YouTube first spoke about pause ads last year when it started trialing them in select regions. At the time, the company said that when you pause a video, it will shrink, and an ad will appear next to it.
“In Q1, we saw strong traction from the introduction of a pause ads pilot on connected TVs, a new non-interruptive ad format that appears when users pause their organic content,” Schindler noted. He went on to share that YouTube’s pause ads are “driving strong brand lift results” and “are commanding premium pricing from advertisers.”
Schindler didn’t share any timelines for when pause ads will start appearing on YouTube, but we know they’ll first roll out on smart TVs. The nature of these ads, including their duration, skippability, and more is still unclear. We also don’t know if Google plans to introduce these ads on YouTube’s mobile apps.
Since you have special immunity to the ads anyway I recommend looking up some videos on YouTube about how effective they really are and that it doesn’t depend on lifestyle or age especially since those are key factors targeted ads are calculating. If you think the advertisers are just going to fizzle out and this is a failed experiment because you can sit there and watch ads and not instantly throw your money at them, I assure you that’s not the case.