Google search and display ad conversion tracking pixel.
Found via: Product Hunt 6,790 · Hacker News 242 · PeerPush 870 · Other 5 · StackScope Discovery (Indie) 600 · StackScope Wider Web 1,614
Google Ads has been detected on 7,901 launches we've crawled, with 1314 of those in July 2026 (12.3% of the month's launches so far). The 7-day rolling share is 11.9%, down 0.7 percentage points from last week. Most recent detection: Vivaahli, today.
It's most commonly paired with Google Analytics, Google Search Console, and Google Tag Manager. By product type, the launches using it are most often Productivity (17%), Marketing (12%), and AI (12%). By estimated origin, India (23%) and the United States (22%) lead close together. By domain ending, launches using it are 1.9 times as likely as the average launch to live on a .so domain. The 7,893 scored launches using Google Ads average a StackScope score of 7.3 out of 10, against 6.3 across all launches we score.
What kind of products ship with Google Ads
5,683 launches
Countries that use Google Ads
Estimated origin for 3,136 of 7,901 launches
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India 22.96%
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United States 21.68%
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United Kingdom 8.90%
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China 4.66%
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Canada 3.25%
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Australia 2.87%
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Brazil 2.68%
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South Korea 2.61%
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France 2.30%
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Netherlands 2.01%
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United Arab Emirates 1.79%
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Germany 1.47%
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Pakistan 1.43%
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Spain 1.34%
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Singapore 1.24%
Share of new launches using Google Ads
Each dot is one launch day. Line is the 7-day rolling average.
How StackScope detects technologies
⋮ Apr 22, 2026: Improved detection coverage for this technology.
⋮ Jun 22, 2026: Improved detection coverage for this technology.
Advertising leaders
| Tool | % of launches | % of category | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | – |
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12.43% | 69.58% |
| #2 | ▲1 |
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4.91% | 27.51% |
| #3 | ▼1 |
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4.87% | 27.28% |
| #4 | – |
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2.05% | 11.46% |
| #5 | ▼1 |
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0.83% | 4.63% |
Percentages show adoption among indie launches: the share of all analysed launches, and of launches using any Advertising tool.Google Ads is typically used alongside Google AdSense rather than instead of it. All 224 in Advertising →
Highest-scoring launches using Google Ads
The top launches by StackScope score among the 7,901 we've detected using Google Ads.
Most recent of 7,901 launches using Google Ads
Vivaahli
FirstTripChina
InteractInk
Social
Exotic Auto Services
Everytexttool.com
Productivity
Fiftycore
Udesk Omnichannel
Marketing
OneUp Networks
Developer Tools
MediaGrab Pro
Vast Calculators
Startup Idea Canvas (Notion Template)
AmourWings
Showing the most recent 12 of 7,901.