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AppLovin vs Reddit Ads: which slows a Shopify store more?

AppLovin and Reddit Ads usually land in the same band. Neither is clearly lighter on the typical store.

Both are ad tracking pixels. We measured AppLovin on 102 Shopify ecommerce stores and Reddit Ads on 120.

Ad tracking

Side by side

AppTypical processing timeStores measured
AppLovin Light (under 100 ms) 102
Reddit Ads Light (under 100 ms) 120

AppLovin was light on 62% of the stores it was measured on. Reddit Ads was light on 82% of the stores it was measured on.

On stores that run both

29 of the stores we checked load both. Each app took less processing time on about half of them.

Each band is an app's typical processing time across the stores it was measured on. Those stores differ from app to app. That makes the result on stores that run both the fairer test. Apps found on fewer than 20 stores aren't listed yet. The list grows as more stores are checked.

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