You should see a blue pop-up with different selections. In the drop-down menu, click on Content Blocking. It looks like three lines stacked on top of each other. To start, click on the Firefox menu in the top right-hand corner of your screen. On Firefox, you can use Privacy or Content Blocking settings to get even more control over ad trackers that serve you the ads. Use it to block ads on Facebook, YouTube and Hulu.Ĭreate a tracker-free zone with Content Blocking One of the most popular ad blockers for Chrome, Safari and Firefox is AdBlock. Block them with Popup Blocker and never deal with another annoying popup again. Too many people blocking their ads could put them out of business. Some of your favorite newspapers and magazines rely on advertising. The team blocked ones that were misusing the browser's proxy API, which software uses to manage how the browser connects to the internet.There’s AdBlocker Ultimate that gets rid of every single ad, but buyer beware. In October, Mozilla's Firefox browser team cracked down on malicious add-ons. One-third of all users have installed an add-on, says Firefox, and there were 127 million total Firefox add-on installs in 2021 alone.įirefox also highlighted several extensions that met Mozilla's "standards of security, utility, and user experience." The list includes tab organizer add-ons like Sidebery and Tab Stash as well as website design tools like Stylebot and automaticDark. Firefox also says that 60% of Russian users have installed an add-on, far surpassing the percentage for any other region. Germany, France, and Russia filled out the rest of the top five. Other top extensions in 2021 include Mozilla's Facebook Container (1,740,395 ADU) and tracking add-on Ghostery (1,167,938 ADU).įirefox data shows that of the 133 million visits to in 2021, most came from people based in China and the US. Privacy appears to be a significant issue for Firefox users. Firefox estimates that the add-on may pass Adblock Plus at some point in 2022.
Firefox notes that uBlock Origin is hot on Adblock Plus' heels, closing the gap between the two as the year progressed.
Adblock Plus averaged 6,134,231 daily users while uBlock Origin averaged 5,011,974 throughout 2021.
Multiple ad blockers topped Firefox's list of the most popular and innovative add-on browser extensions of 2021.įirefox determines which add-ons are "most popular" by calculating their average daily users (ADU) throughout the entire year.
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