We analyzed 173 advertising-model companies that also have a growth-engine tag. Paid performance marketing appears in 100%, content/SEO in 52%, word of mouth in 48%, network effects in 46%, product-led self-serve in 20%, and sales-led growth in 1%. For advertising businesses, the page recommends paid acquisition as the baseline, content/SEO as a complementary engine, and word of mouth or network effects as secondary options. The sample is a July 2026 snapshot from a hand-tagged subset; the fields are multi-select, so the percentages do not sum to 100%.

[How do ad-supported apps grow — what acquisition engines do advertising-model apps use?](<https://www.lazyweb.com/research/how-do-ad-supported-apps-grow>)

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