Mantis is an advertising network for cannabis and CBD brands - the plumbing that gets their ads onto endemic publisher sites.
Who they are
Mantis describes itself as an end-to-end ad network serving the legal cannabis industry and the ancillary businesses around it. It works both sides of the market: advertisers buy campaigns through a self-serve dashboard, and publishers plug in to monetise their inventory, with a network it puts in the hundreds of endemic titles.
What they cover
Not editorial. What Mantis offers is inventory and targeting - display, video, sponsored content recommendation widgets and retargeting, with audience selection by geography, contextual interest, time of day, device, operating system and first-party customer lists.
Format and cadence
A web platform, running continuously.
Who it's for
Growth marketers at cannabis brands, CBD companies and smoke-shop businesses trying to buy reach, and the endemic publishers on the other end of the network selling it. It sells attention the way Cannabiz Media sells contact data — same customer, different part of the funnel.
Where to find them
Everything runs through mantisadnetwork.com - the advertiser dashboard, the publisher signup and the pricing. They do not link social accounts from their own site.
Background and significance
Mantis is a digital advertising network serving cannabis, CBD and other regulated or restricted categories. It connects advertisers with publisher inventory and audience targeting that may be unavailable through mainstream advertising platforms. The company is part of the distribution infrastructure that supports many independent cannabis websites.
Distinctive role
Its relevance comes from advertising policy rather than editorial production. Cannabis brands often face platform restrictions, so specialized networks provide a route to reach readers already visiting endemic publications. That reach is concentrated within cannabis-focused media and may not provide the broader audiences available to unrestricted categories. Mantis should therefore be evaluated through inventory quality, measurement, compliance controls and publisher relationships—not as an independent media voice.