Brave Ads will vary based on active campaigns, regions, etc. You can check to see if you're receiving ads in your 30 Day Ad History. (brave://rewards)

If you are not receiving push notification ads, please check our Push Notification test.  

Additional information on Brave Ads can be found in our Brave Ads FAQ.

When Ads are shown
Ads are shown by matching an ad that is catered to you privately based on your browsing activity. Enabling Ads does not guarantee that you will see ads  – if the system does not find a match for you in the ads catalog, then you may not see any until a match is found.

Ad Types and Max Ads
In Brave, if you navigate to brave://rewards and select Ads Settings, you can adjust the Ad Types shown and the Maximum number of ads displayed (per hour):

This setting determines the maximum number of ads the browser will display each hour. In the image above, for example, the number is set to 10. Please note that this does not mean you will see 10 ads every hour. You may see anywhere between 0 and 10 ads per hour. 

Check the Desktop OS Notification Settings

Please check your Operating System's notification settings. 

Windows OS
Please see our comprehensive Windows Troubleshooting Guide for details on how to allow notifications and adjust features like Focus Assist to work with Brave Ads.

macOS
On your mac, open Finder and navigate to System Preferences --> Focus --> Do Not Disturb. Check that the Do Not Disturb feature is disabled or you can allow the Brave Browser under Allowed Apps.

Next, check the Notifications settings and click on the Brave Browser application. Confirm Allow Notifications is toggled "On" and the alert style is set to either Banners or Alerts.

Note: If you are using the screen mirroring feature, you will need to configure it to allow the browser to display alerts while screen mirroring.

Check the Mobile OS Notification Settings

Android (instructions may vary)

Visit your Android OS settings by clicking on Settings --> Notifications --> App Notifications. Alternatively, within the Brave Browser click on Menu (three dots) --> Settings --> Notifications.

Confirm the Pop-up notification type is allowed.

Next, confirm Do Not Disturb is disabled by visiting Settings --> Notifications --> Do Not Disturb. 

Apple iOS

Visit your iOS settings by clicking on Settings --> Notifications --> Brave. Confirm Banners are enabled.

Next, confirm Do Not Disturb is disabled by visiting Settings --> Focus --> Do Not Disturb. Check that the Do Not Disturb feature is disabled or you can allow the Brave Browser under Apps.

Note: iOS users are ineligible for Rewards at this time.

Configuring Anti-Virus Software

While most A/V software does not interfere with Brave Ads, at this time it is known that users running Kaspersky Internet Security may not see ads appear while the application is running. To configure Kaspersky to allow Brave Ads to show while running:

1. Launch Kaspersky on your system
2. Go to Settings --> Network settings
3. Scroll down to Encrypted connection scanning
4. Select the Do not scan encrypted connections option
5. Click save, relaunch Brave

Once done, Brave ads should start to display normally again.

Additional Resources

General

Help Center – Ads FAQ
Help Center – How to enable and use Brave Ads
Community – Windows 10 Focus Assist troubleshooting
Brave Transparency Page

Dive deeper

Blog – An introduction to Brave's In-Browser Ads
Brave Wiki – Security and privacy model for ad confirmations
Start your own Ad campaign on Brave Ads