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AdOperator is heading to iGB L!VE London 2026.

Every year, iGB L!VE brings together professionals from around the world to gain insights into the trends and challenges shaping the future of the iGaming industry.

We’re excited to be part of it once again and look forward to meeting both familiar faces and potential new partners. If you’ll be in London on July 1–2, reach out to our Business Development Manager via LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/kangjuli/ and book a meeting in advance.

Let’s connect and talk business in person 🤝

🏆 AdOperator is competing for the Top Ad Network title in the Summer 2026 Top Networks Survey from OfferVault Affiliate Marketing.

Last year, we were recognized as one of the industry’s top networks. And we’re aiming to do it again.

👉 If you think we deserve it, please cast your vote: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SCY2J8C

Voting is open until June 30.

June is dominated by one event: the FIFA World Cup. But that’s not the only opportunity to capture sports traffic 👇

⚽ Football
June 11 – July 19 – 2026 FIFA World Cup (the biggest sporting event of the year, massive global traffic, and premium CPMs)

World Cup key dates of June:
June 11-18 – Group Stage, Matchday 1
June 18-24 – Group Stage, Matchday 2
June 24–28 – Group Stage, Matchday 3
From June 28 – Round of 32 begins

🏏 Cricket
June 10-14 – ICC World Test Championship Final (UK, huge interest from India, Australia, England, and Pakistan)
June 12 – July 5 – ICC Women’s T20 World Cup (UK, one of the biggest women’s cricket events globally)
June 18 – July 18 – Major League Cricket (USA, growing cricket market with strong South Asian audience)

🎾 Tennis
June 4-7 – Roland-Garros Finals (FR, Grand Slam peak traffic)
June 15-21 – ATP Halle Open (DE, major Wimbledon warm-up event with strong EU audience)
June 29 – July 12 – Wimbledon (UK, global tennis audience and premium traffic)

🏀 Other
June 2–7 — Indonesia Open (ID, one of the biggest badminton tournaments and a major Southeast Asia traffic driver)
June 4–21 — NBA Finals (USA, basketball audience spike)
June 15–21 — World Boxing Cup: Stage 2 (CN, strong engagement across Asia)

Want to make the most of these traffic peaks? We’ve already shared practical tips on how to prepare campaigns for major sporting events.
Watch the video: https://youtu.be/SBWD0o8FuPg

When did you last seriously look at software offers?

They don’t generate the most buzz in affiliate marketing, but more and more media buyers are quietly moving budget into it.

We teamed up with CIPIAI, a CPA network focused on the tech vertical, to find out what's actually happening in this space in 2026. They shared campaign data, a real Vietnam case study with WPS Office on popunder traffic, and the GEO and optimization logic behind it.

🔎 If you’ve never tested software offers before, this is probably the best time to look at them differently: https://adoperator.com/blog/post/software-affiliate-offers-on-popunder-push-traffic-what-works-in-2026

The biggest sports betting traffic period starts June 11. Are your campaigns ready for the World Cup 2026? ⚽

Most brands wait until the group stage to launch − by then, CPMs are already 2-3x higher and the best audiences are gone, taken by brands that started earlier.

The prep window isn't during the tournament. It's now.

We’ve put together a practical iGaming campaign guide for advertisers − from audience building and retargeting to choosing the right formats for each stage.

Read it before your competitors do: https://adoperator.com/blog/post/2026-fifa-world-cup-advertising-guide-for-igaming-formats-timing-and-audience-strategy

Great news! AdOperator has been shortlisted at ABC Awards 2026 as:

🏆 Best Advertising Network
🏆 Best Traffic Source

If we’ve ever helped you optimize campaigns, choose the right scaling strategy, provide transparent support, or simply make your work easier, we’d really appreciate your support.

How to vote:
1. Open the awards page: https://awards.affiliatebusinessclub.com/en
2. Scroll to the shortlist of nominees
3. Click “Vote” and log in via Telegram
4. Choose AdOperator in both categories

⏰ Voting is open until May 24.

A new episode of AdCast is live! 🎙️

What happens when a company goes from running traffic to building an AI-driven advertising infrastructure?
We discussed it with Tamara Jelic, VP of Business Development & Communications at Coinis − a global adtech company and reliable AdOperator partner.

Tamara shared her personal perspective on creative fatigue, the realities of scaling campaigns on Meta, the most promising GEOs today, and how AI is helping advertisers and affiliates keep up with the rapid pace of performance marketing.

🎧 Listen to the conversation on YouTube: https://youtu.be/7SOqddwBMLw

📖 The full interview is also available on the AdOperator blog: https://adoperator.com/blog/post/coinis-ai-meta-advertising-and-the-future-of-performance-marketing

If you work with sports traffic, May is your moment. Here are the key dates.

⚽ Football
May 5–6 — UEFA Champions League Semifinals (EU + global traffic surge)
May 7 — UEFA Europa League Semifinals (EU, solid engagement)
May 15 — CAF Champions League Final, 1st leg (Africa GEO traffic growth)
May 16 — Bundesliga Final Round (DE traffic spike)
May 16 — Ligue 1 Final Round (FR audience)
May 20 — UEFA Europa League Final (global high-intent traffic)
May 24 — CAF Champions League Final, 2nd leg (Africa peak traffic)
May 24 — Serie A Final Round (IT traffic surge)
May 24 — La Liga Final Round (ES/LATAM engagement boost)
May 24 — Premier League Final Round (UK & massive global traffic)
May 30 — UEFA Champions League Final (top global traffic event, max CPM)

🏀 Basketball
May 8 — Basketball Champions League Semifinals (ES, EU audience focus)
May 9 — Basketball Champions League Final (ES, tournament peak)
May 22–24 — EuroLeague Final Four (premium EU audience)

🎾 Tennis
May 6–17 — Italian Open (IT, warm-up traffic before Grand Slam)
May 18 - June 7 — Roland-Garros (FR & global tennis audience, strong sustained traffic)

🏏 Other
May 7-10 — Pan American Wrestling Championships (US/LATAM niche traffic)
May 17 — Women’s Six Nations Final Round (EU rugby audience spike)
May 31 — IPL Final (India and a massive cricket audience)

Now’s the time to warm up your audience before the biggest matches hit.

Are you getting the full revenue potential from your traffic?

From what we see, without the right monetization setup, most of it is simply lost - through low CPMs, poor targeting, and offers that weren't built for your audience.

We put together 7 strategies our publishers actually use to fix it and improve results. Worth a read if you're making money on a website or social traffic: https://adoperator.com/blog/post/how-to-make-money-from-website-traffic

Major Sports Events in April 2026

🏀 Basketball
April 1, 7, 8, 15 — Basketball Champions League Quarterfinals (high-intent EU traffic)
April 1 & 8 — FIBA Europe Cup Semifinals (HU, GR, ES)
April 17 — FIBA EuroLeague Women Semifinals (Europe)
April 18 — NBA Playoffs Start (US, CA, massive global attention)
April 19 — FIBA EuroLeague Women Final (ES, final-stage engagement)
April 22 & 29 — FIBA Europe Cup Final (Europe, peak tournament traffic)

🎾 Tennis
April 4–12 — Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters (Monaco/FR, premium audience)

🤼 Wrestling & Combat Sports
April 6–12 — Asian Wrestling Championships (KGZ, Central Asia)
April 20–26 — World Boxing Cup (BR, LATAM traffic spike)
April 20–26 — European Wrestling Championships (ALB, EU niche audience)
April 28 – May 3 — African Wrestling Championships (EGY, emerging GEO traffic)

⚽ Football
April 7–8 & 14–15 — UEFA Champions League Quarterfinals (Europe & global)
April 9 & 16 — UEFA Europa League Quarterfinals (strong EU engagement)
April 20–21 — AFC Champions League Elite Semifinals (Asia traffic growth)
April 25 — AFC Champions League Elite Final (SAU, Asia)
April 25 — Copa del Rey Final (Spain & LATAM spike)
April 28–29 — UEFA Champions League Semifinals (Europe & global)
April 30 — UEFA Europa League Semifinals (Europe)

🏉 Rugby
April 11 – May 17 — Women’s Six Nations Championship (UK, FR, IE, IT, global rugby audience)

🏏 Cricket
April 29 — Pakistan Super League Final (PK, peak South Asia traffic)

Use these dates to align your campaigns with peak attention windows.