You can install browser extensions and apps to fend off spoiler-riddled videos. No, not John Cena’s new movie about high schoolers partying. Still, people can take a few steps to try and keep their YouTube browsing experience as spoiler-free as possible. YouTube is a constant in our day-to-day existence. It’s a bit easier to avoid spoilers on Tumblr and Reddit, though. Some people deal with YouTube’s etiquette problem by waving it off as another symptom of spoiler culture this is, after all, the same problem affecting Twitter, Reddit and Tumblr.

YouTube’s ongoing scale issues - more than 450 hours of video are uploaded to the platform every minute - mean that the likelihood of someone posting a spoiler-filled video with an equally spoilery thumbnail is pretty high. Unfortunately, there aren’t any foolproof ways to avoid spoilers. Watching a trailer suddenly becomes a tedious effort to avoid any type of spoiler that can spring up in the sidebar.

This is especially true during the summer blockbuster season, when movies like Deadpool 2, Solo: A Star Wars Story and Avengers: Infinity War are hitting theaters. Opening YouTube is a risky game when it comes to spoilers, which can pop up in YouTube’s recommendation algorithm, clickbait thumbnails and even search results. Avoiding spoilers on YouTube is an exhausting affair.

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