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Interstitial
A full-screen ad shown at a natural transition point in an app or between pages, dismissible after a delay. Interstitials produce high viewability and high annoyance; Google's Better Ads Standards and app store policies restrict when and how they can be shown, and a poorly timed interstitial is one of the surest ways to lose a user.
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Agency Echelon. "Interstitial." Agency Echelon Reference, reviewed September 2026. https://agencyechelon.com/reference/glossary/interstitial/