
AppLovin Rebrands its Ad Platform as Axon, Launches Ads Manager on Referral-Only Basis
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Sean Frank
CEO of ridge.com
Yeah I have no idea how Applovin got their ads to work so well. I spent over $3,000,000 there last year. Just something I didn’t think was possible on that sort of ad space 24 months ago
Adam Schwartz
CEO of Knoza Consulting and FRESHeTECH
We’ve been seeing really strong results for ecommerce brands using AppLovin lately. In multiple accounts, it’s outperforming Meta — even on "First Click" - NC ROAS in Triple Whale. Worth paying attention if you’re scaling paid media beyond the usual channels.
Pep Hufen
CEO Smart Marketer Agency
Stock issues forced us to kill the Axon campaigns. Launched the first 2026 campaigns on Saturday. Early results are strong. Main goal this year of almost all our clients: scale Axon and TikTok Shop to maximize Channel diversity. Not to outperform Meta, just to match it.
David Herrman
President Herrmann Digital
Applovin was the fastest growing platforms for the brands I manage this holiday season. Had two accounts spending over $70k/day. This channel is probably the easiest to scale and the easiest to win on right now.
Austin Harrison
Co-founder and CEO of @northbeam
@JeremyThurswell, President of @kitsch, dropped a wild hot take: “I think AppLovin’s taking over the world.” Kitsch now spends almost as much on AppLovin as Meta — with similar efficiencies.
Miranda Pettinger
Performance Marketing Manager @ 365 Holdings
Just onboarded another brand into AppLovin (first time doing this self serve after our other brand was not self serve last year) Shopify App Instal + pixel + end card creations in canva + video ad upload + hitting go on the campaign One hour and I’m done, highly impressed
Maxx Blank
Co-Founder/COO Of Triple Whale
AppLovin ranked #4 in total spending getting a lot of traction with the bigger brands. A Channel definitely to keep and eye on for Q4.
Scale Surfer
Agency Brand
@AxonAdsManager doesn't scale they said, meanwhile we're scaling this brand past 500K spend L30 days just on Axon 🫣
Jonathan Snow, DMD
Cofounder of Inc. 5000 #2 Fastest-Growing Marketing Company in US
AppLovin is about to eclipse 4% of total budget share. Their share of the pie has grown 7% in 2 months. Things to note: • still in closed beta • eligible brands have ~1mo wait to onboard
Austin Urlocker
Marketing Strategy & Ad stuff for @DixxonFlannelco
Very happy with how we closed out sale period/quarter. Put our focus on leveraging Applovin to keep up NC Acquisition while increasing Meta's Customer Retention's share of spend. Landed around 55% of Meta's spend allocated to existing customer targeting.
Frank Yang
CEO of WorkMagic.io
One of the biggest drivers of growth we’ve observed in 2025? AppLovin. Many marketers have asked: “How good is it really?” This case with True Classic offers rare, experiment-backed proof.
Elaine Wei
VP of Marketing @ WorkMagic
So when AppLovin started picking up steam as an ad channel, Immi wanted to validate its incrementality in the mix through geo-lift testing with us. Here’s what the data showed: - AppLovin drove an 11.3% incremental lift on Shopify - Plus, 7.38% lift on Amazon from halo effects (41% of total incrementality) - iCPA 46% lower when halo effects were included - iROAS 36% higher than other channels in their mix
Dennis Willeboordse
Founder D-DOUBLEUMEDIA.com
We took a brand from $200/day → $9,000/day on @AppLovin @AxonAdsManager in 2 weeks. Now it’s outspending Meta. Higher ROAS. Better stability. Most people are still crying about CPMs. Meanwhile, early adopters are scaling quietly on platforms nobody’s watching. Applovin isn’t a “side channel.” It’s becoming a real performance engine, if you get in early. If you’re spending $50K+/mo on Meta or TikTok, now’s the time to diversify.
Bryant Garvin
Operator In Residence at Triplewhale
Yes, AppLovin is still very much a thing. Here’s what the last 30 days look like across Triple Whale — real data from brands running AppLovin, tracked through the TW Pixel. Let’s talk scale. And performance.
Rahul Issar
Scaling High Growth Brands
Applovin reps out here on the weekend replying to slack DMs within minutes while we 10x budgets for clients. Never seen this type of support before from a new platform, very refreshing.
Sean Frank
CEO of ridge.com
Yeah I have no idea how Applovin got their ads to work so well. I spent over $3,000,000 there last year. Just something I didn’t think was possible on that sort of ad space 24 months ago
Adam Schwartz
CEO of Knoza Consulting and FRESHeTECH
We’ve been seeing really strong results for ecommerce brands using AppLovin lately. In multiple accounts, it’s outperforming Meta — even on "First Click" - NC ROAS in Triple Whale. Worth paying attention if you’re scaling paid media beyond the usual channels.
Pep Hufen
CEO Smart Marketer Agency
Stock issues forced us to kill the Axon campaigns. Launched the first 2026 campaigns on Saturday. Early results are strong. Main goal this year of almost all our clients: scale Axon and TikTok Shop to maximize Channel diversity. Not to outperform Meta, just to match it.
David Herrman
President Herrmann Digital
Applovin was the fastest growing platforms for the brands I manage this holiday season. Had two accounts spending over $70k/day. This channel is probably the easiest to scale and the easiest to win on right now.
Austin Harrison
Co-founder and CEO of @northbeam
@JeremyThurswell, President of @kitsch, dropped a wild hot take: “I think AppLovin’s taking over the world.” Kitsch now spends almost as much on AppLovin as Meta — with similar efficiencies.
Miranda Pettinger
Performance Marketing Manager @ 365 Holdings
Just onboarded another brand into AppLovin (first time doing this self serve after our other brand was not self serve last year) Shopify App Instal + pixel + end card creations in canva + video ad upload + hitting go on the campaign One hour and I’m done, highly impressed
Maxx Blank
Co-Founder/COO Of Triple Whale
AppLovin ranked #4 in total spending getting a lot of traction with the bigger brands. A Channel definitely to keep and eye on for Q4.
Scale Surfer
Agency Brand
@AxonAdsManager doesn't scale they said, meanwhile we're scaling this brand past 500K spend L30 days just on Axon 🫣
Jonathan Snow, DMD
Cofounder of Inc. 5000 #2 Fastest-Growing Marketing Company in US
AppLovin is about to eclipse 4% of total budget share. Their share of the pie has grown 7% in 2 months. Things to note: • still in closed beta • eligible brands have ~1mo wait to onboard
Austin Urlocker
Marketing Strategy & Ad stuff for @DixxonFlannelco
Very happy with how we closed out sale period/quarter. Put our focus on leveraging Applovin to keep up NC Acquisition while increasing Meta's Customer Retention's share of spend. Landed around 55% of Meta's spend allocated to existing customer targeting.
Frank Yang
CEO of WorkMagic.io
One of the biggest drivers of growth we’ve observed in 2025? AppLovin. Many marketers have asked: “How good is it really?” This case with True Classic offers rare, experiment-backed proof.
Elaine Wei
VP of Marketing @ WorkMagic
So when AppLovin started picking up steam as an ad channel, Immi wanted to validate its incrementality in the mix through geo-lift testing with us. Here’s what the data showed: - AppLovin drove an 11.3% incremental lift on Shopify - Plus, 7.38% lift on Amazon from halo effects (41% of total incrementality) - iCPA 46% lower when halo effects were included - iROAS 36% higher than other channels in their mix
Dennis Willeboordse
Founder D-DOUBLEUMEDIA.com
We took a brand from $200/day → $9,000/day on @AppLovin @AxonAdsManager in 2 weeks. Now it’s outspending Meta. Higher ROAS. Better stability. Most people are still crying about CPMs. Meanwhile, early adopters are scaling quietly on platforms nobody’s watching. Applovin isn’t a “side channel.” It’s becoming a real performance engine, if you get in early. If you’re spending $50K+/mo on Meta or TikTok, now’s the time to diversify.
Bryant Garvin
Operator In Residence at Triplewhale
Yes, AppLovin is still very much a thing. Here’s what the last 30 days look like across Triple Whale — real data from brands running AppLovin, tracked through the TW Pixel. Let’s talk scale. And performance.
Rahul Issar
Scaling High Growth Brands
Applovin reps out here on the weekend replying to slack DMs within minutes while we 10x budgets for clients. Never seen this type of support before from a new platform, very refreshing.
Sean Frank
CEO of ridge.com
Yeah I have no idea how Applovin got their ads to work so well. I spent over $3,000,000 there last year. Just something I didn’t think was possible on that sort of ad space 24 months ago
Adam Schwartz
CEO of Knoza Consulting and FRESHeTECH
We’ve been seeing really strong results for ecommerce brands using AppLovin lately. In multiple accounts, it’s outperforming Meta — even on "First Click" - NC ROAS in Triple Whale. Worth paying attention if you’re scaling paid media beyond the usual channels.
Pep Hufen
CEO Smart Marketer Agency
Stock issues forced us to kill the Axon campaigns. Launched the first 2026 campaigns on Saturday. Early results are strong. Main goal this year of almost all our clients: scale Axon and TikTok Shop to maximize Channel diversity. Not to outperform Meta, just to match it.
David Herrman
President Herrmann Digital
Applovin was the fastest growing platforms for the brands I manage this holiday season. Had two accounts spending over $70k/day. This channel is probably the easiest to scale and the easiest to win on right now.
Austin Harrison
Co-founder and CEO of @northbeam
@JeremyThurswell, President of @kitsch, dropped a wild hot take: “I think AppLovin’s taking over the world.” Kitsch now spends almost as much on AppLovin as Meta — with similar efficiencies.
Miranda Pettinger
Performance Marketing Manager @ 365 Holdings
Just onboarded another brand into AppLovin (first time doing this self serve after our other brand was not self serve last year) Shopify App Instal + pixel + end card creations in canva + video ad upload + hitting go on the campaign One hour and I’m done, highly impressed
Maxx Blank
Co-Founder/COO Of Triple Whale
AppLovin ranked #4 in total spending getting a lot of traction with the bigger brands. A Channel definitely to keep and eye on for Q4.
Scale Surfer
Agency Brand
@AxonAdsManager doesn't scale they said, meanwhile we're scaling this brand past 500K spend L30 days just on Axon 🫣
Jonathan Snow, DMD
Cofounder of Inc. 5000 #2 Fastest-Growing Marketing Company in US
AppLovin is about to eclipse 4% of total budget share. Their share of the pie has grown 7% in 2 months. Things to note: • still in closed beta • eligible brands have ~1mo wait to onboard
Austin Urlocker
Marketing Strategy & Ad stuff for @DixxonFlannelco
Very happy with how we closed out sale period/quarter. Put our focus on leveraging Applovin to keep up NC Acquisition while increasing Meta's Customer Retention's share of spend. Landed around 55% of Meta's spend allocated to existing customer targeting.
Frank Yang
CEO of WorkMagic.io
One of the biggest drivers of growth we’ve observed in 2025? AppLovin. Many marketers have asked: “How good is it really?” This case with True Classic offers rare, experiment-backed proof.
Elaine Wei
VP of Marketing @ WorkMagic
So when AppLovin started picking up steam as an ad channel, Immi wanted to validate its incrementality in the mix through geo-lift testing with us. Here’s what the data showed: - AppLovin drove an 11.3% incremental lift on Shopify - Plus, 7.38% lift on Amazon from halo effects (41% of total incrementality) - iCPA 46% lower when halo effects were included - iROAS 36% higher than other channels in their mix
Dennis Willeboordse
Founder D-DOUBLEUMEDIA.com
We took a brand from $200/day → $9,000/day on @AppLovin @AxonAdsManager in 2 weeks. Now it’s outspending Meta. Higher ROAS. Better stability. Most people are still crying about CPMs. Meanwhile, early adopters are scaling quietly on platforms nobody’s watching. Applovin isn’t a “side channel.” It’s becoming a real performance engine, if you get in early. If you’re spending $50K+/mo on Meta or TikTok, now’s the time to diversify.
Bryant Garvin
Operator In Residence at Triplewhale
Yes, AppLovin is still very much a thing. Here’s what the last 30 days look like across Triple Whale — real data from brands running AppLovin, tracked through the TW Pixel. Let’s talk scale. And performance.
Rahul Issar
Scaling High Growth Brands
Applovin reps out here on the weekend replying to slack DMs within minutes while we 10x budgets for clients. Never seen this type of support before from a new platform, very refreshing.