About

Design*Sponge is a design blog run by Grace Bonney. Launched in August of 2004, the site updates 3 to 5 times per day and was declared a “Martha Stewart Living for the Millennials” by the New York Times. Design*Sponge attracts a diverse group of devoted readers across the globe and currently reaches over 1 million readers per day. Design*Sponge currently has more than 75,000 daily readers on the main site, over 150,000 RSS readers, 518,000+ Twitter followers, 625,000 Instagram followers, 182,000 Pinterest followers and 279,000+ Facebook followers. Click here for PRESS on Design*Sponge.

Design*Sponge founder Grace Bonney has a unique angle on the industry, having worked as a contributing editor at Domino, House & Garden and Craft magazines, and as a freelancer with top publications like New York Home, Food & Wine, In Style, Better Homes and Gardens, New York Magazine and more. In addition, she wrote a weekly design column for the Philadelphia Inquirer for two years and has worked as Style Editor of HGTV’s Ideas Magazine.

Grace has been a featured guest on Good Morning America, The Nate Berkus Show, The Martha Stewart Show, Martha Stewart Radio Show, NBC’s The Chew and has been a keynote speaker with a wide variety of organizations ranging from design schools and trade organizations to design guilds and national corporations.

In 2009, Grace published the first Design*Sponge book, Design*Sponge at Home, and embarked on a 30+ city tour to promote the book and host a series of DIY events for thousands of design fans. Design*Sponge at Home has over 100,000 copies in print.

Grace founded the D*S Biz Ladies Series in 2008, which began as a national series of meetups for women running creative businesses. The series now lives on as a weekly column on the site where business owners can receive free advice and guidance on setting up and growing their creative businesses.

From 2013-2015 Grace hosted a radio show, After the Jump, dedicated to exploring the bigger issues within the creative community. From interviews with artists and makers to investigative shows on deeper topics like branding, social media, pricing and hiring employees, the show is one of the highest rated design podcasts on-air and draws an average of 500,000 listeners per show.

Capabilities
  • Desktop Display
    • Brand Integrations
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    • Sponsored Posts
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    • Native Ads
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    • High-Impact (Takeovers, Billboards, Overlays, Sliders, Skins)
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    • Rich Media (Expandable & Non-Expandable)
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  • Email
  • Mobile Display
    • Mobile Rich Media (Including Interstitials & Expandables)
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    • Tablet Traffic
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    • Native & Custom Mobile Executions
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    • Requires SDK Integration
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  • Social
  • Desktop Display, Email, Mobile Display, Social
  • CPM
  • Web Publisher
  • Headline:
    Publisher: Your home for all things Design. Home Tours, DIY Project, City Guides, Shopping Guides, Before & Afters and much more
  • Self / Managed Service:
    Managed Service
  • Industries
    Food & Beverage, Travel & Leisure
  • Key Differentiator
    Whether you’re an experienced online advertiser or just starting out, the Design*Sponge team is here to get your campaign up and running. We’re excited to share your brand with our passionate audience!
  • Owned / Operated Properties
    buildingabetteradvertiser.com
Site Traffic
  • 195267 Global Rank
  • 91812
    United States
  • 389 K Estimated Visits
Traffic Sources
  • Search
    67.69%
  • Direct
    26.72%
  • Social
    3.93%
  • Referrals
    1.65%
  • Display
    0.00%
  • Mail
    0.00%
Geography Breakdown
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Alexa Traffic Data
Global Rank 49,810
363
United States Rank 15,447
3,346
United States Page Views 54.4%
6.2%
Top Countries
Top Search Keywords
  • Kids and Teens
Ad Intelligence
  • Native
    0.00%
  • Standard
    99.75%
  • Direct
    0.25%
Ads Seen Recently
2,843
Longest Running Ad
Design Sponge
Device
Desktop
Dimensions
other
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Desktop
Dimensions
other
Design Sponge
Device
Mobile
Dimensions
300x250
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Device
Mobile
Dimensions
125x125
Design Sponge
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Mobile
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other
Design Sponge
Device
Mobile
Dimensions
300x250
Ads.txt
Ad Exchange
Type
Publisher ID
Certification ID
openx.com
reseller
540338038
6a698e2ec38604c6
pubmatic.com
reseller
157530
5d62403b186f2ace
rubiconproject.com
reseller
18450
0bfd66d529a55807
openx.com
reseller
540472623
6a698e2ec38604c6
teads.tv
direct
16795
15a9c44f6d26cbe1
openx.com
reseller
540274407
6a698e2ec38604c6
pubmatic.com
reseller
156557
spotx.tv
reseller
212457
spotxchange.com
reseller
212457
sharethrough.com
direct
b59fc0b8
d53b998a7bd4ecd2
openx.com
reseller
537153818
6a698e2ec38604c6
Design Sponge advertising reaches 389k visitors across desktop and mobile web, in countries such as United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, India, France. Pricing models they offer are CPM on channels such as Display, Email, Mobile, Social Advertising on Design Sponge will allow you to reach consumers in industries or verticals such as Travel & Leisure, Food & Beverage.

They are headquartered at Brooklyn, NY, United States, and have 1 advertising & marketing contacts listed on Kochava. According to their Ads.txt, Design Sponge inventory partners include: openx.com, pubmatic.com, rubiconproject.com, teads.tv, spotx.tv, spotxchange.com, sharethrough.com, lkqd.com, lkqd.net, google.com, trioninteractive.com, chocolateplatform.com, rhythmone.com, districtm.io, adtech.com, appnexus.com, aps.amazon.com, indexexchange.com, komoona.com, inner-active.com, smaato.com, tremorhub.com, springserve.com, 1rx.io, aolcloud.net, contextweb.com, freewheel.tv, conversantmedia.com, emxdgt.com, taboola.com, synacor.com, sovrn.com, revcontent.com, media.net, fyber.com, criteo.com, bidtellect.com, advertising.com, 33across.com, gumgum.com, undertone.com, btrll.com.

Design Sponge works with Advertising technology companies such as Facebook Exchange FBX, Bizo, Advertising.com, Conversant, Mediaplex, Google Publisher Tag, MLN Advertising, eXelate, Brilig, Zedo, RadiumOne, Vizu, Tapad, Aggregate Knowledge, Digilant, PulsePoint, The Trade Desk, X Plus One, AdPredictive, Connexity, LucidMedia, Media Innovation Group, Videology, SiteScout, Atlas, VigLink, Yahoo Publisher Network, YieldBot, Chango, Dstillery, Brandscreen, Simpli.fi, Turn, Rocket Fuel, ContextWeb, Pubmatic, AdMeld, Yield Manager, Rubicon Project, Openads/OpenX, Accuen, Adify, Experian, Neustar AdAdvisor, SpotXchange, Adap.TV, Index Exchange, Tribal Fusion, Evidon, AppNexus, SAY Media Advertising, BlueKai, DemDex, IndieClick, AudienceScience, DoubleClick.Net, Google Ad Partner Services, Google Adsense, Federated Media Publishing, DoubleVerify, AdKeeper, Integral Ad Science, MyBuys, Criteo, AOL-Time Warner Online Advertising, Exponential, PointRoll, SkimLinks, Optimax Media Delivery, Flite, Link Share, Yahoo Small Business, Media.net, ADTECH, Twitter Ads, IponWeb BidSwitch, Cosmic Cart, Choice Stream, Flashtalking, Specific Media, Switch Ads, Collective Media, Burst Media, Glam Media, Improve Digital, Zenovia, Drawbridge, AppNexus Segment Pixel, Upfront Digital Media, RealVu, NetSeer, Eq Ads, Datonics, DoubleClick Bid Manager, LiveRail, Crosswise, eyeReturn, BlueKai DMP, Komoona, Jumptap, RhythmOne, Adconion, Commission Junction, Jivox, Adobe Audience Manager Sync, AdRoll, StickyAds TV, Sekindo, AlephD, Eyeota, Magnetic, Yahoo Ad Sync, Adform, PHP Ads, AdMeta, Prebid, Sovrn Direct, Google Direct, OpenX Reseller, Lijit Direct, ContextWeb Reseller, AppNexus Reseller, Ads.txt, SpotXChange Reseller, PubMatic Reseller, FreeWheel Reseller, Tremor Video Reseller, DistrictM Direct, Google Reseller, RubiconProject Reseller, RhythmOne Reseller, ORC International Reseller, GumGum Direct, Converstand Media Direct, AppNexus Direct, AOL Reseller, SpringServe Reseller, Sovrn Reseller, GumGum Reseller, Lijit Reseller, Synacor Reseller, 33 Across Reseller, Fyber Reseller, Criteo Reseller, Smaato Reseller, Taboola Reseller, BrightRoll Reseller, IndexExchange Reseller, GumGum, Amazon Ad System, Amazon Associates, C1X, Facebook Custom Audiences, Walmart, Infolinks, Undertone, BidTheatre, GetIntent, Adhigh, RUN Ads, OnAudience, MyBuys MyAds, AdGear, AcuityAds, 161Media, IndexExchange Direct, C1X Reseller, Comet Cox Media Reseller, DistrictM Reseller, YieldBot Reseller, LKQD Reseller, ShareThrough Direct, Teads Direct, Sharethrough, Google AdSense Integrator, DynAdmic, Eye View Digital, StackAdapt, EMX, Undertone Direct, Bidtellect Reseller, Media.net Reseller, Revcontent Reseller, Inneractive Direct, Komoona Direct, Amazon Direct, Chocolate Direct, Beeswax, PubGuru, DistrictM, Bidtellect, Tail Target, TripleLift, Falk Realtime, Adbrain, Resonate Insights, Intimate Merger, Yieldmo, Infectious Media, Avocet, BidSwitch, Amazon Transparent Ad Marketplace, FLoC.