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Native and content advertising · October 2026 Edition

LinkedIn Sponsored Content vs Sharethrough

Two of fourteen models named LinkedIn Sponsored Content first on the direct prompt; zero named Sharethrough. LinkedIn Sponsored Content was named by eleven of the fourteen models and Sharethrough by ten and LinkedIn Sponsored Content carries 19 labels and Sharethrough 15, so the shares are not directly comparable.

LinkedIn Sponsored Content

accepted challenger

By LinkedIn, Sunnyvale, United States, founded 2002. Named in one category this edition.

Sharethrough

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share10%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#7A position in a field of 9; printed, not drawn.
Labels1915A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, LinkedIn Sponsored Content reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.StackAdapt was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. StackAdapt vs LinkedIn Sponsored Content · StackAdapt vs Sharethrough · Revcontent vs LinkedIn Sponsored Content

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the native and content advertising page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
LinkedIn Sponsored ContentFirst choices, of fourteen modelsSharethrough
Direct20
Paraphrase30
Comparative00
Budget-constrained00
Scale-constrained01
Negative00
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, LinkedIn Sponsored Content and Sharethrough were named in the same answer eight times, of the 60 answers naming LinkedIn Sponsored Content and the 47 naming Sharethrough. In those answers Sharethrough took the first choice zero times and LinkedIn Sponsored Content two.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where LinkedIn Sponsored Content and Sharethrough stood in it.
ModelDirectSHParaphraseSHComparativeSHBudget-constrainedSHScale-constrainedSHNegativeSH
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 FlashSH
Perplexity SonarSH
Grok 4.1 FastSHSHSH
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 FlashSH
Kimi K2SH
GLM 4.7 FlashXSHSH
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
LinkedIn Sponsored ContentSH Sharethrough first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, LinkedIn Sponsored Content on the left and Sharethrough on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where LinkedIn Sponsored Content and Sharethrough stood in it.

LinkedIn Sponsored Content first, Sharethrough not the choice

2 of 14 modelsSharethrough was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashLinkedIn Sponsored Content alternatives: 6sense, AdLib, Basis, Demandbase, Dianomi
GPT-6 LunaLinkedIn Sponsored Content alternatives: AdRoll ABM

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5StackAdapt alternatives: LinkedIn Sponsored Content, Teads
Grok 4.1 FastStackAdapt alternatives: Sharethrough, Taboola, Teads
DeepSeek V4 FlashStackAdapt alternatives: LinkedIn Sponsored Content, NetLine, ViB
Kimi K2StackAdapt alternatives: LinkedIn Sponsored Content, Taboola, Teads
GLM 4.7 FlashXStackAdapt alternatives: LinkedIn Sponsored Content, Microsoft Advertising
MiniMax M2.5StackAdapt alternatives: LinkedIn Sponsored Content, Microsoft Advertising, SmartyAds DSP

Neither was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniStackAdapt alternatives: AdRoll ABM, Demandbase, Microsoft Advertising Audience Ads
Perplexity SonarStackAdapt alternatives: Taboola
Mistral SmallStackAdapt
Llama 4 MaverickStackAdapt alternatives: Abmatic AI, Demandbase
Qwen 3.7 FlashStackAdapt alternatives: Raptive, Simpli.fi, Taboola, Teads
Muse Glimmer 30BStackAdapt alternatives: Taboola / Realize, Teads

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
LinkedIn Sponsored Content leads by twenty-one points.
LinkedIn Sponsored Content21%#3 of 8
Sharethrough0%#7 of 8
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
LinkedIn Sponsored Content leads by eight points.
LinkedIn Sponsored Content10%#4 of 9
Sharethrough2%#7 of 9
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
LinkedIn Sponsored Content leads by twenty points.
LinkedIn Sponsored Content20%#1 of 10
Sharethrough0%#10 of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about LinkedIn Sponsored Content

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.

“Start with LinkedIn Sponsored Content for your primary native ads effort since it offers the best B2B targeting and highest intent.” MiniMax M2.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“StackAdapt and LinkedIn Sponsored Content are often the top recommendations” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“I'd start with LinkedIn Sponsored Content... use LinkedIn as the main B2B channel” GPT-6 Luna · paraphrase prompt · first choice

What the models said about Sharethrough

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.

“prioritize platforms like StackAdapt (omnichannel) or Sharethrough (brand-safe in-feed) per recent analyses” Grok 4.1 Fast · scale prompt · first choice
“Leverage TripleLift or Sharethrough to dynamically transform standard assets into native formats” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · alternative
“If your goal is premium brand perception and engagement, consider Sharethrough or Nativo.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative prompt · alternative
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.