do we know what happens if you run premium and an ad blocker together? I would h...

kelnos · 2025-09-18T01:40:01 1758159601

I expect my (Premium) views are no longer counted, because my ad blocker is blocking the API endpoint that counts my views.

The fact that I have Premium is irrelevant; if YouTube isn't getting the metrics that says I watched a video, then it won't be counted.

Certainly YouTube could change the method they use to count views so it would work in my case, but they probably don't have an incentive to do so.

carlosjobim · 2025-09-17T17:15:59 1758129359

They pay creators more when a person with premium is watching their videos. Ad-blockers have no relevance in this case.

machinate · 2025-09-17T18:27:50 1758133670

Apparently ad blockers can interfere with key view metrics.

Unclear what premium uses to disburse the 55% share that goes to creators; hopefully it's not those ones.

carlosjobim · 2025-09-17T19:31:53 1758137513

I don't think it's likely that the ad blocker is interfering, because you need to be logged in to use premium.