Ad-blocker popup overlay — Personalization use cases
2026-02-28 18:50 Diff

Alerting users with ad blockers to disable ad blocking extensions

Who:

A large U.S. news outlet

Strategy:

In order to identify readers who have an ad-block extension installed on their browser, the outlet prompts a popup overlay encouraging users to disable the extension, communicating the need of ads for higher content quality.

Hypothesis:

With ad-blocker usage on the rise due consumer concerns over privacy, media companies, who rely on tracking and ad-clicks for earning revenue, are hurting. Worse, many ad-blockers don’t just remove ads from the online experience, the technology can actually unintentionally block visitors from seeing non ad-related content on a publisher’s site. It’s therefore incredibly important to both identify readers with these extensions enabled and explain how the production of quality content depends on ad visibility. Using a popup overlay, teams can attempt to get users to disable their ad-blockers and ultimately, improve the overall user experience while driving engagement.

Templates that can be used to achieve this:

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