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Make money from your menu bar.

SponsorBar lets advertisers bid for space in your menu bar and shares the revenue with you.

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  • Approved sponsors
  • 200+ countries supported
  • Pause anytime

Sell your empty screen space

SponsorBar adds an ad in your empty menu bar space. Advertisers pay to be shown on your screen, and we share the revenue with you. Use your Mac as you normally do and get paid passively.

  1. 01Install SponsorBar
  2. 02View an ad
  3. 03Get paid

What 𝕏 has to say

Some reactions to the launch on X

Harris McCullers @SocksMyRocks

I hate it so much, and installed it right away

Talha Kaya @talha_ux

Wow haha really clever and a no brainer to not use it!

Abdullah @abdullahdevs_

Wow why has nobody thought of this yet. Great idea 😂

adeiza @alexmadeiza

this is a maddddd idea.

R @ApolloCampari

Disgusting concept. Congratulations

Sancho @sanchogodinho

Wait this is genius

Alex Calish @alexcalish

God this is good

How much can I make?

Earnings vary based on how much you use your MacBook and the current ad rate. Active users can earn upwards of multiple dollars per day.

SponsorBar is free to install and use.

There is no subscription or paid plan. Advertisers pay for the ad space, and SponsorBar shares that revenue with you.

Current balance $42.68
Available
$37.88
Pending
$4.80

It displays ads. It does not watch you.

SponsorBar never reads your screen, files, apps, browser history, window titles, keystrokes, or screenshots. It checks only the basic status needed to know whether the ad was visible for a full minute.

Mac statusWhether your Mac is awake, unlocked, and showing the ad.
Recent activityWhether you have used your computer in the past few minutes.
Ad clicksWhether you clicked an ad. It does not track what you did afterward.
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Data boundary
Screen contentsNever read
Apps & browser historyNever read
Window titles & filesNever read
Keystrokes & screenshotsNever captured
No Screen Recording, Accessibility, or Input Monitoring permission.
Meeting at 2:00 PM

Pause it whenever you need to.

Before a meeting or screen share, pause SponsorBar from showing ads. Snooze it for 30 minutes, a couple of hours, or the rest of the day. You can also hide it indefinitely until you’re ready to turn it back on.

While paused, SponsorBar will not show any ads, and you will not earn money.

Want to advertise on SponsorBar?

Reach active MacBook users with minute-long menu bar placements. Start with a $15 minimum spend and track impressions, clicks, and country breakdown in your dashboard.

Built for AI agents, too. Connect any OAuth-capable MCP client to create, fund, and manage campaigns for you.
Live price: Current market CPM $2.00

per 1,000 completed one-minute impressions Recalculated hourly · $2 floor

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Example campaign reportNorthline launch
Active
Impressions24,380
Clicks312
CTR1.28%
Country breakdown$146.28 spend
United States47%
United Kingdom18%
Canada14%
Australia10%
Other11%

Sign up, install, and start earning.

Start earning
  1. 01Create your account

    Sign up in your browser. You do not need to add payout details yet.

  2. 02Install SponsorBar

    Install the Mac app and link it to your account.

  3. 03Start earning

    Complete an eligible minute and your share is added to your pending balance.

Set up payouts when you reach $5

You can earn before entering payout details. At $5, paid ads pause until setup is complete. You keep everything already in your balance.

Choose Stripe or Whop for payouts

Stripe sends directly to your bank in 34 supported countries. Whop supports payouts in 200+ countries, with methods that vary by country and eligibility. Compare payout options.