me using SponsorBlock: what ad?

Did you guys know if you VPN through Albania, you don’t see YouTube adverts?

I sure as hell didn’t until a few weeks ago.

Anyway, do whatever you want to with this information :)

Me whenever I watch SomeMoreNews and Cody has something for Ground News or he chokes down his favorite drink.

this is Drew Gooden and The Yard for me. i have whitelisted them on sponsorblock because their ad reads are so fucking funny. also obligatory shoutout to Internet Comment Etiquette

I whitelist tomatoanus in sponsorblock just to follow his ad-read lore. Thats peak advertising.

Love seeing on the timeline where right after the ad is the ‘most played’

Ryan George honestly does good stuff with his advertisements

I barely watched any of them, but Sampson Boat Co (the people rebuilding Tally Ho) put together some moderately high-effort sponsor segments, with a melodramatic plot and hammy acting and costumes made out of construction materials and such.

The sponsor ads work when they’re neatly aligned aligned with the video’s concept. It wouldn’t budge me to see a manufacturer sponsor a PC build video where one of their products are being used. Or channels like GradeA where they advertise the sponsors in a similar way to their vids.

What breaks it is when you can feel the ad clearly feels like a last minute insert (which it feels like almost all the time). Even the bigger creators out there do this.

Map Men’s ads are honestly worth watching

Even though he reuses a particular gag format in his ad segments, I do like TheWhyFiles ads

SomeMoreNews often gets me

‘TomSka and Friends’ has good enjoyable ads. They generally only have the one sponsor (Surfshark VPN) but they’ve done a lot for pushing for more enjoyable ads. Their off the rails skits are ones I don’t skip

I don’t mind these when they’re done right!!

Squire’s ads are better than the actual vids of some other YTers…