Is AdSense or Amazon Associates more popular?

AdSense is used by more websites in our catalog: 265,898 use AdSense and 10,932 use Amazon Associates.

Does AdSense or Amazon Associates have higher-authority sites?

AdSense sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (AdSense: 32, Amazon Associates: 25).

Is AdSense or Amazon Associates growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, AdSense went from 36% to 30% of all tracked sites, while Amazon Associates went from 1.6% to 1.2%. Amazon Associates is gaining ground faster in our index.

How many sites use both AdSense and Amazon Associates?

3,871 websites in our catalog use both AdSense and Amazon Associates.

Where does this AdSense vs Amazon Associates data come from?

Adoption is counted from Site Stats Database's own crawl; Domain Rating comes from Ahrefs and traffic from DataForSEO. Figures reflect the sites we track and refresh at least monthly.

AdSense vs Amazon Associates — Site Stats Database

AdSense vs Amazon Associates

A side-by-side comparison of two ad networks & monetization methods, based on the 351,094 Ad Network sites tracked by Site Stats Database.

Last updated July 1, 2026

Metric	AdSense	Amazon Associates
Websites	265,898	10,932
Market share	76%	3.1%
Share of top 10K sites	31%	0.81%

Rank	#1	#5

Median DR	32	25

Average DR	34	26

Median keywords	1,098	1,130

Median referring domains	465	429

Median domain age	14 yrs	12 yrs

Average domain age	15 yrs	13 yrs

Average monthly traffic	97,117	72,895

Combined monthly traffic	25,823,230,726	796,889,757

merriam-webster.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)91
Total Keywords4,579,269
Referring Domains240,838
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,467,281,883
Traffic Trend
TechnologyAdSense
clevelandclinic.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)92
Total Keywords5,266,698
Referring Domains262,751
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)536,244,433
Traffic Trend
Technology
mlb.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords1,403,577
Referring Domains165,017
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)376,727,145
Traffic Trend
TechnologyAdSense
dictionary.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords3,387,790
Referring Domains129,246
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)242,622,664
Traffic Trend
Technology
healthline.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)92
Total Keywords7,041,614
Referring Domains458,961
Domain Age21 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)220,346,497
Traffic Trend
Technology
vocabulary.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)81
Total Keywords2,454,757
Referring Domains42,680
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)192,093,469
Traffic Trend
Technology
wise.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)89
Total Keywords740,245
Referring Domains55,017
Domain Age32 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)191,512,897
Traffic Trend
TechnologyAdSense
wunderground.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords805,283
Referring Domains84,249
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)135,113,002
Traffic Trend
Technology
istockphoto.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)91
Total Keywords4,131,936
Referring Domains1,685,041
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)127,970,606
Traffic Trend
Technology
xe.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords320,559
Referring Domains58,181
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)124,921,364
Traffic Trend
TechnologyAdSense

Website	Language	DR (Ahrefs)	Total Keywords	Referring Domains	Domain Age	Traffic (Jun 2026)	Traffic Trend	Technology
merriam-webster.com	English	91	4,579,269	240,838	27 yrs	1,467,281,883		AdSense

goodreads.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)92
Total Keywords3,194,852
Referring Domains599,823
Domain Age23 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)93,161,954
Traffic Trend
TechnologyAmazon Associates
forbes.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)94
Total Keywords5,061,816
Referring Domains1,192,610
Domain Age33 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)69,613,575
Traffic Trend
Technology
primevideo.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)89
Total Keywords2,309,125
Referring Domains67,989
Domain Age25 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)63,079,286
Traffic Trend
Technology
spendwithpennies.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)75
Total Keywords471,699
Referring Domains49,415
Domain Age15 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)29,675,349
Traffic Trend
Technology
100daysofrealfood.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)68
Total Keywords71,262
Referring Domains9,393
Domain Age16 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)22,075,250
Traffic Trend
Technology
gimmesomeoven.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)78
Total Keywords267,376
Referring Domains48,731
Domain Age17 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)12,685,710
Traffic Trend
Technology
preppykitchen.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)72
Total Keywords332,508
Referring Domains13,924
Domain Age10 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)11,432,607
Traffic Trend
Technology
cookieandkate.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)79
Total Keywords276,294
Referring Domains39,576
Domain Age16 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)10,935,417
Traffic Trend
Technology
tmz.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)84
Total Keywords627,771
Referring Domains152,226
Domain Age30 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)10,664,426
Traffic Trend
TechnologyAmazon Associates
zappos.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)84
Total Keywords802,598
Referring Domains47,320
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)10,108,841
Traffic Trend
Technology