Why does the video delay happen on youtube

Hello! Unfortunately, there's a myriad of reasons as to why this could be happening, and we'll need more information from you before we can help. Could you answer these questions? * How long are the delays in question? Do they stop you from watching the video completely? * When do the delays occur? Do they generally appear at the beginning of a video, or intermittently throughout? * What are your device specifications? * If you try to access youtube.com through a private browsing session, is the delay still there? If you're also seeing a text bubble appear at the bottom left noting "Experiencing interruptions?", it points towards YouTube detecting an adblocker extension and throttling you. Modern, updated adblockers (for example, [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/ uBlock Origin]) often circumvent this delay, but its no exact science. Cheers!