Taboola says DeeperDive nears 7 million monthly users

Taboola says DeeperDive has reached nearly 7 million monthly active users, hitting that mark eight months after launch.

DeeperDive is Taboola’s AI question-and-answer product for publisher websites. In the UK, it is already used by titles including The Independent and Reach publications such as the Mirror, the Express, MyLondon and the Manchester Evening News.

The tool is also expanding into six more languages: French, German, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean and Spanish. Publishers joining that expansion include Ouest France, El Nacional and Ynet.

Taboola says politics, sport, finance, entertainment and shopping are the most common topics for user questions. About half of questions submitted through the service relate to news, entertainment and sports information from the previous 24 hours.

Figures provided by Taboola suggest some publishers are seeing adoption rates of as much as 17% among users on sites where the product has been integrated. In other words, roughly one in six visitors is using the feature to ask questions.

Taboola also says DeeperDive is changing how readers move through publisher sites once they enter the AI interface. The company says the likelihood of a user choosing to read an article after entering the system rises to more than 20%, compared with the low single-digit rates that have long characterised article-to-article recirculation across much of the web.

Another part of the pitch to publishers is editorial data. According to Taboola, newsroom teams using the DeeperDive dashboard can review millions of reader questions each month, often more than 10 million, and use that information to guide coverage and homepage decisions.

Publisher push

The launch and rollout come as publishers look for ways to keep readers on their own sites while generative AI products reshape search and discovery habits. For media groups, tools embedded directly into article pages may help retain audience attention and capture more direct signals on reader interests, rather than ceding that interaction to external AI services.

Taboola has long been known for content recommendation and advertising placements on publisher sites. DeeperDive extends that role into AI-driven discovery and gives the company another path into advertising tied to reader interaction on news and media websites.

Taboola says DeeperDive users generate some of the highest advertiser conversion rates across its network, though it did not provide absolute revenue or conversion figures.

Executive view

Chief Executive Officer Adam Singolda outlined the company’s case for why publishers are adopting the product.

“Publishers love DeeperDive because it brings the AI revolution directly into their own environments, enabling readers to ask questions, have conversations, and discover trusted content in entirely new ways,” said Adam Singolda, Chief Executive Officer, Taboola. “In my career, I have never seen users adopt a new product at these levels while generating such strong engagement and advertiser performance.”

He also set out the company’s view of how AI services may develop across the web.

“I believe the AI landscape will ultimately be defined by two models: subscription LLMs and ad supported LLMs. With DeeperDive, we have the opportunity to build the largest ad supported LLM for the open web, free for publishers and free for users. At the same time, we’re creating a powerful new supply opportunity for advertisers and a meaningful new revenue stream for publishers. People want more than answers. They want trusted content and to be part of a community. While direct AI engines are powerful, I will always prefer watching Knicks highlights on my favorite local or sports site or reading travel reviews from a trusted publication when planning a trip with my family. Experiences built around trusted content and community will only grow stronger over time,” said Singolda.

Taboola says its wider network reaches more than 600 million daily active users across publisher and device partners, giving it a broad installed base from which to distribute products such as DeeperDive.