Brave Search queries reach 2.7bn monthly as ad revenue grows 2.85x
· 2d ago · Originally reported by PPC Land
Brave Search reported query volume rising 56% year over year to 2.7 billion per month, with ad revenue growing 2.85x. Advertisers including Amazon, Booking.com and IWG are buying ads, and merchants can now run product listing ads. The company did not disclose its revenue base or explain the discrepancy with a 50 million daily query figure.
Why it matters
It shows a privacy-focused challenger search engine gaining real scale and attracting mainstream advertisers, which could matter for anyone looking beyond Google for search ad inventory.
Explain it like I’m new here
It's like a small new grocery store suddenly getting 56% more shoppers and convincing big brands to put their products on its shelves.
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Reach
Reach is the number (or percentage) of unique people or households who saw an ad at least once during a campaign, as opposed to the total number of impressions.
Advertiser
An advertiser is the company, organisation or person that pays to place ads in order to sell products, build a brand, recruit, or spread a message.
Discrepancy
A discrepancy is the difference between numbers reported by two systems for the same campaign, such as a publisher's and an advertiser's ad server counting different impressions or clicks.
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