Ad networks for gaming sites: what 4,900+ real sites use

Which gaming sites run ads?

site	network	traffic	domain age	platform	checked
y8.com	Adapex, PubGalaxy	top 10k	29 yrs · 1997	Not listed	Oct 20
famitsu.com	Google AdSense	top 10k	27 yrs · 1999	WordPress	Oct 16
vimm.net	Publift, Publisher Collective	top 10k	27 yrs · 1999	Not listed	Oct 14
neopets.com	NitroPay, Venatus	top 10k	27 yrs · 1999	Astro	Oct 15
thesimsresource.com	Freestar	top 10k	26 yrs · 2000	Not listed	Oct 15
serebii.net	Playwire	top 10k	26 yrs · 2000	Not listed	Oct 14
vandal.elespanol.com	AdPushup	top 10k	22 yrs · 2004	Not listed	Oct 15
friv.comZyis Limited	Google AdSense	top 10k	22 yrs · 2004	Not listed	Oct 16
marapets.com	Google AdSense	top 10k	22 yrs · 2004	Not listed	Oct 16
inven.co.kr	AnyMind / AnyManager	top 10k	22 yrs · 2004	Not listed	Oct 15

1-10 of 4,923 gaming sites

Every network that runs on gaming sites, with what it takes to join.

network	gaming sites	share of gaming sites	to join
AdSense	3,142	64%	No traffic minimum
Ezoic	328	7%	250,000 monthly active users
NitroPay	284	6%	Not public
Raptive	244	5%	25,000 pageviews a month
Venatus	214	4%	Not public
Playwire	203	4%	500,000 pageviews a month
Mediavine	167	3%	$5,000 ad revenue a year
Journey	155	3%	1,000 premium sessions a month
Publift	154	3%	More than $2,000 ad revenue a month
The Moneytizer	74	2%	Not public
PubGalaxy	64	1%	Not public
Publisher Collective	44	<1%	Not public
Freestar	39	<1%	Typically 1,000,000 pageviews a month
Setupad	27	<1%	About 100,000 visitors or sessions a month
Monumetric	26	<1%	10,000 pageviews a month
AnyMind / AnyManager	25	<1%	Not public
Taboola	22	<1%	Not public
Infolinks	19	<1%	No traffic minimum
PubPower	18	<1%	Around 100,000 visitors a month
AdPushup	13	<1%	$3,000 ad revenue a month
Geniee SSP	13	<1%	Not public
PubFuture	13	<1%	100,000 pageviews a month
Snack Media	12	<1%	Not public
Adapex	11	<1%	Not public
Newor Media	11	<1%	No traffic minimum
Refinery89	11	<1%	Not public
MGID	9	<1%	3,000 unique visitors a day
PubNation	7	<1%	Not public
Clickio	6	<1%	100,000 to 1,000,000 pageviews a month by region, or $500 a month in ad revenue
MonetizeMore / PubGuru	5	<1%	$5,000 ad revenue or 2 million pageviews a month
BuySellAds / Carbon Ads	3	<1%	Not public
Opti Digital	3	<1%	Not public
Aditude	2	<1%	Not public
Amazon Publisher Services	2	<1%	Not public
Sparteo	2	<1%	Not public
Adnimation	1	<1%	Not public
Teads	1	<1%	Not public

Sites grouped by their place in Chrome's list of the most visited sites. Each site counts once, under its main ad network.

top 10k30 sites

10%33%40%

top 100k208 sites

13%10%14%53%

top 1M742 sites

10%19%11%11%12%37%

not ranked1,026 sites

23%10%14%8%40%

Main ad network of gaming sites in each traffic group
group	Ezoic	NitroPay	Raptive	Venatus	Playwire	Other
top 10k	3%	7%	7%	10%	33%	40%
top 100k	4%	13%	6%	10%	14%	53%
top 1M	10%	19%	11%	11%	12%	37%
not ranked	23%	10%	14%	8%	4%	40%

The newest gaming sites we found, and the network each one joined.