EasyList
Ranked 5 of 5 filter lists by recommenders
Crowdsourced filter list that ad blockers use to block ads and trackers, valued for years of volunteer maintenance. Critics say it is slow to fix breakage and accepts Google-paid Acceptable Ads.
Crowdsourced filter list that ad blockers use to block ads and trackers, valued for years of volunteer maintenance. Critics say it is slow to fix breakage and accepts Google-paid Acceptable Ads.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 67%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Crowdsourced and maintained for years
“the only reliable way to website unfuckery is and will remain crowdsourcing by a bunch of nerds (see: Easylist)”
Comment from 15 Nov 2025 in “Launch HN: Tweeks (YC W25) – Browser extension to deshittify the web” “who have a track record of maintaining these for years”
Comment from 21 Feb 2026 in “AI uBlock Blacklist” Punishes bad advertisers for users
“they're also advocating for users while punishing bad advertisers”
Comment from 6 Jan 2026 in “Brave overhauled its Rust adblock engine with FlatBuffers, cutting memory 75%” “That is hilarious to be fair, like a modern day Robin Hood.”
Comment from 6 Jan 2026 in “Brave overhauled its Rust adblock engine with FlatBuffers, cutting memory 75%”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Slow to fix breakage
“Easylist and its sublist are notorious for being extremely poorly maintained and ignoring issues opened against it.”
Comment from 21 Feb 2026 in “AI uBlock Blacklist” “EasyList often has breakage on their lists for months even after being reported on their Github”
Comment from 7 Jan 2026 in “Brave overhauled its Rust adblock engine with FlatBuffers, cutting memory 75%”
Other filter lists people recommend
The four most recommended other filter lists, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| uBlock Origin YouTube Shorts filter list | 20 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | Approved |
| Hagezi DNS blocklists | 9 | 0 | 100% | 12 | — | — |
| AI uBlock Blacklist | 9 | 10 | 47% | 4 | — | — |
| StevenBlack hosts | 7 | 0 | 100% | 6 | — | — |
| EasyListThis page | 6 | 3 | 67% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
10 of the 11 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“EasyList doesn't block facebook ads”
“who have a track record of maintaining these for years”
“Easylist and its sublist are notorious for being extremely poorly maintained and ignoring issues opened against it.”
“EasyList often has breakage on their lists for months even after being reported on their Github”
“they're also advocating for users while punishing bad advertisers”
“The Easylist people aren't saints. They get paid off by Google to allow "Acceptable Ads".”
“That is hilarious to be fair, like a modern day Robin Hood.”
“Easylist will contact you, strongarm you into disabling your countermeasures and threaten to block all JS on your page if you don't comply.”
“Hire the author of uBlock Origin and the maintainers of EasyList and similar”
“the only reliable way to website unfuckery is and will remain crowdsourcing by a bunch of nerds (see: Easylist)”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.