Is AdSense or BuySellAds more popular?

AdSense is used by more websites in our catalog: 265,898 use AdSense and 553 use BuySellAds.

Does AdSense or BuySellAds have higher-authority sites?

BuySellAds sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (AdSense: 32, BuySellAds: 36).

Is AdSense or BuySellAds growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, AdSense went from 36% to 30% of all tracked sites, while BuySellAds went from 0.09% to 0.06%. BuySellAds is gaining ground faster in our index.

How many sites use both AdSense and BuySellAds?

360 websites in our catalog use both AdSense and BuySellAds.

Where does this AdSense vs BuySellAds 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 BuySellAds — Site Stats Database

AdSense vs BuySellAds

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	BuySellAds
Websites	265,898	553
Market share	76%	0.16%
Share of top 10K sites	31%	0.15%
Share of top 100K sites

Rank	#1	#36

Median DR	32	36

Average DR	34	38

Median keywords	1,098	1,718

Median referring domains	465	898

Median domain age	14 yrs	9 yrs

Average domain age	15 yrs	10 yrs

Average monthly traffic	97,117	300,327

Combined monthly traffic	25,823,230,726	166,080,717

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

shutterstock.com
Language
DR (Ahrefs)91
Total Keywords8,059,773
Referring Domains353,499
Domain Age22 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)78,323,594
Traffic Trend
TechnologyBuySellAds
pokemondb.net
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)71
Total Keywords341,766
Referring Domains8,830
Domain Age16 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)31,675,828
Traffic Trend
Technology
coinmarketcap.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords130,048
Referring Domains90,646
Domain Age13 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)7,772,959
Traffic Trend
Technology
dafont.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)86
Total Keywords94,965
Referring Domains62,847
Domain Age25 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)5,063,743
Traffic Trend
Technology
musicca.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)64
Total Keywords57,982
Referring Domains3,824
Domain Age11 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,910,422
Traffic Trend
Technology
temp-mail.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)75
Total Keywords3,085
Referring Domains8,749
Domain Age14 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,463,270
Traffic Trend
Technology
colorhunt.co
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)80
Total Keywords49,905
Referring Domains7,756
Domain Age10 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,079,325
Traffic Trend
Technology
thelabradorsite.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)59
Total Keywords26,788
Referring Domains9,278
Domain Age15 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,596,433
Traffic Trend
Technology
sirved.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)48
Total Keywords1,078,383
Referring Domains29,139
Domain Age13 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,593,091
Traffic Trend
Technology
artofmanliness.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)79
Total Keywords137,116
Referring Domains37,823
Domain Age18 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,481,242
Traffic Trend
Technology