I found this to be an issue on YouTube. It wasn’t necessarily malicious. I often put on a no-talking video in the background while reading and the ad interruptions became really loud. I eventually just ended up subscribing, but this is great to see.

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pkulak 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I don’t think YouTube normalizes the audio on their videos. I have no idea why, but that could easily become a quiet video that leads into a -16 LUFS ad that blows your ears out.

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tabbytown 23 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Supposedly they'll turn it down if it's mastered louder than -14 LUFS. They won't turn it up if it's quieter.

I couldn't find a Youtube source for this but it's mentioned extensively online: https://audio.rswaver.com/blog/youtube-loudness-standards

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dinfinity 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

They have a "stable volume" toggle, actually. I don't see ads, so I don't know whether it works for those.

	▲	Filligree 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		They do, but as usual with those, it wrecks all the decently mixed videos by making everything the same volume. Though as those are rare as hen’s teeth, perhaps you might as well.

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nephihaha 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I have experienced this while listening to classical concertos and to meditation videos.

You don't need to pay YouTube protection money. Get a different browser.