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For a long time, using an ad blocker felt like one of those small ethical questions you don't really want to answer. The publisher loses revenue. The site you wanted to read got served. You knew t...
Most podcast listeners don't think about how the ad in the middle of an episode got there. They just hear it, skip it, and move on. But the way podcast ads are delivered has changed substantially ...
If you've felt like podcast ads have grown longer over the last twelve months, you're not imagining it. The average ad load on a typical commercial podcast has crept up across 2025 and into 20...
Podcast advertising has grown into a multi-billion dollar industry. But how do ads actually end up in your favourite shows? And why do some feel seamless while others are jarring?...
YouTube users streamed over 700 million hours of video podcasts on their TVs in a single month last year, nearly double the year before. Apple just launched video podcast support. Spotify has been pus...
In early 2026, we shipped Podcast AdBlock 1.5 — the biggest update to our ad detection system since launch. Here's what changed and why it mattered....