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<blockquote data-quote="ForgottenSeer 97327" data-source="post: 1055392">Nice thing about NextDNS is that you can see the number of blocks a blocklist generates. With my surfing habits two highly valued blocklists (OISD.nl and Hagezi) performed substantionally less than the combo of filters I am now using now in NextDNS. My current combo blocks nearly 10% (with 125.000 host block entries) and OISD.nl plus Hagezi ultimate (combo with over 600.000 host block entries) blocked less than 6,4 percent.Blocklists contain a lot of domains you probably never visit. Also the advertising and tracking networks prevalence is exponentially decreasing. That is why there is no best one size fits all setup. When you visit this forum, you probably have an above average interest in security and privacy so you might get some fun and benefits in trying out other member&#039;s favourites to find out the perfect combination for yourself.I also discovered that at around 150.000 rules&nbsp; my maximum block rate percentage maxes out. So I have also seen in practice what former users Kees1958 and LennyFox (and well kown independant blocklist maintainer Peter Low) often claimed in theory. With one big difference: Kees1958 claimed that at 10,000 rules the block rate maxes out. I can see that my useful maximum is around 150.000.&nbsp; So I tend to disagree with Kees1958 on what the useful maximum is. I think that is personal, because people have different browsing habits. That said I am a happy user of their (LennyFox and Kees1958) Github blocklists.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ForgottenSeer 97327, post: 1055392"] Nice thing about NextDNS is that you can see the number of blocks a blocklist generates. With my surfing habits two highly valued blocklists (OISD.nl and Hagezi) performed substantionally less than the combo of filters I am now using now in NextDNS. My current combo blocks nearly 10% (with 125.000 host block entries) and OISD.nl plus Hagezi ultimate (combo with over 600.000 host block entries) blocked less than 6,4 percent. Blocklists contain a lot of domains you probably never visit. Also the advertising and tracking networks prevalence is exponentially decreasing. That is why there is no best one size fits all setup. When you visit this forum, you probably have an above average interest in security and privacy so you might get some fun and benefits in trying out other member's favourites to find out the perfect combination for yourself. I also discovered that at around 150.000 rules my maximum block rate percentage maxes out. So I have also seen in practice what former users Kees1958 and LennyFox (and well kown independant blocklist maintainer Peter Low) often claimed in theory. With one big difference: Kees1958 claimed that at 10,000 rules the block rate maxes out. I can see that my useful maximum is around 150.000. So I tend to disagree with Kees1958 on what the useful maximum is. I think that is personal, because people have different browsing habits. That said I am a happy user of their (LennyFox and Kees1958) Github blocklists. [/QUOTE]

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