YouTube vs Instagram

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

1. [R18] YouTube 3/5 · US Too many ads: WAY too many ads for one video, especially to the longer videos like every 5 minutes there’s an add and the tiny ad box that appears in the corner when you skip one is just taking away from the experience of watching. It’s getting tiring but overall, I love the app and just see the ads as a little too excessive.
2. [R11] YouTube 4/5 · US Please fix shorts: I’ve been watching YouTube for years because I prefer the long-form content to instagram or TikTok. I fragrant and TikTok are very addictive and I find that the mindless scrolling takes over my life. I used YouTube instead but now that they added shorts they push almost exclusively shorts. When I open the app it’s automatically showing me shorts without me even tapping the video
3. [R75] Instagram 3/5 · US My feed is mostly advertisements for products I’ve never purchased nor will purchase.: This app is a pretty fun blocking game with the occasional friendship interaction button. I open it up to watch some advertisements on their stories feature and block them one by one until a friend’s photo comes up. Then I scroll down to view some more ads and block them as they come across my screen and sometim
4. [R117] Instagram 1/5 · US Getting worse each update: Why can’t I even see my own followers/following? Why is that feature even restricted for my OWN profile? What’s the point of following people if my timeline will be nothing but posts from “suggestive accounts”. Also full of ads. W
5. [R4] YouTube 1/5 · US Application keeps crashing: Noticed about 2 days ago the app started crashing again and again. Only fix I have found is uninstalling and re-installing the application.
6. [R58] YouTube 1/5 · US Crashes Constantly: The last few days the app has crashed every time I try to open it. I have to reinstall the entire app, which sucks because it deletes your preferences every time, so it’s just a pain. Deleting and reinstalling only works for a couple hours before you have to start over again. My phone is up to date and I clearly have the newest version of the app, so I know it’s not a client si
7. [R63] Instagram 3/5 · US disappointed: logged me out of my account for no reason and won’t let me log back in no matter what. i changed my password several times, i deleted the app, and i powered off my device and still nothing.
8. [R64] Instagram 1/5 · US Terrible: I pause my account because I wanted to be off social media for a bit. I now have tried everything to sign back in, and it simply will not let me. The Instagram support AI has been no help whatsoever and there's no other option for me there.
9. [R10] YouTube 1/5 · US YouTube crashes: YouTube crashes immediately upon opening. Deleting and reinstalling the app only resolves the issue temporarily for a few hours before the crashing recurs. Environment: OS: iOS 18.7, App Version: YouTube 21.26.4
10. [R49] YouTube 1/5 · US Crashes Instantly: The app now crashes as soon as it’s opened. I’ve reinstalled 3 times already but 24 hours later it crashes and can’t be opened again
11. [R91] Instagram 1/5 · US Keeps suspending me: Instagram keeps suspending me and for no reason this isn’t something insta shouldn’t do if you didn’t even Do anything
12. [R93] Instagram 3/5 · GB Instagram is crashing: idk why after updating the app it keeps crashing
13. [R14] YouTube 5/5 · US Too many Commercial: Enjoy my time on YouTube but too many ads ( I know that’s how they make money) still good stuff
14. [R55] YouTube 1/5 · US YouTube premium prices insanely high: I would hope for something I’m paying THIS much money for would be a better product. I HATE how often it auto plays the same video over and over and over and over again. I’ve had the same stupid drew gooden video(that I’ve already seen) auto play like 10 times. Now it keeps autoplaying the same wendover productions video over and over and over again. It’s so a
15. [R31] YouTube 2/5 · US Fix your bugs!: This app can be so terrible at times. I was trying to update my YouTube page through the app. Started at like 630pm last night. Gave up cause a "failed to update" message kept popping up every time I submitted what I wanted as a banner. I tried again the next day and the same thing kept happening until I chose to go online. What's the point of the app if I still have to go online
16. [R46] YouTube 1/5 · US Terrible App: YouTube is way to buggy because every time I close YouTube I am no longer able to open it again instead I would have to offload the app, delete it, then reinstall ever time I want to watch YouTube and don’t even get me started on the recent changes to the app I barely even recognize YouTube with all of the changes like removing the dislike button(which ruined my algorithm), changing
17. [R61] Instagram 1/5 · US Banned and or Disabled: I just don’t understand the appeal steps for this app. Genuinely, it makes no sense. I’ve had an Instagram account for almost 10 years, and i get banned for the stupidest thing. I can’t even appeal the way the app is setup nor make a new account and also how you can’t speak to a human at all; it is consistently AI. I lost my WhatsApp account as well. and i don’t even get th