9 Best Display and Banner Ad Networks for Advertisers in 2026

Key Takeaways

• Self-serve banners for affiliate offers are sold by ad networks, not by the big platforms: deposits run from $50 (Traffic Nomads, JuicyAds) to 200 EUR/USD (ExoClick), and Adcash, Clickadu, HilltopAds and TrafficStars ask $100.
• Published banner floors start at $0.01 CPM: JuicyAds in 195 of its 229 countries, TrafficStars in Tier 1 and $0.002 in Tier 3. Only these 2 of the 9 publish a banner price before you register; the rest show it in the panel after the deposit.
• 300x250 is the only size all 9 networks sell. File limits run from 150 KB (ExoClick) to 1,024 KB (ClickAdilla), so a 300x250 under 150 KB passes everywhere.
• A "display" tag doesn't mean self-serve banners: Adsterra sells display banners only through a manager. Google is moving Display campaigns into Demand Gen, where ads in sensitive categories don't serve on the Display Network at all.

Where Can Advertisers Buy Banner Ads in 2026?

A banner is the oldest ad on the web: a picture of a fixed size, 300x250 or 728x90, in a slot on a website or in an app. People ignore most of them, which is why banners are cheap, and they still sell, because almost every site has a slot for one.

Search for the best display ad networks and you get Google, Amazon and the big DSPs. They're built for brands, and the Google Display Network is in the middle of a move into Demand Gen. For affiliate offers, such as gambling, dating, nutra, sweepstakes and adult, banners are sold by self-serve networks: Adcash, Clickadu, ExoClick, TrafficStars and the others below.

I checked each network's own pages, help center and ad policy on November 13, 2026: which banner sizes it sells to advertisers, the file limits, the minimum deposit, pricing, published prices and volume, and what its policy says about affiliate verticals. Where 2 pages of the same network disagree, I say so. These are the networks' numbers, not our tests. The basics are in our glossary entries on display advertising and banner networks, and every network we list with display is in the aliencpa catalog of display ad networks. Here are all 9 at a glance:

Deposits and pricing come from each network's own pages; Affiliate Verticals is what its ad policy, terms or help center say, quoted or shortened, and where a network only recommends verticals in its help center, the cell says "recommended".

Banner Ad Networks Compared: Prices, Volume and File Limits

Prices and volumes below are the networks' own published figures, checked on November 13, 2026; "not published" means the price shows only in the panel or through a manager.

Only 2 of the 9 publish a banner price before you register: TrafficStars and JuicyAds. The rest show it in the panel, after the deposit. The published numbers are low: TrafficStars' minimum banner CPM is $0.01 in Tier 1 and $0.002 in Tier 3, and JuicyAds' floor is $0.02 CPM in the US and $0.01 in India. A banner CPM of a cent or 2 is the floor of the auction, not the price of the placements that convert: the floor buys what no other advertiser bid on.

9 Best Banner and Display Ad Networks for Advertisers in 2026

The order is editorial: mainstream networks with published banner specs come first, the networks built on adult sites last.

1. Adcash — Best for Classic IAB Sizes With CPA Target

Adcash, an Estonian network, sells Display next to pop-under, interstitial, in-page push and video, and its banner sizes are the classic set: skyscraper, rectangle and leaderboard.

• Min deposit: "from as little as €/$100", by its advertiser page.
• Banner sizes: Skyscraper 160x600 and 120x600; Rectangle 300x250, 336x280 and 250x250; Leaderboard 468x60 and a size its support page, updated April 8, 2026, lists as "778x90". That looks like a typo for the standard 728x90; check it in the panel before you make the creative.
• Files: JPG or PNG, "max. 600kb". "HTML Tag usage for Display ads is currently restricted."
• Pricing: CPM, CPC or CPA Target, which works best with a postback from your tracker. "Suggested bid" and minimum and maximum values show only when you create the campaign.
• Volume: "300 m unique users daily" in 195 countries, all formats.
• Affiliate verticals: gambling is allowed, but where a license is required, "e.g., the US", you send it before you launch; "Promotion of lotto, lottery, or sweepstake-related campaigns is permitted" where legal. Its display page names anime and manga, iGaming, e-commerce, adult and dating, and gaming as the top verticals.
• Pros: zone lists as a blacklist or a whitelist, up to 1,000 zones a list and "30k" a campaign; a [zone] macro passes the zone ID to your tracker; up to 20 creatives a campaign.
• Cons: no published display volume or prices; review takes "1-2 hours", longer than at most networks here.

2. Clickadu — Best for Banners on CPC or SmartCPA

Clickadu sells 6 formats, from popunder to video pre-roll, and its banner is a self-serve format with 4 pricing models.

• Min deposit: "The minimal budget is $100" (help center, May 2022).
• Banner sizes: "Available in three sizes: 300x250, 300x100 and 728x90" (help center, January 13, 2026); a 2022 post on its blog lists only 2.
• Files: image, GIF or MP4 video; "for images and gifs - up to 256 kb, for video - up to 1 Mb"; up to 5 creatives a campaign, with stats for each.
• Pricing: "Choose between CPC/SmartCPM/CPM/SmartCPA pricing models"; "Free tests for CPC pricing model".
• Volume: "6B+ Impressions Daily", all formats.
• Affiliate verticals: its policy bans "Any kind of cryptocurrency or crypto offers" and gambling and casino offers aimed at the US and Egypt; supplements need "Food supplement/Dietary supplement/Not a drug" on the creative or the label.
• Pros: CPC and SmartCPA on banners; misclick protection; video banners in the same format.
• Cons: no published banner prices, moderation time or banner volume; the only number it gives, "$0.01 to $0.08" CPM, is what its publishers earn.

3. Traffic Nomads — Best for Casino and Betting Banners

Traffic Nomads (ACE OF PERFORMANCE, Lda, Funchal, Portugal) is an iGaming network that sells banners on CPC next to pop, push, in-page and native.

• Min deposit: "The minimum amount to charge your account is 50 USD"; wire, card, PayPal, Capitalist or USDC. The first deposit is non-refundable.
• Banner sizes: 300x250 and 300x100, "for all devices and all operating systems".
• Files: "Max 720kb".
• Pricing: "Banner: CPC bidding"; CPA and CPL tracked through an S2S postback.
• Volume: "100M - Daily Impressions" for banners, by its homepage.
• Affiliate verticals: casino, betting, eSports betting and crypto casino lead its categories; its terms ban pornography, hateful content and illegal products.
• Pros: publisher whitelists and blacklists; approval "usually takes less than 30 minutes", weekends included; a fully managed option with "No Management Fee".
• Cons: 2 sizes only; no published banner bids; 22% VAT on EU companies without a valid VAT number.

4. HilltopAds — Best for Banners on CPM With Mainstream and 18+ Channels

HilltopAds (Hilltop Ads Ltd., Brentford, England, since 2013) sells banners next to popunder, in-page and video, with separate mainstream and non-mainstream channels.

• Min deposit: $100; 10 payment methods, from USDT and Bitcoin to PayPal, Wise and wire.
• Banner sizes: 300x250 on desktop or mobile; a 300x100 mobile banner added in 2025, when it also opened banners on CPM.
• Pricing: CPM or CPC. The campaign estimator shows "the minimum, recommended, or premium CPM rates" before launch.
• Volume: "273B+" impressions a month in 250+ countries, all formats.
• Affiliate verticals: it recommends "dating, ecommerce, mobile apps, games, iGaming, sweepstakes, VPN and cleaners", OnlyFans and pin-submits; "if your offers are intended for an adult audience only, you must select a non-mainstream channel".
• Pros: moderation usually within 1 business hour; Auto Optimization moves weak zones to a blacklist; postback with the main trackers.
• Cons: each campaign is desktop or mobile, not both; "You must make a deposit for your campaign to be sent for moderation."

5. ExoClick — Best for the Widest Choice of Banner Placements

ExoClick (EXOCLICK, S.L., Barcelona) has run since 2006 on adult and mainstream sites and sells more banner placements than any other network here: display banners, sticky banners, a large footer and Multi-Format zones.

• Min deposit: 200 EUR/USD for every payment method: card, wire, Paxum, crypto.
• Banner sizes: "300×100, 300×250, 300×500, 728×90, 160×600, 900×250 (footer)"; a sticky banner in 9 desktop positions; mobile banners in its docs, among them 300x50.
• Files: "jpeg, png, gif, max weight 150 KB" on its site and in its guidelines; its docs allow 300 KB for images and 1,500 KB for MP4 banners.
• Pricing: CPM or CPC, plus Smart CPM, where "you set up the maximum CPM you are willing to pay", and Smart Bid toward a target CPA or ROAS. Minimum prices are in the panel only.
• Affiliate verticals: "Cryptocurrency/forex/binary offers are not permitted (subject to exception)"; gambling must be pre-approved, meet a minimum monthly budget and block US registrations (terms effective March 5, 2026); on mainstream, suggestive ads run with a "SEXY" label that some publishers block.
• Pros: Multi-Format zones where banner and native compete for the same slot; a {format} macro passes the banner size to your tracker; zone and domain lists; review in about 30 minutes.
• Cons: the highest deposit here; "Banners showing a phone number must use the CPM/Smart CPM pricing model"; 2 different file limits.

6. TrafficStars — Best for Published Minimum Banner Bids

TrafficStars (Traffic Stars Ltd, Limassol, Cyprus) sells "classic display banners with 100% fill rate" on adult and mainstream sites, with xHamster as its largest exclusive source, and publishes its minimum banner bids.

• Min deposit: $100 by card, Paxum, Capitalist, CoinGate or INXY; $500 by wire.
• Banner sizes: "300×250, 315×300, 900×250, 728×90, 250×150, 300×100", plus ready scripts for Instant Message and Interstitial banners.
• Files: JPG or GIF; the image may change no faster than every 2 seconds; no general weight limit published.
• Pricing: CPM, CPC or CPA. Minimum banner CPM on its pre-roll page: $0.01 in Tier 1, $0.004 in Tier 2, $0.002 in Tier 3.
• Affiliate verticals: its guidelines set rules for adult and non-adult creatives and say nothing on gambling, crypto or nutra; support checks your landing pages before launch if you send them.
• Pros: floors visible before you register; "Ads, landing pages, and member areas must be 2257 compliant"; an Optimizer that blocks spots and bids per spot.
• Cons: moderation "within 10 - 60 minutes during business hours" (GMT+3); no banner volume published.

7. JuicyAds — Best for Cheap Adult Banners With a Public Rate Sheet

JuicyAds (Tiger Media Inc., Saskatchewan, Canada) is "a self-served adult traffic network that specializes in banner ads, popunders, navigation tabs, and native traffic", and the only network here with a public floor for every country.

• Min deposit: "$50 minimum purchase" by card, PayPal or Paxum; $100 in USDT or BTC; $1,000 by wire. An account manager starts from a $1,500 deposit.
• Banner sizes: shown in the account, not on its public pages.
• Pricing: CPC or CPM, plus flat-rate direct buys with "instant placement". The rate sheet lists 229 countries: banner floors are $0.003 CPC and $0.01 CPM in 195 of them, $0.015 CPC and $0.02 CPM in the US, the UK, Canada and Australia.
• Volume: the rate sheet shows 112,741,438 unique banner impressions for the US; the network claims "over 1 billion impressions daily", all formats.
• Affiliate verticals: its acceptable use policy, last updated December 17, 2024, bans "Promoting gambling or online betting that is targeted to the US (unless authorized in the specific jurisdiction)", "cleaner" software and fake system alerts.
• Pros: the lowest card deposit among the adult networks here; you can price a test country by country before you sign up.
• Cons: banner specs only after registration; refunds within 30 days, "subject to a 5% fee"; review can take up to 24 hours.

The rate sheet doesn't say over what period it counts unique impressions, so use it to compare countries, not to plan a daily budget.

8. TrafficJunky — Best for Banners on Pornhub (Adult Only)

TrafficJunky sells ads on the Pornhub network's tube sites: Pornhub, RedTube, Tube8 and YouPorn, "150 Million" daily visitors and "4.6 Billion" daily impressions by its own count.

• Min deposit: not published on its site; you must "complete ID or Company verification before you can start adding funds".
• Banner placements: Top Right Square 300x250; Footer 950x250 on desktop and 300x250 on mobile; Header and Underplayer 305x99 or 300x100 on mobile; Inplayer 468x60 and 300x250; Full Page Interstitial 320x480 on mobile; static and video banners.
• Files: its formats page allows 3 MB for static banners, its rules page, last updated July 23, 2026, sets "a maximum file size of 300KB".
• Pricing: CPM live bidding; "TrafficJunky does not offer CPC."
• Affiliate verticals: gambling advertisers "must abide by country and/or state-specific laws"; sweepstakes are on the banned list for popunders; adult content "may only be presented after the User reaches the Advertiser's landing page".
• Pros: you know the sites you buy; Bidder bids toward a target CPA, Autopilot rotates the best ads; ads reviewed daily.
• Cons: CPM only; TrafficJunky "may designate any site, placement, or jurisdiction as safe-for-work (SFW) at any time", and ads there can't contain nudity; Aylo closed its sites to new UK users from February 2, 2026.

9. ClickAdilla — Best for Banners Around Tube Videos

ClickAdilla sells banners in fixed slots on video sites, with a help article that shows where each one sits, and "Adult is allowed in creatives" on every banner format.

• Min deposit: "The minimum amount to launch a campaign is $5" on its homepage; its help center says "The minimum deposit depends on the payment method".
• Banner placements: Cube Head, Middle and Footer 300x250 among videos on the main page; NTV-A, B and C 300x250 next to the video; Banner Footer 300x250; Underplayer 728x90, "the largest banner format in ClickAdilla"; In-Video 300x250; Mobile Header 300x100; mobile instant message and interstitial.
• Files: up to 800 KB for Cube banners, 1,024 KB for the rest; animation frames at least 2 seconds.
• Pricing: CPC or CPM.
• Affiliate verticals: its push rules ban "All sweepstakes with card data request"; its RTB requirements ask advertisers to verify age before any sexually explicit content.
• Pros: you pick the exact slot, not just a size; moderation "usually takes up to 15 minutes".
• Cons: no legal entity on its site; deposit figures differ across pages; no published prices or volume.

Banner Sizes and File Limits: What to Prepare

The IAB, which wrote the standard sizes, replaced its fixed-size guidelines with the New Ad Portfolio in 2017, built on aspect ratios. Ad networks didn't follow: every network here still lists exact pixel sizes for its slots.

• 300x250 is the one size all 9 sell. Start with it.
• 300x100 is the mobile banner at Clickadu, Traffic Nomads, HilltopAds, ExoClick, TrafficStars, TrafficJunky and ClickAdilla.
• 728x90 runs at Clickadu, ExoClick, TrafficStars and ClickAdilla; Adcash's leaderboard is listed as 778x90.
• 900x250 is the footer at ExoClick and TrafficStars; TrafficJunky's footer is 950x250.
• 160x600 runs at Adcash and ExoClick.

Make the files to the strictest limit: 150 KB at ExoClick, 256 KB at Clickadu, 300 KB in TrafficJunky's rules. A JPG or GIF under 150 KB passes at all 9. Keep animation frames at 2 seconds or longer: ExoClick, TrafficStars, TrafficJunky and ClickAdilla all ask for it. Plan for images, not HTML5: the banner specs here list JPG, PNG and GIF files, and Adcash restricts HTML tags in display.

My rule of thumb: a 300x250 and a 300x100 of the same creative, each under 150 KB, cover a first test at any network here.

Google, Microsoft and Amazon: Display for White-Hat Brands

These are the first results for "best display ad networks for advertisers". They're self-serve, but their policies close most affiliate verticals, so I list them separately instead of ranking them.

Google Display Network reaches "more than 2 million sites and apps", and Display campaigns are moving into Demand Gen. Google announced it on May 26, 2026 and expects the move "to complete by 2027"; its help center gives only 1 date:

Manual CPC, viewable-impression bidding and pay for conversions aren't in the Demand Gen bidding list, and HTML5 is "coming soon". For affiliates the bigger change is the policy: in Demand Gen, "Ads in sensitive categories are generally restricted to YouTube inventory and are not eligible to serve on Gmail or the Google Display Network." Gambling runs only in the countries Google lists, after certification, and "any promoted products must have the listed authorization or licenses in that country"; from November 19, 2026 those applications go through the Google Ads account, not the help center. Sexual content ads "can't run" on the Display Network, and HTML5 banners need an account older than 90 days with more than $9,000 in lifetime spend. Uploaded image ads are capped at 150 KB.

Microsoft Advertising sells display as Audience ads: image-based responsive ads on MSN, Outlook, Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Casual Games, built from your images and headlines. Its crypto pilot for Audience ads says "Affiliate advertisers are not allowed."

Amazon folded Amazon DSP, Sponsored Display and Sponsored TV into DVA+, which "uses cost per mille (CPM) billing with no minimum spend" and runs display, video and audio "across Amazon properties and thousands of premium third-party sites and apps". The advanced settings are "currently available to limited advertisers in the US". It sells Amazon's audiences, not affiliate verticals.

Taboola has added Display and Vertical ads to Realize in beta, through your account manager, and Outbrain sells 300x250, 160x600 and 728x90 banners as programmatic display. If you run white-hat lead generation or e-commerce, these are worth the stricter review; for gambling, dating, nutra and adult, the 9 networks above are where banners are sold self-serve.

Networks I Checked and Left Out

Adsterra is the network most often listed for banners, and its help center names Display Banners among its formats. They aren't self-serve:

Its self-serve "banner" is the Native Banner, which we cover in the best native ad networks. The others I left out:

• RichAds: its blog lists "Display (banner) ads" with "various resolution formats", but no sizes, prices or volume.
• AdsCompass and OnClickA: both list banners. AdsCompass publishes a $50 deposit but no sizes; OnClickA's banner page promises "seven different banner formats" without naming them and shows an "OPTIMUM BID" of 0.001 with no unit.
• MGID, Galaksion and Remoby: MGID's advertiser page lists native formats only, Galaksion sells no banners, and Remoby's homepage promises "Pop, In-App, and Display" while the formats it describes are pop, in-app and engagement ads, with no banner specs.
• TwinRed and EroAdvertising: both sell adult banners self-serve, but TwinRed's current FAQ says only "Multiple sizes supported", and EroAdvertising lists 7 desktop sizes and a 100 KB limit but doesn't publish a minimum deposit.

Best Banner Ad Networks by Vertical

Here I go by what each network's own policy says, not by marketing pages alone.

Gambling and Betting

Traffic Nomads is built for casino and betting, and Adcash names iGaming among its top display verticals. Adcash asks for license documents in countries that require one, such as the US, and ExoClick pre-approves gambling, asks for a minimum monthly budget and blocked US registrations. Clickadu bans gambling aimed at the US and Egypt, JuicyAds bans US-targeted gambling unless it's authorized there, and TrafficJunky leaves it to local law. Google needs certification and the licenses each listed country requires. For the offers themselves, see the best gambling affiliate networks.

Dating

HilltopAds recommends dating, Adcash names adult and dating among its top display verticals, and ExoClick runs sexual-encounter dating on mainstream with a "SEXY" label. On mainstream inventory, keep the banner clean: ExoClick allows no visible nudity there, and TrafficJunky's SFW placements allow none at all.

Adult

JuicyAds, TrafficJunky and ClickAdilla are built on adult sites, ExoClick and TrafficStars sell both, and HilltopAds puts 18+ offers on its non-mainstream channel. Traffic Nomads' terms ban pornography, and Google's Display Network closes sexual content.

Nutra

Clickadu lets supplements run with "Food supplement/Dietary supplement/Not a drug" on the creative. Make the claim on the pre-lander, not on the banner.

Sweepstakes

HilltopAds recommends sweepstakes and pin-submits, and Adcash permits sweepstakes where they're legal. ClickAdilla bans sweepstakes that ask for card data on push, and TrafficJunky bans them on popunders. Confirm the offer with support before you build the banner.

How to Test a Banner Ad Network: Step-by-Step

1. Pick the inventory for the offer: mainstream banners for e-commerce, gambling and dating; adult sites only for adult and adult dating offers.
2. Check prices before you deposit where you can: TrafficStars' minimum bids and JuicyAds' rate sheet.
3. Make a 300x250 and a 300x100 under 150 KB; add 728x90 for desktop at the networks that sell it.
4. Get the vertical approved before you deposit. Send your landing page to support: Adcash wants license documents for gambling in licensed markets, and ExoClick pre-approves gambling.
5. Set up tracking first. Pass the zone ID to your tracker: [zone] on Adcash, {zone_id} and {format} on ExoClick. Set a postback before launch.
6. Start above the minimum bid. Banner floors of a cent or 2 per 1,000 impressions buy the leftovers of the auction.
7. Fund the test for data. For the size of it, see how much budget to test an offer.
8. After the first cycle, cut by zone. Add the zones that brought no conversions to a blacklist, raise bids on the ones that did, then move the best to a whitelist.
9. Switch to automated bidding only once conversions come in steadily: Clickadu's SmartCPA, Adcash's CPA Target, ExoClick's Smart Bid.

If banners don't fit your offer or budget, compare them with our tops of native ad networks, popunder ad networks and push ad networks.