I just wanted to appreciate the wording of the title. there is just soo much content out there that isn't exactly an ad but is still incredibly annoying. If anything, to me ublock is an 'annoyance blocker'. It is deplorable how much cruft is pushed to the reader in the guise of content. I am glad ublock exists. If it doesn't serve the user, it goes!
I still wonder why no one speaks about Altair and their grammar of graphics thinking. I think they are wonderfully intuitive and I wish I had discovered them earlier.
You should try million short. As the name suggests, it takes our the first 100 / 1k / or a million results so you're left with those that aren't all that popular. That seems to be what you're looking for.
https://millionshort.com/