it auto queues a completely random video OUTSIDE of the playlist, sometimes it doesn't even loop the video it's meant to loop, etc. Everything is incredibly funky to use, sometimes it just doesn't work and you have to refresh the page MULTIPLE times, just for it to work for two videos.
It was fine before all of these recent updates.
Absolutely terrible.

2 August 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

TOO MANY ADS

Youtube has too many ads nowadays.
You open a video, you get 2 ads Watch 5-10 Minutes, 2 15 second ads open a live stream 3 unskipable ads. Scroll 5 shorts, another ad, Scroll for videos, 4-8 ads. The only reason they do this is so you cop out and buy premium. Remember when youtube had 5 second skipable ads me too. WAY TOO GREEDY and it's not like the ads are good or even something you would want to see. 0/10 Youtube more like adtube

31 July 2026
Unprompted review

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