Buzz
If you're a regular YouTube viewer, you're sure to find ads annoying and excessively time-consuming.
This becomes clearer as Google tends to insert more and more forced ads on YouTube, leaving users with no option to skip except after a few seconds.
For a free platform like YouTube, ads are the main source of revenue, so there's no way to bypass their annoyance unless you accept a fee with a subscription service called YouTube Premium.
While most ads can be skipped, it requires you to pay attention to them and click the skip button after 5 seconds. On the other hand, if you're not careful, you might easily watch 15 to 30 seconds or more on each ad. Not to mention, YouTube's ad structure and policies are constantly changing.
If you carefully follow videos of different lengths on YouTube without YouTube Premium, a pattern emerges. First, the shorter the video, the more ads it tends to have. Second, the difference in ad duration between short and long videos is not as significant as you might think, even as the number of videos increases.
Specifically for short videos, you'll need to endure approximately 90 seconds of ads per hour of content. If you watch longer videos, you'll encounter ads lasting around 35 seconds. Of course, you still have the option to skip depending on the situation.
You can check your average YouTube usage by opening the YouTube app, tapping the profile icon, selecting 'Time Watched,' and reviewing the detailed chart. Alternatively, you can estimate your YouTube watch time based on your habits.
For instance, if you watch YouTube content for 2 hours every day, with 60 hours of content per month, estimate that you'll endure at least 90 minutes of ads, which seems reasonable.
So, if you're a YouTube enthusiast and often spend a significant amount of time each day listening to music or watching videos on this platform, you might want to consider subscribing to YouTube Premium.
