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NEW LAUNCH: The 2026 YouTube & CTV Media Agency Survey

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YouTube Masthead Native Video Ads

The Essentials

Masthead Ads are upper-funnel, sound-off, native video ads that appear at the top of the YouTube home feed.

Heart

Why Pix Loves Them

Helps drive visibility with front-and-center visibility, a complement to auction-based campaigns & drive awareness to a new product or service by reaching a large audience in a short period of time.

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Limitations

Not ideal for conversion/action or other high engagement KPIs.

Top KPIs:

Impressions

Is Pixie contextual targeting available?

No

Ad length:

30 seconds (or first 0:30s if full video is longer)

Runs on:

YouTube

GVP (can disable)

Google TV (can disable)

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