# YouTube Ads

> Video ads on the world's largest video platform

Market: Worldwide
Main language: en
Traffic rank (Tranco): #8
Kind of site: video platform
Topics: Music
Last updated: 2026-08-30

## Best for
- YouTube masthead: product launch (high). You own the homepage for a day
- Bumper ads: awareness. Six-second non-skippable video bought for reach: built to put one message in front of as many people as possible.
- Skippable in-stream ads: consideration. You pay only once a viewer keeps watching past five seconds, so spend goes to people who chose to stay for the message.
- YouTube masthead: awareness · entertainment. The home-feed takeover, sold by the day for film releases, game launches and release-date moments that need everyone at once.

## Ad spots
- Creator Partnerships Boost — Responsive display ad · bought via: Self-serve
- Demand Gen campaign — Responsive display ad · bought via: Self-serve
- Masthead — Homepage takeover · bought via: Reserved, Direct
- Video campaign — Responsive display ad · bought via: Self-serve
- YouTube Creator Partnerships — Responsive display ad · bought via: Self-serve
- YouTube Programmatic Guaranteed instant deals — Responsive display ad · bought via: Reserved, Direct
- YouTube Select — Responsive display ad · bought via: Reserved, Direct

Rates, exchanges and minimum spend are on the full listing for signed-in accounts.

## About
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

YouTube Ads is the advertising platform for YouTube, the video streaming and sharing service. It reaches viewers across YouTube's web and social channels and is used by advertisers to run video and display campaigns around entertainment content.

Campaign formats include Video campaigns and Demand Gen campaigns bought through auction, along with Masthead placements and YouTube Select for premium content alignment. Programmatic Guaranteed instant deals allow reserved buying, and campaigns can be targeted by content category, audience interest, or specific channel.

Creative for Video campaigns can run as skippable or non-skippable formats depending on the objective chosen.

## Links

Full listing: https://adspotfinder.com/youtube-ads
Website: https://www.youtube.com/ads
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