With each passing day, global mobile traffic is increasing at a rapid pace. That's why publishers are making responsive and mobile-friendly websites to cater the needs of this audience. There's also a huge revenue generation opportunity through ads designed specifically for mobile platforms. If you're receiving the decent volume of mobile traffic, you can serve lucrative mobile ads to skyrocket your earnings.
Mobile ad networks offer both developers and publishers (affiliates) lot of ways to promote their mobile campaign that’s what make mobile unique and freer compare to PC traffic sources which offer very few type of traffic when promoting a campaign usually banner and contextual.
Mobile traffic is very easy to get more especially when you have a little knowledge about it, once traffic commences on a campaign will be flooded with a huge number of clicks. Here is the list of our best mobile traffic source with little side view on developers perspective.
Top Best 12 Mobile Ad Networks
Admob
Admob is very huge mobile ad network which highly specializes on iOS, Android and Windows Phones which normally operates on App display, banner, smart banner, interstitial, search, and table display with the mobile traffic models of CPC and CPM. Admob has a huge number of developers and publishers that makes it hard to reach the user support all the time, it’s very good network with huge traffic volume with the good user-friendly interface to set up a mobile campaign. Admob has developer payment schedule of Net 30, payment method of the Wire transfer, check, Rapida and no longer supporting PayPal with the minimum payout of $100 worldwide.
LeadBolt
LeadBolt is one of the top mobile ad networks out there which specialize on mobile web display, push notification, banner and app display with very high-quality traffic and excellent user support. Leadbolt offers mobile traffic models on Cost Per Click (CPC) and Cost Per Mille (CPM) with the very nice user interface which is quite great and easy to create a new campaign for newbies. Leadbolt has developer’s payment schedule of Net 15, Payment method of PayPal, Payoneer, wire transfer and minimum network payout of $100 worldwide.
InMobi
InMobi is awesome mobile ad network which operates on iOS, Android and Windows Phones and has very high-quality traffic which specializes on web display, offer wall, push notifications, incentives, app display, banner, expandable, interstitial, video and rich media with mobile traffic type of CPC and CPM. InMobi has more to offer to both developers and publisher because of their consistent innovations, very nice and user-friendly interface for launching a mobile campaign and has developer payment schedule of Net 30, payment method of PayPal, ACH, wire transfer and check with the minimum payout of $100 worldwide.
AirPush
Airpush is our personal favorite which operates on almost all mobile platforms (iOS, Android, Windows Phones, BlackBerry, and Java) and highly specialize on push notifications, banner, search, web, and app display with very high quality and laser targeted traffic with very easy and user friendly interface for creating mobile campaigns. Airpush offers mobile traffic on CPC and CPM with developers payment schedule of Net 15, payment method of PayPal, ACH, and wire transfer with the minimum payout of $10 for PayPal and $50 for ACH (Direct deposit) worldwide.
mMedia
mMedia is very good mobile ad network for both developers and publishers which specialize on iOS, Android, Windows Phones, BlackBerry, Symbian, Java and WebOS which operate on mobile web display, app display, offer wall, banner, interstitial, interactive video and rich media ad support with mobile traffic model of CPC, CPM and CPA. mMedia has very high-quality traffic and nice premium looking user interface and good user support for both sides with developer payment schedule of Net 60, payment method of PayPal, ACH, wire transfer and check with minimum payout of $50 for PayPal or ACH, $500 for wire transfer, $10 for check worldwide.
ChartBoost
Chartboost is new rising star on mobile ad industry design specifically to help game and other light weight app developers to make their own app promotions and generate some revenue. Chartboost specializes on app display, interstitial and incentives promotions and provides very high-quality traffic with every bit of information necessarily on a campaign, it operates on iOS and Android with mobile traffic type of CPC and CPI, nice and user-friendly interface with good user support. Chartboost has developer payment schedule of Net 45, payment method of PayPal, ACH, wire transfer and check with the minimum payout of $300 worldwide.
MoPub
MoPub is a revolutionary mobile ad network that was built initially with an internal analytics to provide more information about the ongoing campaigns, very good mobile traffic source with high quality and operate normally on iOS and Android devices that are highly specialize on web display, rich media, offer wall, push notifications, native ads, banner, expandable, interstitial, video, media ads, and landing page with mobile traffic type of CPC and CPM. MoPub marketplace has the very nice looking user interface and good user support with developer payment schedule of Net 60, payment method of PayPal, ACH and wire transfer with the minimum payout of $100 worldwide.
RevMob
RevMob is a self-serve rising Cost Per Install (CPI) mobile ad platform with very high number of impressions delivered monthly that normally operates on iOS, Android, and Amazon devices, it provides high-quality traffic for mobile app and game developers which highly specialize on app display, incentives, offer wall, banner, interstitial and engagement traffic type with traffic model of Cost Per Install (CPI). RevMob also provide inbuilt analytics with nice looking user friendly interface for creating new mobile campaigns and very good user support for both developers and publisher and has developer payment schedule of Net 34, payment method of PayPal, Payoneer and wire transfer with minimum payout of $50 for PayPal or Payoneer, $250 for wire transfer worldwide.
The Millennial Media provides ads and monetized thousands of applications and even the mobile based websites. What sets this platform apart from others is the big brands advertising through it, and the premium tools offered by the company for both publishers and the advertisers. The demand from the best advertisers in the Millennial Media is what keeps opportunities high for the app developers.
The ad network works with the various mobile platforms including Android, iOS, Windows Phone 7, Blackberry etc. and the web-based tools and resources makes it easy for the developers to manage their business through the advertising platform
The LeadBolt ad network divides the app usage cycle into three parts and in that, they show the various points where the ads could be displayed and would be helpful for the app developers to understand what all options they have got to make money through the ads.
There are several places and points during the app usage where LeadBolt would insert the ads:
- · Entry Point – When the user is excited about the downloaded app and has to check a few ads, they won’t mind. Advanced overlay, Interstitial, Banners and Capture Form are the different ways.
- · Engagement – This is when the user is using the app and this is the time when the app would receive the high visibility. App Wall, Video Ad, Content Lock, Interstitial, and Banners are the various options in this.
- · Exit Point – When the app is installed and not being used, LeadBolt would show ads in the form of a push notification or as an icon on the home screen.
BuzzCity
BuzzCity is quiet great mobile ad networks with huge international traffic volume and dirt cheap traffic which normally operates on iOS, Android, Windows Phones, BlackBerry and Java that very specialized on app display, incentives, offer wall, text and push notifications on mobile traffic models of CPC, CPM, CPL, CPI and Hybrid. Buzzcity has a lot of features and very high-quality traffic and good user support. They have developer payment schedule of Net 30, payment method of PayPal, ACH, wire transfer and check with the minimum payment of $100 worldwide.
AdIQuity –
This is yet another popular and profitable mobile ad network for the publishers. It has a unique ad delivery algorithm that serves the highest paying ads on your mobile website. Unlike other mobile ad networks, this one has a track record for timely and accurate payments to the publishers. Its analytics system provides detailed statistics about each active advertisement on your website. If you're not able to implement the ads correctly, their dedicated support system responds quickly to solve your queries. It is integrated with over three dozen different ad networks to provide you with a rich array of mobile ads. It serves rich media ads to the global audience and supports all major mobile platforms and brands.
