Reach one of the most dedicated strategy-gaming audiences on the web. CivFanatics has been the home of the Civilization community since 2000 — a highly engaged audience of 4X and turn-based strategy players who buy, mod, and obsess over strategy games. Whether you make games, publish history, or build anything else that speaks to curious, strategic minds, this is your audience.
Sponsor the main site (civfanatics.com — our news, guides, and reference hub), the forums (forums.civfanatics.com — the community’s front door), or both. Every spot is a clean, hand-vetted 300 × 250 in the sidebar — never a wall of programmatic banners.
monthly visits
25+ years online
strategy audience
brand-safe ads only
What you get
- A dedicated sidebar “Partner” spot — high in the sidebar on the main site, the forum front page, or both, right where our most engaged readers look.
- A relevant, uncluttered placement — only a small number of hand-picked partners, never a wall of programmatic banners.
- A clearly labelled, brand-safe unit that our readers trust because we vet every advertiser.
- A chance at editorial coverage. If what you’re promoting is a good fit for our audience, we may feature it in a news post — including a link to your own announcement, trailer, or article. Editorial write-ups are always at our discretion.
- Sponsored content, if you want more. Have a fuller story to tell? We can also publish an article you provide about your product or organization, clearly labelled as partner content. Just ask for details.
Our audience
Our readers are dedicated 4X and turn-based strategy players — people who read guides end to end, follow patch notes closely, and come back week after week. Here’s the monthly reach across the network:
Figures from Google Analytics, July 2026, with automated/bot traffic excluded. Our audience blocks ads and trackers at a high rate, so real readership is somewhat higher than analytics can measure — we quote the conservative number. Traffic is seasonal and rises around Civilization launches and major patches.
Advertise on the main site
Your ad runs in the right-hand sidebar across every page of civfanatics.com. There are just two spots — both a 300 × 250 medium rectangle — stacked at the very top of the sidebar, the first thing readers see.
Advertise on our forums
Want to reach our most dedicated regulars? We also offer up to two 300 × 250 sponsor spots at the top of the forum home sidebar (forums.civfanatics.com) — the front door of a community that’s been going strong for 25+ years. It uses the same 300 × 250 creative as your main-site spot, so one banner covers both.
The forum spot is a front-door, brand-presence placement, best paired with your main-site sponsorship.
Pick your package
Secure checkout via Stripe. After checkout, email your 300×250 to support@civfanatics.com.
Ad specs
- Ad size: 300 × 250 pixels (medium rectangle) — every spot
- Format: static PNG or JPG, under 100 KB — no animation, no third-party scripts
- You provide: the banner image and a destination URL
How to get started
- Reserve your spot — pick a package above and check out securely through Stripe (from $150/mo).
- Send us your creative — email support@civfanatics.com with: your banner (300 × 250), the destination URL, your company or brand name, and a one-line blurb for your Partners-page listing.
- We review & publish — we check the creative (relevant to our audience, no malware or adult content) and put it live, usually within a day.
Our Partners
The brands and organizations that support CivFanatics. Every partner gets a permanent spot here with a link to their site.
World History Encyclopedia
Playing Civ engages the mind — World History Encyclopedia feeds it. Free, fact-checked history on every civilization you’ve ever built.
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Want a custom package — multiple spots, a longer term, or a newsletter mention? Email support@civfanatics.com.
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