uBlock Origin vs Ghostery

Side-by-Side Comparison

Which Should You Choose?

uBlock Origin is the stronger pure ad blocker; Ghostery is worth it if tracker visibility matters as much as blocking.

uBlock Origin rates 4.7 stars across 25,364 reviews compared to Ghostery's 4.5 stars across 13,321 reviews. The core difference is focus: uBlock Origin is built primarily as an efficient ad and content blocker, while Ghostery adds tracker detection and reporting on top of ad blocking, requesting additional permissions like declarativeNetRequestFeedback to support that visibility. If you mainly want ads gone with minimal overhead, uBlock Origin's numbers support that; if you also want to see what's tracking you on each page, Ghostery adds that layer.