# How tight is your DNS filter?

**URL:** <https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-tight-is-your-dns-filter/82272>\
**Category:** Linux lounge\
**Created:** [November 2, 2026, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-tight-is-your-dns-filter/82272 "2026-11-02T15:15:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![sammiev](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/sammiev/32/130047_2.png) [@sammiev](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/sammiev)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-tight-is-your-dns-filter/82272/1 "2026-11-02T15:15:26Z")

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Came across this link on another site and after a few adjustments I’m sitting at 92% blocked.

> **[Blockmeter – Ad Block Test & DNS Filter Check (Pi-hole, AdGuard Home,...](https://blockmeter.io/#r=HomQvQauijRbkskkMNHGkkaa2SSAAAWAAAAAUAGAcAMAcAUCYAcAcAaAgIIMMAAIIAAAAAAAAAEAAAANDUtKqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqsqqqqqqqqqsqqqqqqqrWqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqiiqqqqqqqqqqqqiqqqK3V1VVVVVEUABVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVU1VVVVXVVXVVVVXVVVd11XVVVVVVwAD-)**
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> Free ad block test: checks 400+ real ad, tracker, telemetry, scam and malware domains against your DNS filter, detects which HaGeZi and OISD blocklists are active and shows what still gets through.

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**Author:** ![dirn](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/dirn/32/126414_2.png) [@dirn](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/dirn)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-tight-is-your-dns-filter/82272/2 "2026-11-02T15:20:49Z")

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Same here, 92% blocked.

Edit:  
Correction, when run own test it’s just 54% blocked 😅

 ![image](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/1/f/1f8ba23f725d9b4e8a18f23fd5d0704ba0595410.png)

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**Author:** ![ComingToLinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/comingtolinux/32/138540_2.png) [@ComingToLinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ComingToLinux)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-tight-is-your-dns-filter/82272/3 "2026-11-02T16:15:27Z")

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ı use mullvad dns main 194.242.2.3 other 192.242.2.4

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**Author:** ![Schlaefer](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/schlaefer/32/11917_2.png) [@Schlaefer](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Schlaefer)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-tight-is-your-dns-filter/82272/4 "2026-11-02T16:23:01Z")

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My pi-hole blocked me, because I make to many DNS requests in a short time. 🤣

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**Author:** ![ddnn](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ddnn/32/126676_2.png) [@ddnn](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ddnn)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-tight-is-your-dns-filter/82272/5 "2026-11-02T16:24:28Z")

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Not sure if you heard, but…

> **[Shutting down our public encrypted DNS servers and sponsoring Quad9 instead |...](https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2026/9/3/shutting-down-our-public-encrypted-dns-servers-and-sponsoring-quad9-instead)**
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> Mullvad has operated public encrypted DNS (DoH) servers since 2022. They are unnecessary when using Mullvad VPN — traffic is already encrypted and Mullvad VPN's internal DNS handles all queries.

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**Author:** ![ComingToLinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/comingtolinux/32/138540_2.png) [@ComingToLinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ComingToLinux)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-tight-is-your-dns-filter/82272/6 "2026-11-02T16:25:00Z")

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ım usıng Quad9 now

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**Author:** ![sammiev](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/sammiev/32/130047_2.png) [@sammiev](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/sammiev)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-tight-is-your-dns-filter/82272/7 "2026-11-02T16:27:52Z")

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Try running the test above and make sure you press “Run your own test” and share your results.

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**Author:** ![ComingToLinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/comingtolinux/32/138540_2.png) [@ComingToLinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ComingToLinux)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-tight-is-your-dns-filter/82272/8 "2026-11-02T16:28:32Z")

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ok wait

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**Author:** ![ComingToLinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/comingtolinux/32/138540_2.png) [@ComingToLinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ComingToLinux)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-tight-is-your-dns-filter/82272/9 "2026-11-02T16:31:03Z")

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ping -c 5 9.9.9.9  
PING 9.9.9.9 (9.9.9.9) 56(84) bayt veri.  
64 bayt, 9.9.9.9’den: icmp\_seq=1 ttl=56 zaman=56.1 ms  
64 bayt, 9.9.9.9’den: icmp\_seq=2 ttl=56 zaman=56.8 ms  
64 bayt, 9.9.9.9’den: icmp\_seq=3 ttl=56 zaman=55.1 ms  
64 bayt, 9.9.9.9’den: icmp\_seq=4 ttl=56 zaman=54.9 ms  
64 bayt, 9.9.9.9’den: icmp\_seq=5 ttl=56 zaman=56.8 ms

-– 9.9.9.9 ping istatistikleri —  
5 paket iletildi, 5 alındı, 0% packet loss, time 4005ms  
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 54.858/55.917/56.806/0.824 ms letme translate to you Quad9 9.9.9.9 pıng statıcs 56 (84)byte of data 64 bytes, from 9.9.9.9: icmp\_seq=1 ttl=56 time=56.1 ms5 packet sended 5 packet getted

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**Author:** ![sammiev](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/sammiev/32/130047_2.png) [@sammiev](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/sammiev)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-tight-is-your-dns-filter/82272/10 "2026-11-02T16:39:58Z")

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That was the same score I started with.

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**Author:** ![ComingToLinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/comingtolinux/32/138540_2.png) [@ComingToLinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ComingToLinux)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-tight-is-your-dns-filter/82272/11 "2026-11-02T16:42:56Z")

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ok nice

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**Author:** ![shadow359](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/shadow359/32/95420_2.png) [@shadow359](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/shadow359)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-tight-is-your-dns-filter/82272/12 "2026-11-02T17:02:59Z")

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![97](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/f/d/fd809f92686056a1ffc429abd08586a2bd3848a6.png)

Not that bad i think (Unbound+Pihole).

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**Author:** ![Schlaefer](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/schlaefer/32/11917_2.png) [@Schlaefer](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Schlaefer)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-tight-is-your-dns-filter/82272/13 "2026-11-02T17:07:16Z")

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I got 67 % blocked with pi-hole. Maybe it’s time to share blocklists. 😉

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**Author:** ![shadow359](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/shadow359/32/95420_2.png) [@shadow359](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/shadow359)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-tight-is-your-dns-filter/82272/14 "2026-11-02T17:15:35Z")

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I’m not sure how effective my block lists are. Please note that a lot of adult websites are blocked as well.

You could probably get by with fewer after all, there are 61 blocklists, which might be a bit too much.

These are the blocklists (use at your own “risk”):

```auto
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts

https://adaway.org/hosts.txt

https://blocklistproject.github.io/Lists/abuse.txt

https://blocklistproject.github.io/Lists/ads.txt

https://blocklistproject.github.io/Lists/crypto.txt

https://blocklistproject.github.io/Lists/ransomware.txt

https://blocklistproject.github.io/Lists/scam.txt

https://blocklistproject.github.io/Lists/tracking.txt

https://blocklistproject.github.io/Lists/piracy.txt

https://blocklistproject.github.io/Lists/phishing.txt

https://blocklistproject.github.io/Lists/malware.txt

https://blocklistproject.github.io/Lists/gambling.txt

https://blocklistproject.github.io/Lists/fraud.txt

https://blocklistproject.github.io/Lists/drugs.txt

https://blocklistproject.github.io/Lists/redirect.txt

https://www.github.developerdan.com/hosts/lists/ads-and-tracking-extended.txt

https://www.github.developerdan.com/hosts/lists/dating-services-extended.txt

https://www.github.developerdan.com/hosts/lists/hate-and-junk-extended.txt

https://www.github.developerdan.com/hosts/lists/tracking-aggressive-extended.txt

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PolishFiltersTeam/KADhosts/master/KADhosts.txt

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FadeMind/hosts.extras/master/add.Spam/hosts

https://v.firebog.net/hosts/static/w3kbl.txt

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anudeepND/blacklist/master/adservers.txt

https://easylist.to/easylistgermany/easylistgermany.txt

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AdguardTeam/FiltersRegistry/master/filters/filter_6_German/filter.txt

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AdguardTeam/FiltersRegistry/master/filters/filter_15_DnsFilter/filter.txt

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AdguardTeam/FiltersRegistry/master/filters/filter_3_Spyware/filter.txt

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jerryn70/GoodbyeAds/master/Extension/GoodbyeAds-YouTube-AdBlock.txt

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jerryn70/GoodbyeAds/master/Extension/GoodbyeAds-Xiaomi-Extension.txt

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jerryn70/GoodbyeAds/master/Hosts/GoodbyeAds.txt

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jerryn70/GoodbyeAds/master/Extension/GoodbyeAds-Spotify-AdBlock.txt

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jerryn70/GoodbyeAds/master/Extension/GoodbyeAds-Samsung-AdBlock.txt

https://v.firebog.net/hosts/Admiral.txt

https://s3.amazonaws.com/lists.disconnect.me/simple_ad.txt

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FadeMind/hosts.extras/master/UncheckyAds/hosts

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/master/hosts

https://v.firebog.net/hosts/Easyprivacy.txt

https://v.firebog.net/hosts/Prigent-Ads.txt

https://gist.githubusercontent.com/wassname/b594c63222f9e4c83ea23c818440901b/raw/1b0afd2aecf3a099f1681b1cf18fc0e6e2fa116a/Samsung%2520Smart-TV%2520Blocklist%2520Adlist%2520(for%2520PiHole)

https://gist.githubusercontent.com/wassname/78eeaaad299dc4cddd04e372f20a9aa7/raw/d7863a978993e99d9c77c9001008ce670a3b4c29/LG%2520Smart-TV%2520Blocklist%2520Adlist%2520(for%2520PiHole)

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Perflyst/PiHoleBlocklist/master/SmartTV.txt

https://gist.githubusercontent.com/hkamran80/779019103fcd306979411d44c8d38459/raw/e0f084b396bb8ffcb390c8e7272ae96a6c292d10/SmartTV2.txt

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chadmayfield/my-pihole-blocklists/master/lists/pi_blocklist_porn_top1m.list

https://o0.pages.dev/Lite/domains.txt

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RPiList/specials/master/Blocklisten/Win10Telemetry

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RPiList/specials/master/Blocklisten/MS-Office-Telemetry

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chadmayfield/my-pihole-blocklists/master/lists/pi_blocklist_porn_all.list

https://big.oisd.nl

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/r0xd4n3t/pihole-adblock-lists/main/pihole_adlists.txt

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hkamran80/blocklists/main/smart-tv.txt

https://www.technoy.de/lists/blocklist.txt

https://www.technoy.de/lists/Session-Replay.txt

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RPiList/specials/master/Blocklisten/samsung

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RPiList/specials/master/Blocklisten/notserious

https://www.technoy.de/lists/fake-streaming.txt

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RPiList/specials/master/Blocklisten/Streaming

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RPiList/specials/master/Blocklisten/easylist

https://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/serverlist.php?hostformat=plain&showintro=0&mimetype=plaintext

https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/urlhaus-filter-hosts-online.txt

https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/hagezi/dns-blocklists@latest/adblock/pro.plus.txt

```

(A few lists are specific to this location (Germany))

Ungoogled Chromium:

 ![94](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/d/2/d2a5af44181f695558458070c47ded519e59ea94.png)

Librewolf (without uBlock origin):

 ![100](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/3/e/3edced0543061bd0727dea6474d9c92f5f2f0277.png)

Firefox (no addons):

 ![94-2](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/0/a/0afd42172bfabc623f8ac5c7b33dd327951bb34a.png)

I’d say 94% is the most realistic of the results.

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**Author:** ![sammiev](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/sammiev/32/130047_2.png) [@sammiev](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/sammiev)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-tight-is-your-dns-filter/82272/15 "2026-11-02T17:46:55Z")

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I surely never got 97% but to get to 92% I added two more blocklists to ublock origin.

[https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/hagezi/dns-blocklists@latest/wildcard/ultimate-onlydomains.txt](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/hagezi/dns-blocklists@latest/wildcard/ultimate-onlydomains.txt)

[https://big.oisd.nl/domainswild2](https://big.oisd.nl/domainswild2)

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**Author:** ![vlkon](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/35a633/32.png) [@vlkon](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/vlkon)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-tight-is-your-dns-filter/82272/16 "2026-11-02T17:47:52Z")

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So people, why do you not like internet? Why do you block it all. 😅

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**Author:** ![1093i3511](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/1093i3511/32/102376_2.png) [@1093i3511](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/1093i3511)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-tight-is-your-dns-filter/82272/17 "2026-11-02T17:48:45Z")

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I’ve got a severe advertisement allergy.

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**Author:** ![sammiev](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/sammiev/32/130047_2.png) [@sammiev](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/sammiev)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 5:49pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-tight-is-your-dns-filter/82272/18 "2026-11-02T17:49:41Z")

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They make a pill for that. 🤔

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**Author:** ![shadow359](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/shadow359/32/95420_2.png) [@shadow359](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/shadow359)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-tight-is-your-dns-filter/82272/19 "2026-11-02T17:56:25Z")

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Well in our case, only 72.4% is blocked and that’s largely thanks to the two Roku players we have at home.

 ![Pihole 1](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/9/0/90db04bb9f173e7b16ee93863a89225751ce381a.png)  
 ![Pihole 2](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/2/6/263499ac94dd385c5e0e31b223b6740503327ae5.png)

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**Author:** ![1093i3511](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/1093i3511/32/102376_2.png) [@1093i3511](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/1093i3511)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-tight-is-your-dns-filter/82272/20 "2026-11-02T18:06:26Z")

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> **[This DNS filter blocks 86 % – how tight is yours?](https://blockmeter.io/r/NLFvaGJ)**
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> HaGeZi PRO detected · Result from 2 November 2026. Test your own DNS filter for free on blockmeter.io.

Close enough…

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