10 Best Video Ad Networks in 2026: Top Pre-Roll Networks Reviewed for Media Buyers
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Key Takeaways
- Self-serve video for affiliate offers is sold mostly by the networks you know from pop, push and adult traffic. Deposits run from $45 (OnClickA) and $50 (DAO.AD) to 200 EUR/USD (ExoClick); most of the 10 networks below ask $100-$150.
- Few publish a video price before you register. RichAds sells pre-roll "from $0.05" CPM, TrafficStars' minimum video CPM is $0.08-$0.3 by GEO tier, and on November 12, 2026 DAO.AD's table showed 132,659,929 video impressions a day in the US at an average CPM of $0.049.
- TrafficJunky and TwinRed are adult-only; ExoClick and TrafficStars sell adult and mainstream, HilltopAds and Clickadu split them into separate channels, and RichAds bans pornography. Crypto is closed at ExoClick and on Clickadu's pre-roll.
- Creative specs differ more than prices, sometimes on the same site: Clickadu's pre-roll page allows 10 MB and up to 1 minute, its help center 40 MB and 15-30 seconds. For web offers, the only self-serve CTV I found is Microsoft's, and its policies keep most affiliate verticals out.
Where Can You Buy Video Ads in 2026?
A video ad network sells video placements on many publishers through 1 account. The main format is in-stream: a pre-roll, mid-roll or post-roll inside the site's own player, served through a VAST tag. Around it sit outstream video in articles and feeds, sliders that pop up in the corner of a page, vertical 9:16 video, rewarded video inside apps and connected TV.
Search for the top video ad networks and you get brand platforms and DSPs that work through a sales team. For media buyers with gambling, betting, dating, adult, apps or e-commerce offers, self-serve video is sold by ad networks that also sell pop and push: ExoClick, RichAds, DAO.AD, HilltopAds and the others below. You top up, upload an MP4 or a VAST link, set a CPM bid and launch.
I checked each network's own site, help center, ad specs and ad policy on November 12, 2026: the minimum deposit, the video formats, how video is priced, published prices and volume, creative limits and what the policy says about affiliate verticals. Where 2 pages of the same network disagree, I say so. These are the networks' numbers, not our tests. Every network we list with video is in the aliencpa catalog of video traffic sources. Here are all 10 at a glance:
Network | Min. Deposit | Video Formats | Pricing | Inventory |
|---|---|---|---|---|
200 EUR/USD | In-stream, outstream, slider, video banners, in-video banner, vertical | CPM, CPC, CPV | Adult and mainstream | |
$150 | Pre-roll, skippable or non-skippable | CPM from $0.05 | Mainstream; pornography banned | |
$50 | In-stream (pre-, mid-, post-roll), corner slider | CPM, published by GEO | Sources labeled mainstream, adult or racy | |
$100 | Video VAST (pre-, mid-, post-roll), slider | CPM, CPC | Mainstream and non-mainstream channels | |
$100; $500 by wire | Pre-roll, IM slider, X pre-roll | CPM from $0.08; CPC, CPA | Adult and mainstream | |
From €/$100 | Pre-roll, slider | CPM, CPA Target only | Adult named as a top video vertical | |
$100 | Pre-roll | CPM, CPC, SmartCPA | Explicit and mainstream feeds | |
$45 by card or Capitalist | In-stream, out-stream, slider; rewarded in Telegram Mini Apps | Bid; $0.02 or 0.1 "recommended" | Not stated | |
Not published; ID check first | In-stream, out-stream, Shorties | CPM only | Adult only: Pornhub, RedTube, Tube8, YouPorn | |
$100; $500 by wire | Pre-roll, outstream, slider | CPM, CPC | Adult only; non-adult offers tagged |
Deposits, formats and pricing come from each network's own pages; Inventory is what its terms, help center or format pages say about adult and mainstream traffic.
Video Ad Networks Compared: Prices, Volume and Creative Specs
Prices and volumes below are the networks' own published figures, checked on November 12, 2026; "not published" means the number shows only in the panel or through a manager.
Network | Published Video Price | Video Volume, Own Claim | Creative Limits | Moderation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ExoClick | In the panel only | Not published for video | MP4 up to 50 MB; in-stream 10-30 s | Within 30 minutes |
RichAds | CPM from $0.05; $0.06-$0.47 in its GEO estimates | 5B+ impressions a day, all formats | MP4 up to 30 s, 16:9, under 20 MB | 10-20 minutes |
DAO.AD | US: average CPM $0.049, maximum $16.800 | About 1.94B a day in 236 countries (sum of its table) | Not published | 7:00-23:00 CET, every day |
HilltopAds | Not published | 273B+ impressions a month, all formats | mp4, webm, ogv, flv; up to 1024x768 and 40 MB | Within 1 business hour |
TrafficStars | Minimum CPM $0.3 Tier 1, $0.1 Tier 2, $0.08 Tier 3 | 10B+ impressions a day, all formats | Up to 30 s | 10-60 minutes in business hours |
Adcash | Not published | 300 million unique users a day, all formats | MP4 or VAST 4.0; 10-60 s, up to 500 MB | Validation, then about 10 minutes of transcoding |
Clickadu | Not published | 6B+ impressions a day, all formats | 10 MB and 5 s-1 min on 1 page, 40 MB and 15-30 s on another | Not published |
OnClickA | Recommended bid $0.02 or 0.1, by page | Over 50M video impressions a day | MP4 from 15 s, up to 15 MB | Not published |
TrafficJunky | Not published | 133M+ daily visitors to Pornhub alone | 5-30 s, up to 500 MB | Daily, 24/7, in order received |
TwinRed | Through the account manager | Not published | Pre-roll up to 40 s and 4 MB | Account review in 1-2 business days |
3 of the 10 show a clear video price before you sign up (OnClickA shows bids without a unit), and only DAO.AD shows video volume by country. Read those numbers for what they are. RichAds' table is an estimate for set budgets, not a rate card. TrafficStars shows floors, not the price you'll win at. DAO.AD's US average of $0.049 sits next to a maximum of $16.800 in the same row, so the average is pulled down by the cheapest placements. The video price that matters is the one you see in the panel for your GEO and placement after you register, and the published figures only tell you where to start.
10 Best Video Ad Networks for Advertisers and Affiliates in 2026
The order is editorial: networks with the most documented video product and published prices come first, the adult-only networks last.
1. ExoClick — Best for the Widest Choice of Video Formats
ExoClick (EXOCLICK, S.L., Barcelona) sells 6 video formats on adult and mainstream sites, more than any other network here, and it's the only one in this list that sells video per view.
- Min deposit: 200 EUR/USD for every payment method: card, wire, Paxum, crypto.
- Video formats: In-Stream with a skip button and clickable calls to action; Outstream, which "plays on mute once 50% of the ad zone is viewable"; Video Slider from the bottom right; Video Banners in 160x600, 300x100, 300x250 and 728x90; In-Video Banner, an image shown in the player on pre-roll, post-roll or pause; and Vertical Video (VAST) in 9:16 that the viewer can swipe away.
- Video pricing: CPM, CPC or CPV on in-stream, outstream, slider and vertical video. CPV is "a payment model exclusive to video formats", and a view counts "after 10 seconds of video ad playback". Minimum prices show only in the panel.
- Creative limits: MP4 up to 50 MB; in-stream from 10 to 30 seconds; on a VAST link the skip button must be set to 5 seconds. A VAST tag as a variation needs permission from your account manager or Customer Success.
- Verticals: "Cryptocurrency/forex/binary offers are not permitted (subject to exception)"; gambling must be pre-approved, "meet a minimum monthly budget requirement, and block U.S. registrations" (terms effective March 5, 2026); dating aimed at sexual encounters runs on mainstream with a "SEXY" label that some publishers block.
- Pros: its tutorial says in-stream gives "access to the greatest inventory"; CPV charges only for watched views; review "within 30 mins".
- Cons: the highest deposit here; no published video volume or prices; crypto and forex closed.
2. RichAds — Lowest Published Pre-Roll CPM
RichAds (RICHADS LTD, Paphos, Cyprus) sells pre-roll next to push, pop and native, and publishes the lowest video price in this list, with sample CPMs by GEO on the same page.
- Min deposit: $150; loyalty tiers at $500, $3,000 and $10,000.
- Video formats: pre-roll on streaming sites, skippable after 5 seconds or non-skippable.
- Video pricing: CPM "from $0.05"; its FAQ adds that "Tier 1 markets such as the USA and Germany will have higher CPMs".
- Creative limits: MP4 up to 30 seconds, 16:9, 1280x720 or 1920x1080, under 20 MB; 15 seconds recommended for non-skippable.
- Volume: "5B+ ad impressions per day" in 220+ GEOs, a figure for all its formats.
- Verticals: its pre-roll FAQ names gambling, betting, dating, games, sports streaming, VPN, e-commerce and finance; its terms ban "pornographic materials" and "high-risk investments".
- Pros: sample CPMs by GEO before you register; moderation in 10-20 minutes, 24/7; retargeting covers pre-roll.
- Cons: the case quotes on its pre-roll page are unsigned ("Senior Media Buyer, Casino"); its terms rule out "cash-out refunds".

The table is an estimate for a set budget, not a price list: Indonesia at $0.06 is near the advertised floor, Japan at $0.47 costs almost 8 times more.
3. DAO.AD — Best for Public Video Volume by GEO
DAO.AD sells push, in-page push, pop and video, and its video page shows impressions and CPM for every country before you register.
- Min deposit: $50, by its terms and FAQ; refunds only for accounts that have spent at least $50.
- Video formats: in-stream pre-rolls, mid-rolls and post-rolls through VAST, and a corner slider for sites without a player; it also offers "Campaigns for Youtube promotion".
- Video pricing: average and maximum CPM published for each country.
- Volume: see the table below. Added up over its 236 countries, it comes to about 1.94 billion video impressions a day.
- Verticals: its getting-started page names wap click, dating, gambling, news promotion and betting as the top video verticals. Publishers label their sources mainstream, adult or racy.
- Pros: the most detailed public video data in this list; a $50 entry.
- Cons: no published creative limits, only "support of any type of video creatives"; moderation works 7:00-23:00 CET.

On November 12, 2026 the US had 132,659,929 impressions a day at an average CPM of $0.049, and India 369,421,742 at $0.006. Treat the impressions column as a ceiling: at a test bid you'll win a fraction of it.
4. HilltopAds — Best for Pre-, Mid- and Post-Roll on CPM or CPC
HilltopAds (Hilltop Ads Ltd., Brentford, England) sells Video VAST and Video Slider next to pop, in-page and banners, with separate mainstream and non-mainstream channels.
- Min deposit: $100; 10 payment methods, from USDT and Bitcoin to PayPal, Wise and wire.
- Video formats: Video VAST as pre-roll, mid-roll or post-roll (you pick the type with your manager), with VPAID support; a Video Slider in the bottom right corner that "is not tied to a specific player".
- Video pricing: CPM or CPC.
- Creative limits: mp4, webm, ogv or flv, from 360x240 to 1024x768, up to 40 MB. The skip button shows at 15 seconds by default; 0 removes it.
- Volume: "273B+" impressions a month in 250+ countries, all formats.
- Verticals: dating, games, mobile apps, iGaming and e-commerce as the best fits; "If you work with 18+ offers", you pick the non-mainstream channel. Wellness products are named as a poor fit for video.
- Pros: a built-in VAST/VPAID tester; postback with Voluum, BeMob, Keitaro, RedTrack, Adjust and AppsFlyer; Auto Optimization adds unprofitable sources to a blacklist; approval usually "within 1 business hour".
- Cons: a campaign is either desktop or mobile; a 1280x720 file is wider than its 1024x768 maximum, so export a smaller copy.
5. TrafficStars — Best for Published Minimum Video Bids
TrafficStars (Traffic Stars Ltd, Limassol, Cyprus) sells 3 video formats on adult and mainstream sites, with separate minimum bids for xHamster, and publishes its video floors on its pre-roll page.
- Min deposit: $100 by card, Paxum, Capitalist, CoinGate or INXY; $500 by wire.
- Video formats: Video Pre-Roll through VAST, up to 30 seconds, with a clickable link, a call to action and a follow-up banner; Video IM Slider, a video of up to 30 seconds in a chat-style box; Video X Pre-Roll, its own overlay that "can make the video ad non-clickable" and puts the advertiser link in the top right corner.
- Video pricing: CPM, CPC or CPA, among others. The minimum video CPM is in the screenshot below; its minimum-bids FAQ (last updated December 14, 2023) adds partner-network video from $0.04 and xHamster video from $0.1 to $0.7 by region, $0.7 in DACH and the English-speaking group.
- Volume: "10B+ Impressions Daily" on its video pages, all formats.
- Verticals: its product pages cover gambling, casino, dating and adult traffic; its guidelines have no written rule on gambling or crypto.
- Pros: floors visible before registration; Compliance can review your landing page before you fund the account; S2S postback.
- Cons: moderation "within 10 - 60 minutes during business hours" (10:00-19:00, GMT+3); "Campaign approval cannot be granted while your account balance is zero."

6. Adcash — Best for Long Creatives and CPA Target Bidding
Adcash, an Estonian network, sells 2 video formats: a pre-roll with sound on and a muted slider, with 2 ways to pay for them.
- Min deposit: "from as little as €/$100", by its advertiser page.
- Video formats: Pre-roll (in-stream), where "Audio is turned on by default" and the skip button appears after 10 seconds; Video Slider (outstream), which plays muted, can be closed after 10 seconds and disappears when the video ends.
- Video pricing: "Video campaigns support CPM and CPA Target Payouts only."
- Creative limits: a VAST link up to version 4.0 or an MP4 file of 10-60 seconds, up to 500 MB, 16:9, 1920x1080.
- Volume: 300 million unique users a day in 195 countries, all formats.
- Verticals: its video page names adult, finance, gaming and dating as the top verticals.
- Pros: room for long creatives, up to 60 seconds and 500 MB; CPA Target bids toward a cost per conversion on video.
- Cons: a video campaign can't include any other format; transcoding starts only after validation and takes about 10 minutes.
7. Clickadu — Best for Pre-Roll on CPC or SmartCPA
Clickadu sells 6 ad formats, 1 of them video: Video Pre-Roll through VAST, with explicit and mainstream ad feeds.
- Min deposit: "The minimal budget is $100" (help center, May 2022).
- Video formats: Video Pre-Roll; viewers can skip "no earlier than 5 seconds after it starts playing".
- Video pricing: "CPC, SmartCPA, or CPM".
- Creative limits: its 2 pages disagree, see below.
- Volume: "6B+ Impressions Daily", all formats.
- Verticals: VOD, e-commerce, dating, streaming and gaming apps, and iGaming. Its pre-roll rules ban "Any kind of cryptocurrency or crypto offers", pharma, alcohol and tobacco, and iGaming in the US outside listed states (online casino only in NJ, PA, MI, WV and DE).
- Pros: CPC and SmartCPA on video, rare in this list.
- Cons: conflicting specs; "Prohibited to use any YouTube videos", and proof of copyright can be requested.

Its help center article on video creatives (August 25, 2025) asks for something else: MP4 with H.264 and AAC, "up to 40 MB", 720p, and a duration "from 15 to 30 seconds". A 15-30 second file under 10 MB passes both.
8. OnClickA — Best for Rewarded Video in Telegram Mini Apps
OnClickA sells in-stream, out-stream and slider video on websites and rewarded video inside Telegram Mini Apps, from the lowest deposit in this list.
- Min deposit: $45 by card or Capitalist since June 2024.
- Video formats: In-Stream, Out-Stream and Video Slider; Rewarded video and Rewarded Post for Telegram Mini Apps.
- Video pricing: its homepage shows a "Recommended bid" of $0.02 for video, its in-stream page an "optimum bid" of 0.1 with no unit.
- Creative limits: MP4 with H.264 and AAC, from 15 seconds (20-30 recommended), up to 15 MB; on a VAST link the skip must be set between 5 and 30 seconds; VPAID only with approval. Rewarded video: MP4 up to 50 MB, from 10 seconds, skip at 5 seconds, vertical recommended.
- Volume: "Over 50M" video impressions a day, with CTR "up to 25%", by its homepage.
- Pros: the cheapest entry here; the only network of the 10 with rewarded video specs.
- Cons: its own guide warns that "Telegram makes it challenging to track conversions"; refunds cost 10%, minimum $25.
9. TrafficJunky — Best for Pre-Roll on Pornhub (Adult Only)
TrafficJunky sells ads on the Pornhub network's tube sites: Pornhub, RedTube, Tube8 and YouPorn. Its homepage claims "over 133 million daily visitors to Pornhub alone".
- Min deposit: not published. It's prepaid, and you must "complete ID or Company verification before you can start adding funds"; Paxum, wire and other methods.
- Video formats: In-Stream on desktop and mobile, Out-Stream on mobile, and Shorties, 480x854 (9:16) ads in Pornhub's mobile vertical feed that "display after every 9th video". A 32x32 Banner CTA image can run during in-stream.
- Video pricing: CPM live bidding; "TrafficJunky does not offer CPC."
- Creative limits: 5-30 seconds, up to 500 MB, 1080p recommended; MPEG/MPG, MP4, MOV, AVI or WMV.
- Verticals: its format page lists adult games, adult VOD, apps and games, cams, casino and sports betting, e-commerce and VPN for mobile in-stream.
- Pros: you know the sites you buy; ads are reviewed daily, "open 24/7"; no default spending limit.
- Cons: adult only; no CPC; no published minimum deposit; refunds are case by case, and it "will not issue a refund for purchased traffic."
10. TwinRed — Best for Adult Pre-Rolls, Outstream and Sliders (Adult Only)
TwinRed (offices in Los Angeles, Barcelona and Luxembourg) is a self-serve network for adult sites: "Our network is dedicated to adult related websites."
- Min deposit: $100 by PayPal (after verification), Paxum or crypto; $500 by wire.
- Video formats: Video Pre-rolls, Video Outstream and Video Sliders, each "Max 40 sec, MP4 or VAST".
- Video pricing: CPM or CPC; current bids come from your account manager.
- Creative limits: pre-rolls up to 4 MB and 40 seconds, skip offset no more than 5 seconds; no flashy animations, fake messages, fake click areas or mouse pointers on pre-rolls.
- Verticals: offers without adult content, "Gambling, Forex, Crypto, Nutra", run as a tagged category that publishers can block.
- Pros: a stricter, cleaner pre-roll policy than on its other formats; 3 video placements in 1 account.
- Cons: accounts are reviewed in 1-2 business days; its FAQ suggests $1,000+ for CPA campaigns and says "Popunders and Pre-rolls usually require higher budgets than banners"; no published volume.
4 MB for up to 40 seconds is a low bitrate. A 15-second cut keeps the picture clean.
In-Stream, Outstream, Slider or Rewarded: What Are You Buying?
"Video" covers several kinds of inventory, and they behave differently:
- In-stream: pre-roll, mid-roll, post-roll. The ad plays inside the publisher's player before, during or after the video the viewer chose. All 10 networks above sell it. The skip differs: 5 seconds on ExoClick's VAST links, Clickadu and RichAds' skippable pre-roll, 10 seconds at Adcash, 15 by default at HilltopAds, and RichAds also sells non-skippable.
- Outstream. Video outside a player, in an article or a feed, usually muted until the viewer taps. ExoClick starts it when "50% of the ad zone is viewable"; TrafficJunky sells it on mobile, and TwinRed, OnClickA and Microsoft sell it too.
- Sliders. A small player in the corner of a page that has no video of its own: ExoClick, HilltopAds, Adcash, DAO.AD, TwinRed, OnClickA and TrafficStars' IM slider. They run on any site, so volume is easy and attention is lower.
- Vertical video. 9:16 placements: ExoClick's Vertical Video (VAST), TrafficJunky's Shorties, Outbrain's Vertical Video and Taboola's Realize vertical ads. These take the creatives you already cut for social.
- Rewarded and in-app. OnClickA and AdsCompass sell rewarded video in Telegram Mini Apps; Kadam's new video campaigns include interstitial video in apps and on sites.
- CTV. For web advertisers, Microsoft is the only self-serve connected TV seller I found, on Roku, discovery+ and other streaming platforms; Smadex sells CTV to app marketers.
Pricing follows the format. In this list CPM is the default for in-stream: you pay for attention whether or not the viewer clicks. ExoClick's CPV charges only after 10 seconds of playback, HilltopAds, Clickadu, TwinRed and ExoClick sell clicks on CPC, and Adcash's CPA Target and Clickadu's SmartCPA bid toward a CPA. My rule of thumb: in-stream on CPM for the test, sliders and outstream on CPC, automated bidding only after conversions come in.
Microsoft, Taboola and Outbrain: Premium Video for White-Hat Brands
These 3 sell what people usually mean by premium video: big publishers and streaming TV. They're self-serve and sell video on big publishers, but their policies close most affiliate verticals, so I list them separately instead of ranking them.
Microsoft Advertising sells "Instream and outstream video ads on websites like MSN, Microsoft Casual Games, Activision Blizzard, Huffington Post, People, CBS Sports, and more", and Connected TV ads "on streaming platforms like Roku, discovery+, and more". By its own 2023 data it has 860+ CTV publishers and "100B+ Weekly US CTV and video impressions". There are "no setup fees"; you set budgets, bids and frequency caps per hour, day or week, and creatives are "often 15 or 30 seconds". The policies are the catch: adult is allowed only in search text ads, so not in video; gambling needs a license and Microsoft's gambling program; supplement ads must not lead to advertorial landing pages. When Microsoft opened Audience ads to crypto exchanges in May 2026, it added: "Affiliate advertisers are not allowed."
Taboola sells video through Realize as a "Vertical / Display" ad type: MP4 up to 200 MB, 5-60 seconds, autoplaying muted, and its help center suggests you "Repurpose Vertical videos from your social campaigns". It recommends a daily budget of "10 times your CPA goal, or at least $50 USD". Gambling runs only in the countries its policy lists, and casual dating is prohibited.
Outbrain Direct Response sells Vertical Video in Amplify, still in beta: 9:16 MP4 up to 80 MB, 15-60 seconds recommended, on mobile web and in-app, with "Same CPC model as other Amplify formats, with no additional fees". Its ad specs also list pre-roll (VAST 2.0 to 4.x, up to 100 MB and 60 seconds) and outstream. The floor is $20 a day and $600 a month, gambling is "generally prohibited" outside the UK and the US, and "Cryptocurrency is not allowed."
If you run white-hat e-commerce, apps or lead generation, these 3 are worth the stricter review. For gambling, adult and crypto offers, the 10 networks above are where video is open.
Own a Site With Video? The Publisher Side
Most networks in this list also buy video inventory. DAO.AD offers "Simple VAST integrations with popular video players, bidfloor and trafficback setup" plus a corner slider script for sites without a player; Clickadu gives a VAST link or a JS overlay with an explicit or mainstream ad feed; Adcash gives a VAST tag URL for any VAST-compatible player; HilltopAds' MultiTag Video Slider runs a slider and a popup from 1 code. To compare video with display, native and pop options for your traffic, see our best ad networks for website monetization.
Networks I Checked and Left Out
- OctoClick: lists In-Stream, Out-Stream and Video Pop-Up, but in the 24 hours before November 12, 2026 its public traffic panel showed in-stream only: 421,630 impressions in India at the top and 121,966 in the US at an average CPM of $0.1088. Out-Stream and Video Pop-Up returned "Nothing found".
- Kadam: has added video campaigns with interstitial, in-stream and out-stream placements, MP4 up to 100 MB and 15-60 seconds recommended, but video isn't in its public traffic showcase and no video prices are published yet.
- ClickAdilla: publishes in-stream specs (MP4 up to 50 MB, from 15 seconds), word for word the same rules as OnClickA's except the file size, but its minimum deposit is "$5" to launch on its homepage and "depends on the payment method" in its help center, and no video price is published.
- River Traffic: sells video pre-roll, a video slider and native video from a $100 deposit, but its FAQ prices video on CPM while its formats page offers the slider on CPC, CPV and CPM; minimum bids show only in the account, and refunds cost 25%.
- AdsCompass: lists video pre-roll and rewarded video in Telegram Mini Apps, but its format pages show no specs, prices or volume.
- BidVertiser: its only video help article, 2 years old, covers pre-roll targeting and nothing else.
- MGID: its video is animated thumbnails inside native widgets: GIF, MOV, MP4 or WebP, up to 15 seconds and 15 MB. There is no in-stream.
- Smadex, Bigo Ads, Perion and Xapads: Smadex ("Grow Your App Across Mobile & CTV") and Bigo Ads are built for app user acquisition; Perion and Xapads sell CTV and video through "Contact us" forms rather than a self-serve panel.
Best Video Ad Networks by Vertical
Here I go by what each network's own pages and policy say.
Gambling and Betting
RichAds names gambling and betting first among its pre-roll verticals, DAO.AD lists both among its top video verticals, and HilltopAds and Clickadu name iGaming. TrafficJunky lists casino and sports betting for mobile in-stream and out-stream, and TwinRed runs gambling as a tagged non-adult category. ExoClick pre-approves gambling, asks for a minimum monthly budget and blocked US registrations. Clickadu closes US iGaming outside the listed states, and Microsoft needs a license and its gambling program.
Dating
HilltopAds puts dating first among its video niches and sends 18+ offers to its non-mainstream channel. RichAds, DAO.AD, Adcash and Clickadu name dating too. ExoClick runs sex-oriented dating on mainstream with a "SEXY" label, and TrafficJunky and TwinRed sell to adult audiences only. Taboola prohibits casual dating.
Adult
TrafficJunky and TwinRed are adult-only, and ExoClick and TrafficStars sell adult and mainstream in 1 account. HilltopAds has a non-mainstream channel, Clickadu an explicit feed, and Adcash names adult as a top video vertical. RichAds bans pornographic materials, and Microsoft allows adult only in search text ads.
Crypto and Finance
ExoClick closes crypto, forex and binary offers "subject to exception", and Clickadu bans "Any kind of cryptocurrency or crypto offers" on pre-roll. RichAds bans high-risk investments but names finance for pre-roll, and Adcash names finance as a top video vertical. TwinRed accepts forex and crypto as tagged non-adult offers. On the brand side, Outbrain doesn't allow crypto, and Microsoft's crypto exchange pilot excludes affiliates.
Apps, Games and E-commerce
HilltopAds names mobile apps, games and e-commerce, Clickadu VOD, e-commerce and gaming apps, RichAds games, VPN and e-commerce, and TrafficJunky apps and games, e-commerce and VPN. For app installs at scale, Smadex and Bigo Ads are app user-acquisition platforms, and for white-hat e-commerce Microsoft, Taboola and Outbrain sell premium placements.
How to Test a Video Ad Network: Step-by-Step
- Pick the placement for the offer: in-stream for a story told in 15-30 seconds, sliders and outstream for cheap reach on sites without a player, vertical 9:16 for mobile creatives, rewarded for Telegram Mini Apps.
- Get the vertical approved before you deposit. TrafficStars' Compliance team reviews landing pages before funding, ExoClick pre-approves gambling, and Clickadu closes crypto on pre-roll.
- Make 1 master and export per network: 15 and 30 seconds, 16:9, MP4 with H.264. Keep a copy under 10 MB for Clickadu's product page, under 4 MB for TwinRed pre-rolls, and a 1024-pixel-wide copy for HilltopAds.
- Put the offer in the first 5 seconds. That's when the skip button appears on ExoClick's VAST links, Clickadu and RichAds' skippable pre-roll, and TwinRed's skip offset can't be later.
- Check prices before paying where you can: RichAds' GEO estimates, TrafficStars' floors, DAO.AD's table. Then start above the minimum bid for your GEO. For the size of the test, see how much budget to test an offer.
- Set up tracking first. Pass the click ID and the zone or site ID to your tracker and set a postback; HilltopAds lists Voluum, BeMob, Keitaro, RedTrack, Adjust and AppsFlyer. On Telegram rewarded traffic, expect weaker tracking.
- Start on CPM, or CPV at ExoClick. Switch to CPA Target at Adcash or SmartCPA at Clickadu only once conversions come in steadily.
- After the first cycle, cut by placement. Add the zones and sites that brought no conversions to a blacklist, raise bids on the ones that did, then move the best to a whitelist.
- Plan around moderation: 10-20 minutes at RichAds, up to 1 business hour at HilltopAds, 1-2 business days for a new TwinRed account, and about 10 minutes of transcoding after validation at Adcash.
On video the trap is the file, not the bid. Clickadu's pre-roll page allows 10 MB and 5 seconds to 1 minute, its help center 40 MB and 15-30 seconds; OnClickA's homepage recommends a $0.02 video bid, its in-stream page 0.1. So I build to the strictest page and ask support before uploading.
Read the refund terms too: RichAds makes no "cash-out refunds", OnClickA charges 10% with a $25 minimum, DAO.AD refunds only after $50 of spend, and TrafficJunky "will not issue a refund for purchased traffic."
If video doesn't fit your offer or budget, compare it with our tops of push ad networks and popunder ad networks.
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Questions and answers
What are the best video ad networks?
ExoClick for the widest choice of formats, RichAds for the cheapest published pre-roll, DAO.AD for public video volume by GEO, HilltopAds for pre-, mid- and post-roll on CPM or CPC, and TrafficStars for published floors. For adult, TrafficJunky and TwinRed. All 10 in this list sell video self-serve, with deposits from $45 to 200 EUR/USD.
What are the biggest video ad networks?
By their own claims, TrafficStars reports 10B+ impressions a day, Clickadu 6B+ and RichAds 5B+, but those figures cover all their formats, not video alone. DAO.AD is the only one that publishes video volume: about 1.94 billion impressions a day in total, by its table. Microsoft claims 100B+ weekly US CTV and video impressions, by its 2023 data.
What are the top premium video ad networks?
Microsoft Advertising, with video on MSN, CBS Sports and People and CTV on Roku, plus Taboola's Realize and Outbrain's vertical video. All 3 are self-serve, but their policies close most affiliate verticals: Microsoft keeps adult out of video and affiliates out of its crypto pilot, and Outbrain doesn't allow crypto.
How much do video ads cost?
Published floors start at $0.05 CPM for pre-roll at RichAds and $0.08 in Tier 3 at TrafficStars, with $0.3 in Tier 1. On November 12, 2026 DAO.AD showed an average video CPM of $0.049 in the US and a maximum of $16.800. Expect to bid above the floor to get volume, especially in Tier 1.
What is the minimum deposit for video ads?
From $45 at OnClickA and $50 at DAO.AD to 200 EUR/USD at ExoClick. HilltopAds, TrafficStars, Clickadu, TwinRed and Adcash ask $100, RichAds $150. TrafficJunky doesn't publish one and asks for ID verification first. Wire transfers cost more: $500 at TrafficStars and TwinRed.
Which video ad networks accept adult offers?
TrafficJunky and TwinRed are adult-only. ExoClick and TrafficStars sell adult and mainstream, HilltopAds sends 18+ offers to its non-mainstream channel, Clickadu has an explicit feed, and Adcash names adult as a top video vertical. RichAds bans pornographic materials, and Microsoft allows adult only in search text ads, not in video.
What is the difference between in-stream and outstream video ads?
In-stream plays inside the publisher's video player, before, during or after the content, and is served through VAST; Adcash even turns the sound on by default. Outstream plays outside a player, in an article or a feed, usually muted until the viewer taps. In-stream gets more attention; outstream and sliders run on sites without video, so there's more of it.
Author’s conclusion
There are 2 video markets in 2026. Microsoft, Taboola and Outbrain sell premium video and CTV with clean inventory and keep most affiliate verticals out. The pop, push and adult networks sell video to anyone with $45 to 200 EUR/USD, from $0.05 CPM, but they publish less and their own pages contradict each other on specs and bids.
My advice: choose by inventory and policy first, price second. Decide whether you need adult or mainstream, get the vertical approved, then start where you can see numbers before you pay: RichAds' estimates, TrafficStars' floors, DAO.AD's table. Cut 1 creative to every network's limits, put the offer in the first 5 seconds, track by zone from the first impression, and cut placements every cycle.
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