| AdSense Alternative | Minimum Payout | Ad Type | Payout Method | Sign up link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monetag | $25 | Various | Several Options | Join |
| AdThrive | $100 | Various | Several Options | Join |
| MediaVine | $100 | Various | Several Options | Join |
| Media.net | $100 | Display ad Text ads | PayPal Wire Transfer | Join |
| Setupad | €100 | Display Native Interstitial Sticky Anchor Video Ads | PayPal Bank Transfer | Join |
| Amazon Display ads | CPM Ad (Display ad) | Wire Transfer Amazon Gift cards Payoneer | Join | |
| Sovrn Commerce | $10 | Text ads (Affiliate ads) | PayPal | Join |
| Skimlinks | $10 | Text ads (Affiliate ads) | PayPal | Join |
When it comes to making money from a blog, AdSense is one of the best blog monetization programs available.
I have already shared my AdSense earnings for the last five years, which will give you an idea of how much you can potentially earn from AdSense.
Creating an AdSense account and getting approval is not a particularly easy process, especially for a newbie blogger. The real problem emerges when Google bans your AdSense account!
A good solution is to start looking for some of the best Google AdSense alternatives.
The AdSense alternative ad networks mentioned below are not necessarily better than Google AdSense, but depending on your blog niche and site’s traffic, a few AdSense alternative programs (like Media.net or Monetag) might give you better earnings and results than AdSense.
You should be aware that Google AdSense is a contextual ad networking program while a few of the AdSense alternatives mentioned below are not contextual ad programs.
Also read:
We have already talked about why AdSense is the best advertisement program for bloggers, and we followed up with a post on Google AdSense in the budding blogger’s blog.
Getting Google AdSense approval is a dream for bloggers. But if you fail to get approval or get rejected for some reason, don’t despair, because this article will make you aware of many Google AdSense alternatives for you to use to earn money online.
(Before choosing an alternative to Google AdSense, however, check out what kind of traffic you are generating on your blog.)
7 Best Alternative to Google AdSense for Bloggers: 2025 Edition
Note: I am continually updating this list with all the new monetization methods that I use as an AdSense alternative. So bookmark this page and keep coming back to learn about more new blog monetization programs.
1. Monetag
Monetag is one of the top performing ad networks and something I love because of their technological innovation. Apart from all usual ad types, recently they added web push notifications ad type.
Depending upon the kind of blog that you have, you can pick from various ad types offered by Monetag. Be it for your desktop site, mobile site, or for video content. The minimum payout is $25 and it’s idle for every new and medium size blog with low or high traffic.
This is a good alternative to AdSense which pays really high.
2. AdThrive
For anyone looking for a premium alternative to Google AdSense, AdThrive is an ideal choice. AdThrive is not your regular ad network, as they have a strict application process, and they require publishers to have minimum 100K monthly pageviews.
They also expect your traffic to be mostly from these countries:
- United States
- Canada
- United Kingdom
- Australia
- New Zealand
If you feel your website is a good fit for AdThrive, you can apply for approval using the link below.
3. MediaVine
Anyone looking for a high quality alternative to Google AdSense in 2025 should not miss Mediavine. Another high quality ad network for publishers who have quality traffic and quality content.
Watch this video to learn more about MediaVine:
To join MediaVine, your website must have:
- 50,000 sessions in the previous 30 days (per Google Analytics)
- Good standing with Google AdSense
- Original content in any niche
- Long-form and engaging content
4. Media.net
Media.net is the best alternative to AdSense in terms of ad types.
Media.net is a contextual ad network by Yahoo! and Bing, and it offers high-paying ads. Moreover, the ad types involved are similar to AdSense, and if you have a quality blog, you are more likely to get Media.net approval in no time.
You can check out the review of Media.net here and create a free account here.
5. Setupad
If your blog gets a monthly traffic of more than 100K+, look no further than Setupad.
Setupad is a monetization platform for publishers to increase their ad revenue to the maximum. Setupad has developed an in-house suite of programmatic monetization solutions–header bidding wrapper, header bidding SaaS solution, and SSP Adapter. Check out Setupad review to learn everything about it.
Setupad vs Google AdSense
The main difference between the Setupad service and Google AdSense is that Setupad uses header bidding technology to connect publishers with more than 15 buyers, including Google. Adding multiple premium buyers creates more competition for the same ad impression. This means that it pushes Google and other buyers to increase their prices. In the end, the publisher receives more ad revenue.
With Setupad header bidding technology, publishers can maximize their ad revenue by a minimum of 30% if previously they have used Google AdSense.
Setupad has a variety of ad formats for desktop and mobile:
- Sticky and Anchor Ads
- Responsive Ads
- Video Ads
- Native Ads
- Interstitial Ads
- App monetization (Q3 2020)
Setupad team of professionals helps publishers to decide and choose the right ad placements for each website.
The main goal is to avoid overcrowding the website with too many ads and make a personalized solution for each client.
By choosing Setupad, publishers can generate more money by having the same amount of traffic.
- Publishers receive their first payment after 60 days. Further payments are made every 30 days if the minimum threshold of €100 is reached. Otherwise, Setupad adds these earnings to the next month.
- It takes two to four weeks to see optimal results, though Setupad strongly suggests publishers to run a four-week test so they can add the majority of the SSPs.
- Setupad reporting tool with real-time data is available for viewing at any time, which helps closely monitor publishers’ ad inventory. Real-time statistics combining all revenue into one report show bids (number of impressions, winning SSPs, average CPMs, etc.) of the website.
- Each Setupaad clients’ have their own account manager, who guides them through the set-up process. Account Managers follow up on each of their clients’ ad revenue and inform regarding the latest updates.
6. Amazon Display Ads
Seeing an Amazon advertisement program listed as an “AdSense alternative” might be a little surprise for many, but in 2019 they are one of the most popular choices among bloggers for site monetization.
Until recently, it was only the Amazon Affiliate program, but with Amazon Native Shopping Ads & CPM based ads, they are a great choice for users who are looking for something other than AdSense.
In my opinion, the Amazon display program is ideal for those who have US & EU traffic. Native Ads, in particular, are a bit like affiliate marketing on steroids.
You can learn all about it here.
7. Sovrn Commerce
Sovrn Commerce is perfect for a blog that is linking out to a business or e-commerce site.
The Sovrn Commerce concept is quite different from all of the alternatives mentioned above because with Sovrn Commerce you earn money by making affiliate sales.
Sovrn Commerce works great when you have outgoing links to business or product pages such as a fashion store or Amazon.
Even if you don’t have outbound links but you are using money-related terms like Apple, iPhone, etc., Sovrn Commerce will automatically add links to these words, and you will end up making pretty decent money.
What’s best about Sovrn Commerce is that it’s incubated by Google and is a very SEO-friendly ad program.
8. Skimlinks
Skimlinks is the best alternative to Viglink and it works in a similar manner. Skimlinks converts your outbound links into affiliate links, and you earn money whenever a sale occurs.
It is possible that you could end up making ten times your existing earnings with Viglink and Skimlinks, as they pay for affiliate sales and not for clicks.
These are just some of the best and most popular alternatives to AdSense.
If your AdSense account is disabled, the best way to cover the lost AdSense earnings potential is by using a combination of two or more ad networks. (For example: using Monetag or Sovrn Commerce along with contextual ads.)
Which one of the above methods have you used and which ad program worked the best? Tell us in the comments!
Hi Harsh Agrawal,
I have video based website.
daily 3k visitors.
started one month ago.
I don’t “ve google Adsense a/c.
tell me an alternative Adsense a/c,
which pays high revenue video sites.
waiting for your reply..
Hey Vijay,
What topic is your video blog on?
Nice one info on adsense alternatives. Kindly guide me on how to know google adsense alternatives high paying keywords or the adsense high paying keywords work well as to other networks? Kindly help me on that info pls @ Harsh Agrawal
Nice post, but I personally feel that media.net has now emerged as one of the best google adsense alternative because their RPM is good and mostly importantly their ads are mostly CPM ads which means you don’t require any one to click on ads to make money you just have to show the impression of ad and you are going to make the money which is not the case with google adsense
Thanks for this post. I like this post because you explained here everything about all Ads publisher website. Can you tell me which will be best for Ads revenue as substitute of Google AdSense.
On the average, bloggers like to use Google Adsense primarily but there’s actually more to monetizing your blog than using Adsense. I know a few popular bloggers who earn as much as Adsense publishers by being affiliate marketers or even setting up direct custom ads on their blog for advertisers. Take for example, ShoutMeLoud doesn’t use Adsense. So don’t give up!
Hey Christian,
You said it absolutely right. Not getting Adsense approval is the not the end of your blogging journey.
Hey, Harsh. This is a great list of some other ad networks on the internet. I use media.net and infolinks on my niche blogs and they working out really good, so far. Other than that, Amazon native shop is a good alternative if you’re targeting buyer intent keywords on the blog and having Tier1 traffic on blog.
Keep the great work up!
Hey Deepak,
Glad you liked it. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Thanks for sharing this useful article actually I am running a Hindi Language blog please let me know which monetizing model is good for me.
Hey Rajat,
You can use Adsense and Affiliate Marketing.
I’m a newbie in blogging and your post has been always an inspirational to me. This post indeed provides great insight about the best possible Adsense alternatives. Thanks buddy.
Google banned me of one of my AdSense – it pains…but I still have others.
Thanks for this post!
I just started using Amazon Native Ads and it’s already showing amazing results! Really great to use for blogs who write DIY articles and product reviews.
Thanks for letting us know the alternatives. AdSense pays pretty bad for Indian Traffic. I have signed up for Infolinks and Viglinks after reading this post. I am also trying my hands in for direct advertising.
This is a great list for adding a little variety to a site, I have an arcade site, and having Adsense show the same ad three times on one page is a bit much.
So far,
I have tried Revenue Hits and Propeller. Propeller is nice, but I am concerned about the Revenue Hits ads. Despite having only a side slider, you could not click anywhere on my site without it clicking through to the ad, one of which created an infinite circle of pop-ups. Their slider actually got my site suspended on Adwords for suspected malware, so it might be good to be wary of them. Have you had any such problems?
Hi Harsh,
This is another great post by you. Affiliate programs work pretty welll for me. CB helps me collect most part of my monthy revenue.
Good job !
Sunil
How to get approval from media.net, do they have any traffics limit.
I ran adsense for 8 years on one website, but since I sold that I am now looking for alternatives on my new site. Judging by comments, adsense might still be the best and most reliable payer? I still haven’t decided, but might end up giving Media,net a go, which I never heard of before until just today. Thanks.
It’s great opportunity coming across this post. From this post and the readers comments I have realized that Google adsense is the king in the jungle of ads monetization of blogs.
My adsense account was closed by google sometime for what they call unauthorized ads clicks. This happened over 3 years ago. Recently, I started a new blog (webhostinggist.com) and have reapplied for adsense account which have been approved by I’m still waiting for their ads to show on the blog.
My fear is that my blog is hosted on blogger platform whose account email is still the same as the the banned adsense account. What do you think could be the possible outcome of this?
Hi, thanks for that beautiful post. Is that possible, if I will use more then one Adsense at a time. pls suggest me.
A nice alternative of Google Adsense is WEB-SET Ads. You can integrate very easily the code, and the website is approved after 2-3 days. You need to have quality traffic and around 30 k visitors per month.
Indeed a Great post.
But according to me, none of the adsense alternative can give the revenue as much as Adsense can give. I haven’t tried all the above alternatives but I tried infolinks and I had worst experience with it. After having huge amount of traffic, I was able to make only 100-200$.
Because my blog was banned by Adsense. If this wasn’t happened then that traffic can surely make around $2k+.
That’s why infolinks is far away from Adsense in terms of generating revenue.
BTW Thanks for sharing it with us.
Many blogger considered revenueHits is a best Google adsense alternative. Please tell something about your opinion?
With my personal experience RevenueHits is not good. It is spammy.