Calling them “free-form ads,” Reddit said the new advertisements are its most native format ever, designed to look and feel like community content shared by real people.

The ads, meant to mimic the site’s megathreads, will enable advertisers to utilize a variety of formats in one post, including images, videos, and text.

According to numbers from Reddit, free-form ads got 28% more clicks than all other types of ads on the site and saw a jump in community engagement.

The next time you see an interesting post in your Reddit feed, take a closer look - because it might just be a paid advertisement.

  • @CitizenKong
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    142 months ago

    15 percent for banner ads is actually pretty good.

    • @laughterlaughter
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      242 months ago

      Yeah. That’s why OP mentioned it.

      But his point is that that number has gone down to shit because later the banner ads became shit.

      • @T156
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        52 months ago

        If the ads weren’t terrible, people would not have invented and popularised the ad-blocker.