For advertisers buying AI newsletter inventory

Stop guessing what AI newsletter sponsorships cost.

Verified rates, availability, and audiences for 20 AI newsletters — checked against each publication's own pages, not scraped roundups.

Get Issue 1 + the comparison sheet See sample listings
20AI newsletters in Issue 1
9verified fields per listing
Monthlyprice & availability re-checks
$49/mofrom Issue 2, Issue 1 free

Buying AI newsletter ads today means guessing.

The information you need exists, but it is scattered, stale, or locked behind an inquiry form. We do the asking and the checking, every month, so you don't have to.

Prices are opaque

The biggest AI newsletters don't publish rates — they run on inquiry-only. You ask, you wait, you ask again.

Availability is a question, not a calendar

Nobody tells you what's open next week until you've already emailed them.

Contacts are hard to find

Sponsor pages, forms, and marketplace listings are scattered across a dozen places.

Third-party data is stale

Roundups quote last year's subscriber counts and list prices that were never closing prices.

What's in Issue 1

20 AI newsletters, each with 9 verified fields. Every number carries its source and check date. Where sources disagree, we show all of them side by side — we don't average them away.

  1. Publication name + website/subscribe link
  2. Frequency + language (English)
  3. Subscriber count + source + check date
  4. Audience profile (role / industry / geography, sourced where public)
  5. Sponsorship formats (primary / secondary / classified / exclusive / tool slot / deep dive)
  6. Price per issue + price source + check date — or "unverified" with a cross-publication benchmark range, never presented as that publication's price
  7. CPM — computed from real prices where available, otherwise a benchmark range, labeled as such
  8. Availability / booking lead time
  9. Contact channel (public form / email / marketplace listing) + verification status + method + check date

Issue 1 is free. From Issue 2, the continuously verified database is $49/month, with sponsorship slots in this newsletter available separately.

Sample listings

Two listings from Issue 1, in full — one fully verified, one showing how we handle inquiry-only pricing.

Fully verified

AI Weekly

Frequency to confirm; English

$1,400Exclusive, verified
≈ $27CPM, computed
Subscribers
52,000+ (self-claimed, own sponsor page — verified, own-page figure)
Audience
AI professionals, researchers, engineers, developers (self-claimed)
Formats
Exclusive full sponsorship; classified ads
Also
Classified $250/month (verified, own issue page — whether this is a different tier of the same publication is to be confirmed)
Availability
Popular weeks book 2–3 weeks ahead (verified, own FAQ)
Contact
Own advertise page + contact form (verified)
Tiered & inquiry-based

TLDR AI

Frequency to confirm; English

InquiryPrice unverified
$100–150AI/tech CPM benchmark
Subscribers
Est. 1.1M–1.25M (sources vary); TLDR network 8M+ across 14 publications (own ad page, secondhand) — shown side by side, not averaged
Audience
Engineers / researchers, technical (estimated)
Formats
Primary (top logo + 100 words + 3 CTAs); Secondary (mid-issue, 50 words + 2 CTAs); Bottom link (30 words + 1 CTA); max 3 advertisers per issue; copywriting by their team + dedicated CSM (verified, own sponsor page)
Availability
Unverified
Contact
advertise.tldr.tech public form (verified)

Get Issue 1 + the 20-publication rate comparison sheet, free.

Weekly. Issue 1 is free, and signup opens with the first send — this page is a preview, and the email signup form is added once the sending tool is connected. From Issue 2, the verified database is $49/month. Unsubscribe anytime. We only send advertiser-relevant content — no reader newsletter, no spam.

FAQ

How often is the data updated?

Prices and availability are re-checked monthly. Every record carries its check date; expired records are downgraded to "pending re-verification" and are never shown as verified.

How do you verify?

Four steps: (1) the publication's own sponsor/advertise page; (2) media kit requested via its public form or email; (3) cross-check against third-party listings (BuySellAds / Paved / Passionfroot); (4) record value + source + check date + status. Where sources conflict, we show all figures side by side.

What is the paid version?

From Issue 2: a $49/month subscription to the continuously verified database (fresh prices, availability, and performance data), plus sponsorship slots in this newsletter itself. Booking commission is an optional add-on for repeat buyers who want bundled settlement — it is not the core product.

What happens when data expires?

It stops being labeled "verified." You will always see the check date next to every number, so you can judge freshness yourself.

Do you guarantee campaign results?

No. We verify prices, availability, and audiences — not outcomes. Open rates, click rates, and conversions are only shown when they come from the publication's own page or media kit, with source attached.