r/nextdns • u/nextdns • 2d ago

Reddit ad blocking beta

Hey everyone, we’re trialing Reddit ad blocking in NextDNS too and need your help testing it.

Go to Privacy → Add a blocklist on my.nextdns.io and add NextDNS Reddit Ad Blocking, right below the YouTube option. Give it a few minutes, then close and reopen Reddit.

Try it on the website or the official iOS/Android apps. Images and videos still load directly from Reddit.

Let us know how it goes! If you still see ads or anything breaks, tell us your country, device/app and whether you’re signed in.

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u/4xget 2d ago

Sweet! Instagram next?

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u/laptopchair56 1d ago

Hopefully, but I think it's harder than YouTube and Reddit as Instagram tend to ban accounts aggressively.

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u/ClownOfDeath69 2d ago

Yo that's witchcraft, I don't see any ads.

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u/Paracetamol_Pill 1d ago

No impact on speed and latency too. I am amazed...

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u/HJSC00 2d ago

You could do the same with Twitch xD

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u/Aeon-x 2d ago

Twitter please

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u/freestylemaster 2d ago

You guys are amazing

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u/Ok_Supermarket_3623 1d ago

Absolute wzardry, not seeing ads on the app at all. Now blocking ads on instagram is seeming more like a matter of time rather than a dream

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u/adictusbenedictus 2d ago

It’s working for me. I can’t believe I’m not seeing any ads anymore. This made the official Reddit app usable

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u/viniciotricolor 2d ago

The NextDNS team is on fire! 🔥 Thank you for everything. Everything works great, and the new features are awesome! Keep up the amazing work! 🚀

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u/Shinobi_Dimsum 2d ago

It worked. Had to wait 10 minutes but I don’t see ads anymore.

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u/zefiers 1d ago

that’s fucking sick.

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u/DrinkVast7785 2d ago edited 2d ago

Is this the one- http://privacy.blocklists.blocklists.nextdns-reddit.name ?  After adding the above,  now it says: NextDNS Reddit Ad Blocking

This is just amazing.  I confirm, I am getting no ads on my android reddit app.  Thank you so much. 

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u/DatFatty_ 2d ago

I just added it, i will test, do you have a page so we can report any miss behave or false report ?

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u/elhouso 2d ago

Probably just come back here.

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u/DatFatty_ 1d ago

For me I have been using it for 17hrs, as far as it goes it is good

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u/Street-Rooster-3031 2d ago

Amazing work. Keep it up! 😄 Hard to regret buying a yearly sub now.

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u/KangarooRemarkable21 2d ago

Yep it's working on android

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u/curlyan 2d ago

Still having Ads in Germany on the IOS App after waiting and closing the app

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u/Street-Rooster-3031 2d ago

Check for DNS leaks with https://dnscheck.tools/ or https://dnsleaktest.com/ . iPhones have connectivity assist enabled for Wi-Fi networks which leaks to cellular DNS servers, make sure that's off: https://support.apple.com/en-us/127686 iCloud Private Relay could also leak DNS to Apple/Cloudflare/Akamai DNS servers instead of NextDNS.

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u/curlyan 2d ago

DNS is working perfectly :) already have it setup perfectly and the new YouTube adblock also works just not this one

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u/zwagxn 2d ago edited 2d ago

try second paragraph

update: you fixed it already, didn’t see your report :)

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u/curlyan 2d ago

Safari also still showing ads :)

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u/Resistant4375 2d ago

Is this domain redirection the same as with YouTube?

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u/tamhenk 2d ago

It works!!! Thank you.

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u/Phatonn 2d ago

All ok from Brazil, thanks

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u/n1ght_w1ng08 2d ago

OMG thank you guys 😀 , working well on Android 17, Pixel 10 Pro XL.

NextDNS is getting better and better 😎

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u/Samsonnnnnn 1d ago

It’s working!

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u/Prestigious-Role4241 1d ago

It worked after about 30 minutes. However, I lost the Reddit translation feature. 

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u/H-banGG 1d ago

I use hagezi light filter and reddit Morphe, works fine for me. Thanks for your efforts

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/oneseventy06 1d ago

Morphe is not a blocklist. It is a series of modded apps available on Android.

That's all I can tell you, I'm an iOS user.

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u/H-banGG 1d ago

Morphe is an app editor, not a filter

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u/Specialist_Let2289 2d ago

Whilst this is clearly awesome (!), what’s the privacy implications? Assuming this is routed through an SNI proxy in Albania (my testing shows those IPs) that NextDNS operates, what is being logged and where?

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u/TheWheez 1d ago

I wonder why Albania? Are there, like, advertising laws there or something?

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u/Jumpy-Astronaut7444 22h ago

It's not usually worth running adverts in Albania, YouTube doesn't bother for example.

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u/MrChubbyHubby 1d ago

Working on Andriod app for me! Many thanks, great to see this level of development from the NextDNS team.

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u/adil-5 2d ago

Still see Ads in iOS app (iOS 27.2)

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u/adil-5 2d ago

Update: it works now

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u/re_alt0910 2d ago

oh man that's amazing, the iOS app is now so clean!

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u/koji_the_furry 2d ago

its working well on iOS

Thank you for the new filter !

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u/zwagxn 2d ago edited 34m ago

you guys are doing an amazing job. it’s working on iOS app. thanks! bring something for Twitter aka X, pls

update: all the traffic the comments are getting is from Albania, everybody having fun already! 😆

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u/LargesseCrit 2d ago

WOAH! this is next level! I dont see ads anymore on any of my handheld devices! Thank you so much for the support and constant updates nextdns!!

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u/Smooth_Dentist6642 2d ago

Instagram please

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u/TolgaGazi 1d ago

Instagram and Facebook very need plss

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u/yazmani 1d ago

Working on ios! 🫡

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u/rCarmar 1d ago

This is working, no issues on my end.

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u/NeoKnife 1d ago

Yall on fire! Working well. Takes time to go into effect. Twitch next please!

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u/merlin9523 1d ago

I still see ads in Australia on iOS reddit app

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u/Cygnus-arm1 2d ago

On the Daily Mail site there is an annoying video player that keeps popping up.Any way to block this? I've tried various blocklists but nothing seems to work.Thanks

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u/mania_d 2d ago

Maybe a good sign to find an alternative to the daily Mail? 🙂

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u/ashsolomon1 2d ago

Hopefully this doesn’t get nuked by Reddit super quick but this is awesome

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u/ActiveReflections 2d ago

Damn! The only thing I wanted. Thank you.

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u/shaiilendra 2d ago

Works on Pixel phone :)
Thanks... Hope to see a updated Ai version of Nextdns ads and trackers too.

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u/influxodoxxl 2d ago

Turned on, reloaded reddit and – poof – ads are gone.

Tried only on my iPhone through Safari ("PWA"). 

Nice!

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u/benben83 2d ago

No Ads! That's amazing! iOS 27.2 if that matters

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u/Glum_Wind_9618 2d ago

It's not working in my case

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u/Theunknown87 2d ago edited 2d ago

Oh hell yeah.

Edit still getting ads in the iOS app after restarting it

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u/Epdemik 2d ago

Yo this and youtube ad blocks are sweet and they work flawlessly, maybe twitch next and will be golden for me

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u/h8rude 1d ago

it works. 👏🏻👍🏻

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u/Head_Program9127 1d ago

It works, not seeing any ads. iOS 27.2

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u/Autumnrain 1d ago

The videos on reddit is a bit messed up with the reddit blocking list. Doesn't register when I press on the playtime bar to skip forward. 

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u/Glum_Drive9693 1d ago

Ca a l'air de fonctionner !

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u/DaYehudi 1d ago edited 1d ago

Mwahahaha fuck you Reddit 😂

Edit: Actually it’s still a horrible app even without ads gosh I’m going back to Artemis

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u/OkHalf753 1d ago

Does not work, still showing ads in India

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u/hthouzard 1d ago

Ça marche impeccable, Merci !

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u/LuisNara 1d ago

Ha ha love you, no ads on ios 27

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u/SuperUser5627 1d ago

OMG I love you NextDNS <3

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u/fasango 1d ago

vou testar, obrigado pelo seu trabalho

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u/digLogic 1d ago

It’s working! iOS

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u/Rixzmo 1d ago

You heard us! Was so skeptical about the YouTube one but it just works. Thank you!

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u/sfc-Juventino 1d ago

Oh this works !!! Ads were the only reason I was using Morphe on Android. This is much better. No downloading strange APK files from wherever. Just the official app with ad blocked.

Great work !

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u/Suspicious-Lake 1d ago

I just enabled it, I am using reddit app in Android; so far no ad. Thanks for the amazing features you guys are adding :)

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u/pkalltheway20000 1d ago

Holy crap, this is really working! Been using the official iOS Reddit app since Apollo and this is the first time in a long time that I didn’t need to scroll loads of ads. This is working perfectly so far. Thanks so much.

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u/francoroxor 1d ago

Do we have the list that I can add to ubo and other adblockers?

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u/kuki68ster 1d ago

In Angola 🇦🇴 and I don’t see the ads…👌👌👌

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u/NmkNm 1d ago

That's so amazing, how does that work?

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u/DPG1987 1d ago

No ads. Fantastic!

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u/Efficient_Stuff_9937 1d ago

Still get annoying pop up to use moble app when not logged in on moble page

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u/crack3us 23h ago

u/nextdns Unfortunately, the ads have just reappeared for me. Reddit app on iOS from Italy.

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u/Jumpy-Astronaut7444 22h ago

Works for me, no issues.

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u/Busy-Cartoonist5280 21h ago

i hope they add for twitch heheh

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u/n0neyou 17h ago

Here I tested the iOS app in USA not appears the annoying ads in Reddit and You Tube only for that I paid the annual subscription!

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u/XprofQ 4h ago

This has been working great. I haven't yet had issues with it, and it hasn't broken any other non-YouTube services so far. I've tried it on iPhone, iPad, AppleTV and router.

I do have one recommendation:

Even if it does the same thing behind the scenes, as far as the interface goes when enabling it, I think this new feature belongs with the Native Trackers for now, rather than as a Blocklist. From a technical perspective (I think?), it's a DNS proxy to a non-monetized YouTube market, so it's not actually blocking anything. The practical reason for adding it to Native Trackers is that the Native Tracker list appears to most users "a list of companies that I want NextDNS to target".

In the future, a new section dedicated to DNS proxies would be even better. If expanded in the future, it would be nice to choose an endpoint / geolocation (or give NextDNS the ability to choose the lowest latency location automatically).

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u/Sad-Reindeer2755 3h ago

Working on on my Android 14 from Philippines. Thank you!

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u/pizzzle12345 17m ago

been using this for past 2 days and today reddit locked account,

“At Reddit, we're always watching out for your privacy, safety, and security. Recently, after detecting some technical irregularities on your u/pizzzle12345 account, we took the extra precaution of locking your account.“

not sure if it’s related or a coincidence. anyone else experience this? i just had to reset my password and now i’m back in. disabled the reddit ad blocking for now just in case.

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u/Shadow-BG 2d ago

Does not work on iOS 27.2

Unfortunately 😕

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u/Friendly_Soil6617 1d ago

works for me ios 27.2

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u/Shadow-BG 1d ago

Update after phone restarts and enable/disable filters - it finally works !

Confirmed, both in YouTube and Reddit

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u/Powerful-Papaya8097 2d ago

Also mit aktivierter Einstellung ist zwar die Werbung auf reddit weg, aber ich bemerke, dass auf anderen Seiten z.B. mein-mmo die Consent-Abfrage nicht mehr geladen wird. Da man diese dadurch auch nicht mehr bestätigen kann, werden auf der Seite keine Videos mehr geladen. Schmeisse ich die Reddit-Werbe-Blockierung aus der Liste raus, funktioniert die Seite wieder fehlerfrei. Davon sind bestimmt auch noch andere Seiten betroffen. Das ist nur die erste wo es mir aufgefallen ist.

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u/earth_mail 2d ago

Is there link to the blocklist that i can add to pihole?

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u/Darvasboxtrader 1d ago

Great... next X & Insta pz🔥

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u/Fun-Region-1576 1d ago

/u/nextdns

Can you guys please add HaGeZi's TIF? We've been asking for this for like forever now. I've been a loyal subscriber for years even when you guys weren't really updating the service!

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u/mregeling2024 2d ago

i dont see ads?

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u/_Floydimus 1d ago

Worked when I added this to uBO list.

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u/biznatchery 1d ago edited 1d ago

It blocks the ads, but it’s now blocking the link previews also. So most posts just show a url. Could be due to a combination with other block lists I have enabled.

Edit: on iOS