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TikTok Pulse
Culver City, California, United States · Founded 2022
10001+ employees
Sourced & current · updated Aug 3, 2026
TikTok's premium contextual ad placement suite, launched June 2022. Places ads adjacent to top 4% of trending TikTok content. Three sub-products: Pulse (original), Pulse Premiere (premium publishers), Pulse Core (UGC top-tier content). Brand-safety verified by IAS, DoubleVerify, and Zefr at 99.9%.
Where they sit
Stack tier: Ecosystem Services (A)
Contextual AdvertisingVerification & Measurement
TikTok's flagship premium ad product competing with YouTube Masthead and Meta's brand-safe placements for top-tier brand advertising budgets on short-form video
Ownership
Parent: TikTok for Business
Subsidiaries