r/admob

Hello all,

I woke up and got a surprised email that my Admob got banned with the reason Ad Exchange account disabled for invalid traffic.

I have like 4 apps in my portfolios (on both iOS and Android so the total is 8). I have followed the polices to register my testing devices to show the test ad and I never click them. I am not sure what is the reason why it causing this apart from we suddenly got 10 downloads (usually 1-2) on one of my app yesterday. Daily my ads only give me like 10p a day as I am still working on the marketing to gain user organically.

Does anyone experience this issue?

Thanks.

This is a follow-up to my post about getting my admob account perma-banned and getting the appeal rejected due to Google's aggressive crackdown methods

Previous post: https://www.reddit.com/r/admob/s/MjyHWniJTJ

I think everyone of us who has been affected by this need to get in touch with a Google employee working in the Adsense/Admob team on LinkedIn and escalate the situation.. we can't let an aggressive AI algorithm perma-ban us and dictate terms to us..

Especially in my case because my account was only created on July 7th and they should certainly have sent a warning before taking such a drastic step on a brand new account.

I recently saw u/Rich-Vanilla-7653 post about how they got their ad accounts banned for just generating 8 impressions..

I think it's time we all teamed up and escalated this to Google and get our source of livelihood back.

I'm really new to app publishing and I just can't fathom that Google just straight up disabled my Admob account permanently (for invalid traffic) without a single warning..

Mainly because I clicked on my live ads inadvertently.. I even made multiple in-app purchases to progress quickly through my game (while testing) to ensure that I don't click on my own ads by mistake but it happened by mistake a few times.. which would have hardly generated a few cents at most.

Yes, I'm aware that I did not register my test devices on admob but surely Google should have cut me some slack! Taking an extreme measure like straight up going for a permanent ban is just too harsh and severe..

They could have given me one warning, they could have disabled my account temporarily..but no, they had to take the most extreme measure possible..

It's been 8 years since I graduated and I've been without a job all these 8 years.. tried so many things (freelancing, dropshipping, YouTube channel etc.) and all of them failed miserably. I have poured my heart and soul into my game for the past 4 months.. even borrowed funds from multiple sources.. and Google couldn't even give me 1 warning!? Not one!?

Im utterly shattered and devastated..

Hi everyone,

I'm sharing my recent experience with a permanent AdMob account termination, both as a cautionary tale for indie developers integrating mediation SDKs and to ask for advice on alternative ad networks.

### Context
* I had two apps (*Prisma Noticias* and *FirmApp*) on the Google Play Store in Open Beta.
* I was in the process of integrating and verifying the Appodeal SDK (mediating AdMob).
* During technical verification, I made a critical oversight: I didn't isolate my dev devices or enable Test Mode for AdMob within the mediation setup for ONE DAY.

### The Trigger
* Because the apps were in Open Beta with a minimal user base (2 devices), my local testing generated roughly 8 test impressions from my dev IP address.
* Since total app traffic was extremely low, these ~8 impressions accounted for virtually 100% of the account's total activity over that period.
* AdMob's automated system flagged this as invalid traffic/click fraud and immediately suspended the account.

### The Appeal & Result
* I submitted a detailed appeal explaining the precise technical context: Open Beta stage, low baseline traffic, local IP testing, and an honest mistake while validating the Appodeal SDK setup.
* As expected, the appeal was rejected with the standard template response stating the decision is final, the account cannot be restored, and no future accounts can be created.

I understand that Google prioritizes protecting advertisers through strict automated enforcement, but having an entire publisher account permanently banned over 8 test impressions during an Open Beta setup is a tough pill to swallow.

### Questions for the community:
1. Has anyone in a similar situation ever managed to reach a human support rep, or is moving on to other ad networks the only realistic option?
2. For those who switched away from AdMob after a ban, which mediation/ad platforms (e.g., AppLovin MAX, Unity Ads, Meta) have yielded the best results for small/medium apps?

Let this also serve as a reminder to always double-check that Test Mode is explicitly active on all dev devices when testing mediation SDKs—even during early beta builds!

Thanks for reading.

I'm a mobile developer, and I've been thinking about a weird mismatch with mobile advertising.

When AdMob doesn't have an ad available, I've already designed the placement and accepted the UX tradeoff of having an ad there — but that inventory can still end up unused.

At the same time, indie developers are constantly struggling to get their apps discovered.

So I built something to connect those two problems.

It's called FillAdsNow.

The idea isn't to replace AdMob.

The flow I had in mind is:

AdMob / monetized network → nothing available → FillAdsNow Community Ad

Instead of leaving the placement empty, it can display another indie developer's app.

I built the integration around a plain HTTPS API instead of another advertising SDK, and Community Ads don't use behavioral tracking.

Developers aren't required to contribute their own app just to display Community Ads. But if you contribute an eligible app, your app becomes eligible to receive exposure through the network too.

I'm launching it now, and I'm much more interested in hearing from people who actually use AdMob than getting generic startup feedback.

I'm curious about two things:

1. When AdMob has nothing available, would you actually use another indie app as fallback inventory, or would you rather leave the placement empty?

2. What would make you reject something like this immediately — latency, creative quality, moderation, reporting, integration complexity, something else?

Full disclosure: I built FillAdsNow.

If there's interest, I'm happy to share the implementation and explain how I'm using it alongside AdMob.

Stat seems to have been stuck for a while. Are other people the same?

Hi! Regarding app monetization which mediation would you go through? Admob or Max?