Ad Blocker Test – Check If Your Ad Blocker Works

(adblock.turtlecute.org)

22 points | by eustoria 3 hours ago

12 comments

  • mzajc 38 minutes ago
    From Raymond Hill, the author of uBlock Origin:

      Please do not use those online tools which claim to measure how good is your content blocker, they are often flawed.[0]
    
    I don't know how much that applies to this particular tool, but I did notice that it's flagging requests as 'not blocked' even though they're blocked with uMatrix.

    [0]: https://xcancel.com/gorhill/status/1583581072197312512

  • blackjack_ 58 minutes ago
    I’m interested as to who this is testing.

    I see double click coverage, Amazon coverage, and a tiny amount of Facebook, but missing a lot of large players in the adtech space. I don’t see Microsoft being explicitly called here.

    Then from the large scale independent companies I see none of them on here? Shouldn’t you try Trade desk, Magnite, Applovin, Criteo, Xandr as well?

    Then you would want to check vs data brokers as well; Experian, Equifax, Axciom, Epsilon, LexisNexus, Liveramp, and CoreLogic at minimum.

  • paol 1 hour ago
    This is clearly broken, it shows "3 blocked" even as uBO is reporting 89 requests to 34 different domains blocked.

    EDIT it's below the fold: "Some browser/blocker combinations may affect results. If uBlock Origin breaks the test, allow adblock.turtlecute.org."

    • waltbosz 47 minutes ago
      To allow their site, they suggest you add `@@*$redirect-rule` to `My filters` in the uBlock origins settings.

      Went from 5% to 84% after I made the change.

  • RijilV 40 minutes ago
    The methodology for validation seems a bit off, in my setup I return a local IP for all of the domains in that list and serve empty content for it. Thus it detects the ads getting through, but in reality they did not.
  • elevenones 1 hour ago
    I got 0% (FF+ubo) but ubo says it blocked 102 items. Also I never see ads while browsing or watching videos. What do?
  • gonzalohm 57 minutes ago
    The first time I opened the link I only got 17% blocked. I opened the link again and it went up to 74%. Weird
  • cassianoleal 1 hour ago
    I'm not sure about this. I got 7% blocked but in reality I rarely see ads when browsing the web.
    • amlib 1 hour ago
      I think this is expecting a full block down to the domain? But most browser ad blockers are a lot more granular than that, and for good reason. Blocking a whole domain can have a lot of undesirable side effects.
  • josefresco 45 minutes ago
    Stock Brave: 63% w/uBOL: 65%
  • drcongo 1 hour ago
    100% thanks to NextDNS and AdGuard.
  • WolfeReader 1 hour ago
    Using uBlock Origin and nuMatrix on Librewolf got me 98% - some cosmetic ads got through.
  • jimmysongio 1 hour ago
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  • lejeanvaljean 41 minutes ago
    or just remove adblock and accept that people are paid by the ads on the websites you're reading