★☆☆☆☆ Charlie One · 1 Oct 2026 · v10.6.5

As of this writing Ghostery is fully incompatible with YouTube. You must disable it or the site will barely function. (YouTube becomes incredibly laggy and videos will take forever to load). I submitted a ticket to the Ghostery support team and they said they fixed the issue, but the problem is not fixed even a little bit. Edit: I see the response from the developer below, and it's true it is now compatible with YouTube, but YouTube is very laggy with the extension. It will eventually load a video and play it, but it's still a real hassle. Not worth using for YouTube until this is fixed.

Developer reply · 6 Oct 2026

Thanks for your feedback! Unfortunately all ad blockers are confronted with the same problem. We’ve recently rolled out several fixes addressing issues with YouTube, and the latest Ghostery version should provide a more stable experience. Best, Ghostery Team

★☆☆☆☆ Si · 1 Oct 2026 · v10.6.5

Been having issues with Youtube being seriously slow over the past week, been examining my PiHole for any issues, but then went through my browser extensions one by one and found that Ghostery was slowing it down to the point where videos wasn't loading thumbnails. Once I'd removed the Ghostery extension, Youtube worked properly again.

Developer reply · 6 Oct 2026

Thanks for letting us know! We’ve made several updates recently to improve Ghostery’s behavior on YouTube, and things should now be more stable. We’re continuing to monitor the experience and work on further improvements where needed. Best, Ghostery Team

★★☆☆☆ FIrazy · 30 Sep 2026 · v10.6.4

It works, but also drastically worsens performance while under load.

Developer reply · 6 Oct 2026

Hi there, if possible please reach out to support@ghostery.com with more details. We would be happy to take a closer look and help fix the issue if provided with more details. Best, Ghostery Team

★★☆☆☆ PhysicsGaunt · 30 Sep 2026 · v10.6.4

I'm sure it is usually good, but currently it completely slows down youtube for me, might be due to conflicting add-ons or some new stuff youtube added, but in this state it is, for me, unusable.

Developer reply · 6 Oct 2026

Thanks for letting us know! Unfortunately all ad blockers are confronted with the same problem. We’ve recently rolled out several fixes addressing issues with YouTube, and the latest Ghostery version should provide a more stable experience. Best, Ghostery Team

★☆☆☆☆ Firefox user 20152412 · 8 Sep 2026 · v10.6.0

If your entire reason for existing is to allow people to avoid annoying pop up ads on the internet, DON'T force an annoying pop up ad on them demanding a review... And DON'T make that ad impossible to delete without exiting the browser... And DON'T then act as if you didn't do any of this when you quite rightly get roasted in the reviews.

Developer reply · 22 Sep 2026

Hi there, This notification should appear only once, after 30 days of using Ghostery. If possible please reach out to support@ghostery.com with more details. We would be happy to help fix the issue if provided with more details. Best, Ghostery Team