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If someone blocked you on YouTube, you will not be able to comment on their videos. You will still be able to remain subscribed to their channel though. Google uses an approach called shadow banning to help prevent blocked users from using alternate channels to post. This wikiHow will show you how to know if someone blocked you on YouTube.
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1Go to the channel that you think blocked you. A channel has the URL youtube.com/ChannelName, youtube.com/user/UserName, and/or youtube.com/channel/xxxxxxxxxxx, where xxxxxxxxxxx is the channel ID.
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2Leave a comment on one of the channel's videos or in the "Community" tab of the channel. Select a video, type in a comment, then choose "Post".Advertisement
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3Open a private window in your browser.
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4Navigate to the same video. The video URL looks like this: youtube.com/watch?v=xxxxxxxx, where xxxxxxxx is the video ID.
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5Try to find your comment. If your comment is not listed on their channel, the channel has likely blocked you.
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