Is AdSense or Journey by Mediavine more popular?

AdSense is used by more websites in our catalog: 265,898 use AdSense and 5,363 use Journey by Mediavine.

Does AdSense or Journey by Mediavine have higher-authority sites?

AdSense sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (AdSense: 32, Journey by Mediavine: 9).

Is AdSense or Journey by Mediavine growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, AdSense went from 36% to 30% of all tracked sites, while Journey by Mediavine went from 0.90% to 0.61%. Journey by Mediavine is gaining ground faster in our index.

How many sites use both AdSense and Journey by Mediavine?

828 websites in our catalog use both AdSense and Journey by Mediavine.

Where does this AdSense vs Journey by Mediavine 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 Journey by Mediavine — Site Stats Database

AdSense vs Journey by Mediavine

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	Journey by Mediavine
Websites	265,898	5,363
Market share	76%	1.5%
Share of top 10K sites	31%	0.03%

Rank	#1	#12

Median DR	32	9

Average DR	34	14

Median keywords	1,098	1,273

Median referring domains	465	118

Median domain age	14 yrs	4 yrs

Average domain age	15 yrs	6 yrs

Average monthly traffic	97,117	14,067

Combined monthly traffic	25,823,230,726	75,439,512

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

thechunkychef.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)70
Total Keywords122,050
Referring Domains20,640
Domain Age11 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)6,910,753
Traffic Trend
TechnologyJourney by Mediavine
savorynothings.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)60
Total Keywords106,328
Referring Domains9,510
Domain Age12 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,794,085
Traffic Trend
Technology
accentletters.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)10
Total Keywords3,717
Referring Domains236
Domain Age4 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)973,253
Traffic Trend
Technology
restareasnearme.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)0
Total Keywords3,728
Referring Domains1
Domain Age0 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)804,388
Traffic Trend
Technology
mytrailsaremany.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)9
Total Keywords4,447
Referring Domains102
Domain Age4 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)765,957
Traffic Trend
Technology
tornadoughalli.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)52
Total Keywords45,439
Referring Domains8,712
Domain Age10 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)733,422
Traffic Trend
Technology
responstosay.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)0.2
Total Keywords13,378
Referring Domains12
Domain Age1 yr
Traffic (Jun 2026)708,864
Traffic Trend
Technology
nomadicmatt.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)77
Total Keywords65,713
Referring Domains17,435
Domain Age18 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)692,445
Traffic Trend
Technology
seeingtennessee.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)5
Total Keywords4,027
Referring Domains44
Domain Age4 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)681,350
Traffic Trend
Technology
beacheverywhere.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)33
Total Keywords13,008
Referring Domains37
Domain Age0 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)613,494
Traffic Trend
Technology