Is AdSense or CJ Affiliate more popular?

AdSense is used by more websites in our catalog: 265,898 use AdSense and 860 use CJ Affiliate.

Does AdSense or CJ Affiliate have higher-authority sites?

AdSense sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (AdSense: 32, CJ Affiliate: 17).

Is AdSense or CJ Affiliate growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, AdSense went from 36% to 30% of all tracked sites, while CJ Affiliate went from 0.12% to 0.10%. CJ Affiliate is gaining ground faster in our index.

How many sites use both AdSense and CJ Affiliate?

365 websites in our catalog use both AdSense and CJ Affiliate.

Where does this AdSense vs CJ Affiliate 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 CJ Affiliate — Site Stats Database

AdSense vs CJ Affiliate

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	CJ Affiliate
Websites	265,898	860
Market share	76%	0.24%
Share of top 10K sites	31%	0.07%

Rank	#1	#27

Median DR	32	17

Average DR	34	22

Median keywords	1,098	985

Median referring domains	465	300

Median domain age	14 yrs	12 yrs

Average domain age	15 yrs	13 yrs

Average monthly traffic	97,117	40,173

Combined monthly traffic	25,823,230,726	34,548,369

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

wirefly.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)69
Total Keywords157,250
Referring Domains7,973
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)3,375,906
Traffic Trend
TechnologyCJ Affiliate
democratandchronicle.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)79
Total Keywords144,371
Referring Domains30,055
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)3,052,916
Traffic Trend
Technology
livelikeitstheweekend.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)42
Total Keywords31,863
Referring Domains1,479
Domain Age11 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,528,874
Traffic Trend
Technology
roadtripusa.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)55
Total Keywords28,578
Referring Domains3,375
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,203,390
Traffic Trend
Technology
kylieminteriors.ca
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)51
Total Keywords52,560
Referring Domains24,749
Domain Age18 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,173,842
Traffic Trend
Technology
lohud.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)78
Total Keywords120,670
Referring Domains26,204
Domain Age21 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,056,877
Traffic Trend
TechnologyCJ Affiliate
omniglot.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)77
Total Keywords75,937
Referring Domains20,210
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,022,229
Traffic Trend
Technology
brickset.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)74
Total Keywords108,153
Referring Domains12,676
Domain Age25 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)959,458
Traffic Trend
Technology
insidethemagic.net
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)72
Total Keywords130,797
Referring Domains20,375
Domain Age16 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)918,277
Traffic Trend
Technology
campsitephotos.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)43
Total Keywords111,584
Referring Domains3,334
Domain Age18 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)909,282
Traffic Trend
Technology