A side-by-side comparison of two advertising platforms, based on the 288,541 Ad Platform sites tracked by Site Stats Database.
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| Metric | Outbrain Ads | SharpSpring Ads |
|---|---|---|
| Websites | 1,008 | 114 |
| Market share | 0.35% | 0.04% |
| Share of top 10K sites | 0.28% | 0.00% |
| Share of top 100K sites |
|---|
| 0.18% |
| 0.01% |
| Rank | #20 | #24 |
|---|
| Median DR | 57 | 35 |
|---|
| Average DR | 54 | 37 |
|---|
| Median keywords | 1,560 | 1,309 |
|---|
| Median referring domains | 1,639 | 520 |
|---|
| Median domain age | 18 yrs | 18 yrs |
|---|
| Average domain age | 18 yrs | 19 yrs |
|---|
| Average monthly traffic | 266,405 | 27,912 |
|---|
| Combined monthly traffic | 268,535,926 | 3,181,922 |
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Monthly snapshots of each segment, 2026-06 to 2026-07. Website counts move when our catalog grows; the share of tracked sites is normalized, so it only moves when real prevalence changes.
Websites
Share of tracked sites
Combined monthly traffic
1,008 websites · rank #20
Top industries
Top markets
114 websites · rank #24
Top industries
Top markets
Outbrain Ads is used by more websites in our catalog: 1,008 use Outbrain Ads and 114 use SharpSpring Ads.
Outbrain Ads sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (Outbrain Ads: 57, SharpSpring Ads: 35).
Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, Outbrain Ads went from 0.16% to 0.11% of all tracked sites, while SharpSpring Ads went from 0.02% to 0.01%. SharpSpring Ads is gaining ground faster in our index.
1 websites in our catalog use both Outbrain Ads and SharpSpring Ads.
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.
Citation
Site Stats Database. "Outbrain Ads vs SharpSpring Ads." Site Stats Database, July 1, 2026. https://sitestatsdb.com/technologies/advertising-platforms/compare/outbrain-ads-vs-sharpspring-ads
Site Stats Database tracks 1,008 websites using Outbrain Ads and 114 using SharpSpring Ads, each enriched with full monthly traffic history, authority, keywords, referring domains, and the complete detected tech stack. We detect every advertising platform by crawling each site's HTML, response headers, and DNS; traffic and SEO metrics come from DataForSEO and Ahrefs. Everything refreshes at least monthly.
See plans & pricing| English |
| 92 |
| 4,191,464 |
| 613,588 |
| 28 yrs |
| 45,853,493 |
| Outbrain Ads |
| rollingstone.com | English | 90 | 1,594,859 | 282,640 | 31 yrs | 20,854,417 | Outbrain Ads |
| magicbricks.com | English | 78 | 108,041 | 9,167 | 20 yrs | 13,515,403 | Outbrain Ads |
| sheknows.com | English | 82 | 677,012 | 110,881 | 27 yrs | 11,598,435 | Outbrain Ads |
| styleseat.com | English | 82 | 201,512 | 7,866 | 17 yrs | 5,312,921 | Outbrain Ads |
| rush.co.uk | English | 49 | 62,650 | 2,070 | 31 yrs | 4,936,887 | Outbrain Ads |
| indiewire.com | English | 85 | 481,268 | 119,481 | 29 yrs | 4,423,368 | Outbrain Ads |
| ooma.com | English | 73 | 28,294 | 6,986 | 23 yrs | 3,573,660 | Outbrain Ads |
| dji.com | English | 87 | 59,375 | 41,474 | 30 yrs | 2,625,616 | Outbrain Ads |
| English |
| 27 |
| 3,587 |
| 194 |
| 29 yrs |
| 162,394 |
| SharpSpring Ads |
| academichelp.net | English | 58 | 40,404 | 3,742 | 18 yrs | 145,524 | SharpSpring Ads |
| margauxsrestaurant.com | English | 24 | 1,797 | 339 | 24 yrs | 144,994 | SharpSpring Ads |
| insteading.com | English | 61 | 36,317 | 9,078 | 15 yrs | 144,275 | SharpSpring Ads |
| vacatia.com | English | 55 | 16,843 | 3,198 | 22 yrs | 110,236 | SharpSpring Ads |
| jesuscalling.com | English | 53 | 8,403 | 1,550 | 15 yrs | 108,697 | SharpSpring Ads |
| centerforspecialtycare.com | English | 15 | 10,221 | 143 | 22 yrs | 102,393 | SharpSpring Ads |
| acpny.com | English | 38 | 11,154 | 1,122 | 16 yrs | 95,383 | SharpSpring Ads |
| ccmanagers.com | English | 21 | 5,842 | 309 | 21 yrs | 93,487 | SharpSpring Ads |