mid-roll

Inserted content break

Mid-roll refers to an advertisement that plays during the middle of video or audio content, as opposed to before (pre-roll) or after (post-roll).

The term comes from streaming platforms and podcasts, where ads interrupt the main content: The mid-roll broke right at the climax of the story.

Mid-roll ads typically command higher rates because viewers are already engaged.

advertising

ad

Promotional message

insertion · placement · interruption · YouTube · podcast · CPM · impression · preroll · postroll · skippable

video

timestamp

Recorded moment identifier

retention · engagement · streaming · content · episode · watch time · buffer · player · timeline · scrubbing

podcast

episode

Serialized content unit

sponsorship · read · download · RSS · audience · Patreon · subscription · audio · producer · network

Categories
Opposites
temporal placement in content

mid-rollpre-roll

Advertisement before streaming content

post-roll · preview · trailer · end card · banner ad

intrusiveness/disruption

mid-rollpre-roll

Advertisement before streaming content

post-roll · native advertising · sponsored content · product placement

Family

mid, roll, middle, midway, midpoint, midst, midland, midnight, midday

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Negative · Rated G