AppLovin平台开放了,广告主的功课还没做完

亚当·福鲁吉说,AppLovin广告系统最难的一环,仍是把广告做出来。对一家同比增速53%、正试图拓展游戏广告主之外客户的公司来说,这就是扩张路上的约束。

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图为AppLovin联合创始人兼首席执行官亚当·福鲁吉的存档肖像,拍摄日期不详。(图片来源:AppLovin,经《福布斯》发布于2021年4月15日,版权授权确认中。)

8月5日,亚当·福鲁吉(Adam Foroughi)对分析师表示,AppLovin广告系统中最大的难关,仍然是把广告做出来。4

标题背后的营收

这句话对一门季度营收19.24亿美元、同比增长53%的生意来说分量不轻。上述数字是AppLovin 8月5日发布的未经审计业绩;将业务拓展到游戏广告主之外,是其下一个增长机会的一部分。1

分析师已在给这个故事"打折"

9月14日,摩根士丹利将AppLovin目标价从650美元下调至450美元,同时维持“增持”评级。此前,Evercore已于9月1日下调目标价,并承认其对电商广告主历史投放支出的估算偏高。以上均属分析师的判断,并非新的经营业绩。7,8

广告主先要完成什么

真正有价值的问题是:在AppLovin赚到下一美元之前,广告主必须先完成什么。

在6月22日的开放公告中,福鲁吉宣布取消推荐准入要求,并称平台正接近实现一键创建广告活动。AppLovin Ads依托Axon推荐系统,把广告主与手机游戏中的潜在买家连接起来。平台自此向所有人开放。5

但到了8月,福鲁吉表示,系统仍无法开箱即用地、稳定地向广告主交付高质量的30秒至60秒视频。小型商家在有限的测试预算下,也难以达到回报目标。管理层因此把重心放在中型品牌上。这些是公司方面对瓶颈的描述,并非独立测算出的失败率。4

当前的上线清单把剩余功课列得清清楚楚:验证购买追踪,投入足够预算、带来足量转化供系统学习,并持续测试改编后的视频广告。在算法证明自身价值之前,网店必须先拿出资金、素材和精力。6

这是扩张层面的约束。管理层将二季度增长疲软主要归因于游戏模型改进的时点。若把整体放缓一概归为电商业务的失败,就超出了证据能支撑的范围。4

柱状图:AppLovin营收环比增速——2026年一季度为11.1%,二季度为4.4%;三季度为业绩指引,区间为6.8%至8.4%,中值隐含增速7.6%。
环比增速,按公司披露的未经审计营收计算,未作季节性调整。三季度为8月5日发布的业绩指引,并非实际结果。此处为总营收,未单独剥离电商业务的增速,也未解释增长原因。资料来源:AppLovin公告,2026年2月11日、5月6日及8月5日。

采用AI的成本,还包括客户仍要完成的功课。

看多阵营手握实据

看多的理由确实有据可查。Triple Whale在9月3日发布的报告中考察了755家在AppLovin上投放广告的店铺,发现在符合条件的店铺中,61%的店铺在AppLovin上的归因回报高于用于对比的其他渠道;在七组地域留出测试(geographic holdout test)中,有五组测得统计上显著的正向营收效应。9

这仍是单一来源的证据,出自一家与AppLovin有合作的测量服务商。它能佐证广告活动确能产生效果,却没有回答:有多少小企业能够顺利起步。10

福鲁吉下一个有用的记分牌,应当把注册、广告活动上线和持续盈利投放串联起来。值得观察的是:创意工具改进之后,小型广告主能否较少依赖外部帮助,走完这条路径。

还要看,有多少新广告主能保持盈利性投放。

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  1. 1AppLovin Q2 2026 financial results, Aug 5 2026 (company-claimed and unaudited primary disclosure: revenue of $1,923,686 thousand and Q3 guidance of $2,055M to $2,085M. The SEC copy is the same source, not a second one).
  2. 2AppLovin Q1 2026 financial results, May 6 2026 (company-claimed and unaudited: revenue of $1,842,449 thousand, used as a chart input).
  3. 3AppLovin Q4 2025 earnings exhibit, Feb 11 2026 (company-claimed and unaudited: revenue of $1,657,944 thousand, the denominator for Q1 sequential growth. Labelled unaudited, and distinct from the later audited annual statements).
  4. 4AppLovin Q2 2026 earnings call, Aug 5 2026 (management's own statements, read in a third-party transcription: the video-generation limitation, the focus on midsized brands, and the gaming-model explanation for slower growth. Audio was not independently transcribed).
  5. 5AppLovin's announcement opening the platform, Jun 22 2026 (company-claimed: the referral requirement removed and one-click creation described as an aspiration, not a completed capability. AppLovin Ads is the platform; Axon is the recommendation system).
  6. 6AppLovin launch checklist, accessed Sep 14 2026 (company product instructions establishing the remaining customer work: tracking, learning budget, creative adaptation and repeat testing. The video duration is guidance rather than an eligibility rule, and the documentation discloses no failure or churn rate).
  7. 7Morgan Stanley price-target cut to $450 from $650, Overweight retained, Sep 14 2026 (the action is corroborated across ratings trackers; the client note was not accessed, and an analyst's conclusion is not an operating result. It is a $200 reduction, not a $200 target).
  8. 8Evercore ISI price-target cut, reported Sep 1 2026 (single-source account of the firm describing its own historical ecommerce-spend estimates as too high; the underlying note was not accessed, and analyst estimates are not company disclosures).
  9. 9Triple Whale report on AppLovin advertisers, updated Sep 3 2026 (single-source provider research over a selected cohort of 755 shops: 61% of qualifying shops showed higher attributed ROAS, and five of seven geographic tests were positive and significant. Shared-channel attribution can double count credit, the tests do not all measure the same revenue, and the study does not measure signup failures).
  10. 10AdExchanger on AppLovin's ecommerce and consumer expansion, Aug 5 2026 (reporting of company statements; it confirms the Triple Whale relationship described on the call rather than independently verifying operating claims).
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