AdGuard Research

As bad as ads are, every ad brings along a tracking script. This is AdGuard's traditional ad tracker report, where we look into how many ad trackers there are in different countries' traffic.

Traditionally, at the end of the year we take a look at the state of ad trackers around the world. This article teases the big one that will soon follow with more insights and interactive maps.

The US Department of Justice demands that Google sells Chrome and syndicates Google Search results. This will potentially have far-reaching consequences for the industry and ultimately regular users.

Websites ask you to either consent to invasive tracking and personalized ads or to pay. Is this value exchange fair? And what about other ads?

Will you pay for ad-free access to a website if given such an option? What other reasons for using an ad blocker besides blocking ads? The answers are in our survey.

Why do people use ad blockers? To block ads, of course! However, increasingly, they are also seen as tools to protect privacy.

We're releasing the second report on the state of ad trackers — ads and trackers — around the world. Find your country and see how much traffic is consumed by ads at the place where you live.

It seems like ads are everywhere, but is it really so? Find out in our new report how the share of ads and trackers varies around the world, how much traffic they eat up on average, and what the situation is like in your country.

The rapid increase of people's personal data abuse by companies and individuals calls for the creation of some kind of self-defense checklist, and here is ours.

Chrome Web Store is overflown with malicious browser extensions. Millions of people use them and don't even realize they are in danger. Why does it happen and how to fix it?