27 July 2026
The site that hit 50k sessions and "barely earned anything" on Mediavine The claim: "I cleared the 50k requirement, joined, and my RPM is a disappointing $12. The requirement is meaningless." The aste…
26 July 2026
"Ezoic showed $2,100 but I got paid $1,780" The claim: the dashboard lied, the network shaved 15%. The asterisk: the dashboard number was estimated revenue — gross, pre-finalization. Demand partners c…
25 July 2026
Two food blogs, same network, 4x RPM gap The claim: "Blog A makes $40 RPM on Mediavine, Blog B makes $10 on the same network — Blog B is doing something wrong." The asterisk: Blog A pulls 68% US/UK/Ca…
24 July 2026
The classic "I switched in October and revenue exploded" case The claim: webmaster moved from AdSense to Raptive on October 3rd, watched RPM climb 60% by December, credited the network. The asterisk: …
23 July 2026
The site that doubled ad density and revenue stayed flat The claim: an owner cranked Mediavine's density to maximum, expected +40%, got +3%. "Density doesn't matter." The asterisk: revenue per session…
22 July 2026
"We scaled to 100k sessions and our Raptive RPM tanked" The claim: a creator went from $32 session RPM at 30k sessions to $19 at 100k, and blamed Raptive throttling. The asterisk: the new 70k sessions…