How to advertise an AI video, image or voice tool
The people most likely to try an AI video tool are the ones already watching AI video. Here is where to find them, and how to show them the product.
By The Generated Worlds editors · Published
Advertise where people already watch or make AI video: sponsor YouTube and TikTok creators who use AI tools, show up in communities where AI filmmakers share work, launch on Product Hunt, run paid social aimed at creator interests, and buy placements on platforms built around AI-made video, such as rewarded ads on Generated Worlds, where viewers opt in and watch your demo to the end.
Generated Worlds is a platform for AI-made short dramas and series, sells rewarded ad placements, and publishes this guide. Where another channel is the better answer for your goal, the guide says so.
AI creative tools have an unusual advantage in advertising: the product is its own best ad. A 20-second clip of what the tool made persuades more than any claim about it. The job is putting that clip in front of people who already care — and making sure they see all of it.
Which channel for which goal
- You want credibility with working creators — Creator sponsorships on YouTube and TikTok.
- You want a burst of launch-day signups and feedback — Product Hunt.
- You want scale with detailed targeting and have budget to test — Meta and TikTok ads.
- You want your demo watched in full by people who watch AI video for fun — Rewarded ads on Generated Worlds.
The steps
Lead with output, not features
Open on the most impressive thing the tool made, in the first two seconds, before any logo.
Show the prompt-to-result moment
The before-and-after is what viewers remember; a rewarded slot guarantees they reach it.
Make one offer
A free trial, credits or a template — one button, one landing page that matches the ad.
Tag every link
Add UTM parameters per channel so your own analytics can compare them.
Compare cost per signup, not per view
Cheap impressions that never finish the demo are not cheap.
The channels, honestly
- Creator sponsorships: highest trust, because an AI filmmaker using your tool on camera is proof. Slow to arrange and priced per creator.
- Communities (Reddit, Discord servers for AI art and film): valuable but mostly closed to ads; participate and share real work rather than posting promotions.
- Product Hunt and launch sites: a one-day spike of early adopters. Great for feedback, not a steady channel.
- Paid social (Meta, TikTok, YouTube): scale and targeting, but your ad competes with everything else in the feed and most views last a second or two.
- AI-video platforms: an audience that already watches AI-made work. On Generated Worlds the placement is rewarded — viewers choose to watch your ad for a free episode and are rewarded only when it ends.
What a good AI tool ad looks like
Vertical, 15 to 30 seconds, and built so the payoff lands at the end: the prompt, the wait, the result. Put your product name in the headline and the offer on the button. If you only have a landscape demo, it can still run — Generated Worlds letterboxes 16:9 rather than cropping it — but vertical fills the screen.
Common questions
What is the best place to advertise an AI video generator?
Wherever people already watch AI video and will watch your demo in full. Creator sponsorships build trust, paid social builds scale, and rewarded placements on AI-video platforms such as Generated Worlds guarantee a complete watch from an interested viewer.
How much does it cost to advertise on Generated Worlds?
Starter is $299 a month for one ad and up to 2,000 completed views. Growth is $2,999 a month for first place in every ad run, no view cap, up to five ads and exclusivity in your category. Both are self-serve and cancel any time.
Can I advertise a competitor to Generated Worlds there?
No. Generated Worlds does not run ads for other short-drama or streaming apps, gambling, adult content, crypto trading, weight-loss claims or political campaigns. AI creative tools are the best fit.
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Advertise here
Rewarded ads on Generated Worlds are self-serve: choose a monthly plan, upload a video or image, and a person approves it before it plays. Viewers opt in, can’t skip, and you see every completed view.