Where your advert shows, and how to make it
One picture size works everywhere on #NotesApp: the site, the app and the weekly digest. Campaigns that also run in Notes Life add a billboard picture.
Start a campaign · Advertising and prices · Boost a post or item
The advert picture
| Best size | 1200 × 628 px (1.91 : 1), the same shape LinkedIn, X and Facebook use for link pictures |
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| Sharpest | 2400 × 1256 px, for high-density phone and laptop screens |
| Smallest accepted | 600 × 314 px; anything smaller is refused |
| Other shapes | The campaign form asks you to crop to 1.91 : 1 before you pay; nothing is cropped for you later |
| File | JPG, PNG or WebP; best under 500 KB, at most 1 MB. The form saves a light copy so pages stay light on data |
| Safe area | Keep the logo, words and faces in the middle 960 × 502 px (the centre 80%) |
| Words on the picture | No more than about a fifth of it, and letters at least 40 px tall at 1200 wide: a phone shows the advert about a third of that size |
| Don't add | Borders, fake buttons, a "Sponsored" label or a play icon. We add the frame, the "Sponsored: NotesApp Ads" label and the Learn more button |
| Colour | sRGB; check it looks right on a light and a dark background |
| Template | Download the 1200 × 628 template (PNG, safe area marked) |
The words
| Headline | Up to 60 characters |
|---|---|
| Text | Up to 120 characters (optional): two lines on a phone, one or two on a computer |
| Link | An https:// address; it opens in a new tab |
| Rules | What we don't run is on the campaign form and in the Terms. We review every advert before it goes live; if we can't run it you're refunded in full |
Notes Life billboards (optional)
Tick Notes Life billboards (in the game) on the campaign form if you want your advert in the game too: it stands on a roadside billboard in Notesville, and players can tap it to open your link. It needs its own picture:
| Size | 1600 × 900 px (16 : 9), at least 800 × 450 |
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| Safe area | The middle 1280 × 720 px |
| What works | Big words (three to six), one bold picture and strong colours: players see it from the road, often on a phone |
| File | JPG, PNG or WebP, best under 500 KB, at most 1 MB |
| Template | Download the 1600 × 900 template |
Our partners' own boards in the game keep their sizes (wide 1600 × 900, portrait 1080 × 1350, square 1080 × 1080); see Partner with Notes Life.
Where adverts show
Home page (middle)
The middle of the home page.
Journals list
Between the posts in the journal feed.
Trending page
On Trending, under the tabs.
Publisher profile
On publishers' profiles, when they show adverts (their ad share).
End of a post
At the end of a journal, when its publisher shows adverts (their ad share).
Notes Market
In Notes Market, after the first row of For you and after Most viewed.
Notes Academy
In Notes Academy, between the course shelves.
Explore
On Explore, under the tabs.
Search results
In search results (journals matching what was searched), after the 3rd result.
Free course pages
On free course pages: under This course includes on a computer, after the curriculum on a phone. Never on paid courses, lessons or certificates.
Weekly digest email
In the Sunday weekly digest email, in its sponsored slots. Each email sent counts as an impression.
Notes Life billboards (in the game)
On the roadside billboards in Notes Life, the free life game. Needs a billboard picture as well.
Never shown in
- Messages and calls
- Checkout and payment pages
- Course lessons, paid course pages and certificates
- The journal, course and store editors
- Account and settings pages
Rotation and counting
| Adverts | When a spot has more than one advert, each stays 30 seconds, and only moves on while it's on screen |
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| Boosts | 3 at a time on a computer or tablet and 1 on a phone; each set stays 45 seconds, pausing while the pointer is over it |
| Journal feed | 2 promoted posts between the posts, marked Promoted |
| Weekly digest | 3 sponsored slots: after the 2nd journal a boosted journal, after the 6th an advert, near the end a boosted store item or an advert |
| An impression | Once at least half of the advert has been on screen; one per person per advert per day, bots and previews left out. A boost counts after 1 second on screen |
| In the digest | Each email sent counts as one impression, and each click from it counts as a click |
| Undelivered | Impressions not delivered by the campaign's end date are refunded pro rata |