WordAds

Automattic, San Francisco, California, United States

WordAds is an advertising platform for WordPress sites that allows publishers to monetize content by displaying automatically managed ads across their pages.

It serves display, video, native, and sticky ads from a marketplace of more than 50 advertising networks and demand partners, manages ad placement across posts and pages, and optimizes bidding between advertisers.

WordAds requires a WordPress.com Premium or higher plan for WordPress.com sites, the Jetpack Security or Complete plan for self-hosted WordPress installations, and a PayPal account to receive payouts.

According to our data, WordAds ranks 41th among the online advertising platforms we track.
It has 0.4% of the advertising market share and is detected on 0.07% of all websites.

πŸ“Š Rankings and Market Share

πŸ† WordAds Awards

⚑ Sites Using WordAds

We have data on 2,222 websites that use WordAds advertising technology. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using WordAds is tumblr.com.

#WebsiteRankCountryLanguage
1 tumblr.com #78 United States American English
2 ee.co.uk #5,604 United Kingdom English
3 analyticsindiamag.com #56,751 United States American English
4 media.tumblr.com United States American English
5 tkp.at #65,289 Austria German
6 haitiantimes.com #70,858 United States American English
7 observer.ug #72,682 Uganda American English
8 minnetonkamoccasin.com #73,733 English
9 mynintendonews.com #74,979 American English
10 strictlyspoiler.com #80,705 United Kingdom British English
11 strategyandwargaming.com #82,187 American English
12 literariness.org #85,050 American English
13 eestinen.fi #86,306 Finland Estonian
14 infosannio.com #91,942 Italy Italian
15 realolimpiamilano.com #92,405 Italy Italian
16 vovoteca.com #96,463 Brazil Brazilian Portuguese
17 stluciatimes.com #100,032 Saint Lucia American English
18 worldairlinenews.com #116,657 American English
19 hyakumonogatari.com #121,919 English
20 thehistorianshut.com #123,561 American English

πŸ“ˆ Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use WordAds:

Most of the sites using WordAds are from the United States, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

  • United States 59.4%
  • Spain 6.9%
  • United Kingdom 6.6%
  • Brazil 2.8%
  • France 2.8%
  • Italy 2.4%
  • India 2.3%
  • Germany 2%
  • Indonesia 1.3%
  • Other 13.5%

Most WordAds users speak English or Spanish.

  • English 74.2%
  • Spanish 6.7%
  • Portuguese 2.9%
  • French 2.7%
  • German 1.8%
  • Italian 1.7%
  • Indonesian 1.5%
  • Chinese 0.9%
  • Japanese 0.8%
  • Other 6.8%

WordAds advertising technology is especially popular on .com top-level domains.

  • .com 81.1%
  • .org 4.6%
  • .net 3.8%
  • .blog 1.8%
  • .co.uk 1.2%
  • .me 0.5%
  • .in 0.5%
  • .ca 0.4%
  • .de 0.4%
  • Other 5.7%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing WordAds include blogs and wiki, sports, and marketing and merchandising.

  • Blogs/Wiki 54.6%
  • Sports 7.8%
  • Marketing/Merchandising 5%
  • Entertainment 4.1%
  • General News 4.1%
  • Technical/Business Forums 3.2%
  • Internet Services 2.3%
  • Business 2.3%
  • Online Shopping 2.3%
  • Other 14.3%

πŸ•΅οΈ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best WordAds alternatives.

RankName
1
Google AdSense
Mountain View, California, United States

An advertising network that lets publishers earn revenue by displaying targeted ads on their websites.

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6
Microsoft Advertising
Redmond, Washington, United States

A pay-per-click advertising platform that allows businesses to run search and audience ads across Bing, Yahoo!, DuckDuckGo, and partner networks.

7
Google Ad Manager
Mountain View, California, United States

An ad management and ad exchange platform for large publishers who have significant direct sales, that enables them to serve and sell advertising inventory across websites and mobile apps.

8
Ezoic
Carlsbad, California, United States

A technology platform for digital publishers that provides ad revenue optimization solutions and works as a Google-certified publishing partner.

$$$
26
AdRotate
Den Helder, Netherlands

An advertising manager plugin for WordPress that features unlimited ad units, automatic ad rotation and integration with Google AdSense, Google Ad Manager, Amazon Ads, Media.net and more.

FreeOpen source€49.00+

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πŸ’¬ Frequently Asked Questions

What is the company behind WordAds?

WordAds is owned by Automattic Inc., headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

Which country uses WordAds the most?

The majority of WordAds users are from the United States.

Who uses WordAds?

According to our data, WordAds is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as tumblr.com, ee.co.uk, and analyticsindiamag.com.

How does WordAds stack up against the competition?

WordAds is a moderately popular advertising technology, ranking ahead of 158 other online advertising platforms we track.

What are the alternatives to WordAds?

Alternatives and possible competitors to WordAds may include AdRotate, Google AdSense, and Microsoft Advertising.

πŸ‘‰ See Also

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