Good-bye Drudge Mobile

Monday, June 08, 2026

I noticed today that I never check the DR on my phone anymore. It used to be my #1 boredom blocker. In a waiting room or on the subway, it was my go to. Now with all the drop down ads and in between ads, etc. I just don't anymore, it's just not worth the trouble. It seems counter productive to me to make your site so annoying that folks give it up. Now the ads play to no one.

Posted by TFDNihilist at 08:03 AM | 17 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry |

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I thought this was going to be about the mobile version of this site, which is even more limited.

Many users here suspect that rcade gave up on the site years ago, maybe around the time Matt appeared to sell or completely outsource his. If it wasn't for those of us who still post here regularly, this place would be indistinguishable from the old zombie websites, like tribe.net was towards the end of its life.

#1 | Posted by sentinel at 2026-06-08 08:31 AM | Reply

Well stated,TFD. Same.

I've shifted to the original 'Drudge Report'. It is an informative news aggregation site. Most def my first 'morning' read.

#2 | Posted by Wardog at 2026-06-08 08:32 AM | Reply

Switch to Firefox mobile and use an ad blocker. I recommend uBlock origin. Chrome only exists to send all of your data to Google and more recently stop you from blocking the ads google sells.

#3 | Posted by qcp at 2026-06-08 09:02 AM | Reply

Yeah, the slow moving ads that drop from the top are annoying AF.

#4 | Posted by jpw at 2026-06-08 10:16 AM | Reply

If I had given up on the site it wouldn't be operational. It takes ongoing efforts to keep things running and get rid of spammers and other nefarious characters.

We change the ads all the time. Mobile should be better now than it was last week because we took down some mobile-only AMP pages that had too many ads on them.

#5 | Posted by rcade at 2026-06-08 11:29 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

I'm often on mobile but I don't see too many ads on DuckDuckGo, sorry RCade it's like I'm literally stealing from you.

#6 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-06-08 11:34 AM | Reply

I noticed in the last maybe 2 weeks that there are fewer ads in the middle of a thread. It is distracting and hard to read when you can only see two comments and then advertise, 2 more, another ad, etc. I have been happier with the site lately.

#7 | Posted by justagirl_idaho at 2026-06-08 12:01 PM | Reply

speaking as a "nefarious character "...BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.....I never use mobile.

#8 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-06-08 02:39 PM | Reply

Recently I had ads pop up while I was composing a post and it took some doing to get back to what I was typing. I get that this site needs ad revenue to keep functioning but it also needs traffic to keep functioning and when the sheer volume of ads becomes so annoying that it drives people away the ads become a hinderance.

#9 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-06-08 03:13 PM | Reply

when the sheer volume of ads becomes so annoying that it drives people away the ads become a hinderance.
#9 | Posted by BellRinger

That's what drove Sully off.
Every last Republican became an ad for Trump, and none of them can have a discussion longer than three sentences, and two of the sentences will be about Biden.

#10 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-06-08 03:19 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

I can't do the ads, and I'm not sorry for it.

I'd rather the DR hawk somewhat decent items for a cut. I might not buy everything, but I'd buy some things.

I'd even send money online if I felt it was secure. How much revenue does one user bring in? It can't be much.

#11 | Posted by horstngraben at 2026-06-08 03:28 PM | Reply

I switched from Chrome to Duck Duck Go myself because I was tired of Google having so much information about me. Duck Duck Go shows a lot fewer ads here and on other sites. Some news sites think I'm using an ad blocker, but it's just the browser.

#12 | Posted by rcade at 2026-06-08 05:36 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Every last Republican became an ad for Trump, and none of them can have a discussion longer than three sentences, and two of the sentences will be about Biden.

#10 | Posted by snoofy

funny stuff.

you must be a real joy at parties.

#13 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-06-08 05:39 PM | Reply

On the PC I've been using Brave OS w/ built in VPN and ad blocker along with Chrome... I need to just go ahead and switch away from Google completely, including the phone.

bravo for android

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#14 | Posted by Corky at 2026-06-08 05:46 PM | Reply

There's not really a "Brave OS." But the Brave browser is pretty good.

#15 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-06-08 05:54 PM | Reply

Thanks, I meant Brave browser, not OS.

#16 | Posted by Corky at 2026-06-08 06:12 PM | Reply

but but then how do you do your Koreadates...

#17 | Posted by South_American at 2026-06-08 09:07 PM | Reply