App Install Ads

Yahoo Native image and video ads reach over 650M mobile users across a massive mobile network of over 1,000 apps, including Yahoo Ad Tech properties, and top syndication partner apps.

App users acquired with video ads have up to 43% more sessions compared to an average user.

Ads for apps are effective at prompting re-engagement. Even if users saw the ads but did not click through, they were 11% more likely to reuse the app.

Note

CPCV app install ads are no longer supported. CPC is the only price type available for app install ads. You can still create and serve static and video ad formats, however.

How-To

Follow these steps to create app install ads:

  1. Create a Campaign with the objective set to INSTALL_APP, depending on your campaign’s goal (other objectives will not work).

  2. Create an ad group with a CPC bid type.

  3. When creating your ad, you will need to include an imageUrl and imageUrlHQ. Note that the imageLargeUrl must have a 1:1 aspect ratio. A square image (imageLargeUrl) is mandatory. If an advertiser uploads an 800x1000 image, the asset will be cropped to 800x800 pixels with the file formats of GIF, JPG or PNG and a maximum file size of 2MB. Also ensure a1:1 aspect ratio and exact size of 627x627 for a square asset for single image ads.

  4. Provide the field landingUrl with the URL to the app store. A list of supported app install store locales is shown below.

  5. Set all levels to Active. If the ad passes approval, it will be eligible to serve within 24-48 hours.

Example

App Install Video Ads

The Yahoo Video App Install format is a combination of a card plus a 30-second video spot.

On load, a full-screen, 30-second video ad will display followed by a full-screen endcard. The end-card will include a call-to-action instructing the user to download the app in the app store and a close button which will allow the user to immediately return to the app they were using.

How-To

Follow these steps to create app install video ads:

  1. Create a Campaign with the objective set to INSTALL_APP, depending on your campaign’s goal (note that other objectives will not work).

  2. Create an ad group with a CPC bid type.

  3. Create an video ad ensuring to include your videoPrimaryURL. Note that videos are required to meet the below specifications:

  • Formats: .mp4 .m4v or .mov

  • File Size: 1GB maximum

  • Duration: 5 seconds minimum, 30 seconds maximum for App Install campaigns, 5 minutes maximum for Promote Brand campaigns.

  • Aspect Ratio: Minimum 480x360p (4:3) or 480x270 (16:9). Recommended 640x480 (4:3) or 640x360 (16:9)

  • Video Bitrate: 300kbps. Recommended 500kbps.

  • Audio Quality: If the video has audio, then it must have 2 channel stereo and minimum 32kbps. Recommended 64kbps.

  1. When creating your ad, you will also need to include an imageUrl and imageUrlHQ. Note that your images must meet the requirements of 1200X627 and 627X627 with the file formats of GIF, JPG or PNG and a maximum file size of 2MB.

  2. Provide the field landingUrl with the URL to the app store.

  3. Set all levels to Active. If the ad passes approval, it will be eligible to serve within 24-48 hours.

Example

Required Fields

The following table is a matrix view of required fields when serving native app install video ads:

Ad Type

Campaign-Channel

Campaign-Objective

Campaign-defaultLandingUrl

Bid types

Ad-imageUrl

Ad-imageUrlHQ

Ad-videoPrimaryUrl

Assets

Ad-mailAssetUrl

Ad-imageUrlThumbnail

App Install Video

Native

INSTALL_APP

app store url

CPV, CPC

required

required

required

Supported App Install Locales

The following table lists the supported app install store locales:

Region

Locale

United States

en-US

Iraq

ar-IQ

Puerto Rico

es-PR

Algeria

ar-DZ

Costa Rica

es-CR

Turkey

tr-TR

United Arab Emirates

ar-AE

Saudi Arabia

ar-SA

Russia

ru-RU

Peru

es-PE

Pakistan

en-PK

Morocco

ar-MA

Macau

pt-MO

Jordan

ar-JO

Israel

iw-IL

Nigeria

en-NG

Egypt

ar-EG

Ecuador

es-EC

Bangladesh

en-BD

Japan

ja-JP

United Kingdom

en-GB

Germany

de-DE

Singapore

en-SG

Mexico

es-MX

Canada

en-US

United States

en-US

Chile

es-CL

China

zh-CN

South Africa

en-ZA

Sweden

sv-SE

Thailand

th-TH

Taiwan

zh-TW

Hong Kong

en-HK

India

en-IN

Brazil

pt-BR

Spain

es-ES

Italy

it-IT

France

fr-FR

South Korea

ko-KR

Switzerland

fr-CH

Greece

el-GR

Romania

ro-RO

Colombia

es-CO

Vietnam

vi-VN

New Zealand

en-N

Indonesia

id-ID

Australia

en-AU

Malaysia

ms-MY

Argentina

es-AR

Philippines

en-PH

Learn More

To learn about Yahoo Native Video Ads, refer to Yahoo Video Ads.

To learn about Mail Trailer Video Ads, refer to Mail Trailer Video Ads.

For more information on deliverables, guidelines & specifications, refer to Yahoo Native Video & App Install Ad Formats.

For more information on using native ads with video in the Yahoo Native UI, refer to Create Yahoo Native Ads with Video.