# Hagezi DNS blocklists

9 Hacker News commenters recommended Hagezi DNS blocklists and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 12 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free DNS blocklists that block ads, trackers and telemetry domains across a whole network, so people say most unwanted traffic is stopped before it loads.

## Why people recommend it

- Blocks ads and trackers network-wide (4 comments): "The first thing everyone should do is to use a network-wide DNS blacklist against all known trackers" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46466760)) "I block most known advertizing/tracking domains at the DNS level" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46016868)) "blocks Meta/Facebook/Google/Apple trackers and ads" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47226992))
- Excellent, aggressive blacklists (2 comments): "I filter ads and trackers using an aggressive blacklist" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49570466)) "Hagezi's excellent blacklists" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49777898))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [uBlock Origin YouTube Shorts filter list](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ublock-origin-youtube-shorts-filter-list.md): 20 recommend
- [AI uBlock Blacklist](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ai-ublock-blacklist.md): 9 recommend
- [StevenBlack hosts](https://hackerapproved.com/p/stevenblack-hosts.md): 7 recommend
- [EasyList](https://hackerapproved.com/p/easylist.md): 6 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Hagezi DNS blocklists", https://hackerapproved.com/p/hagezi-dns-blocklists/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).