Pixalate’s October 2024 US Publisher Rankings for Mobile Apps, Websites, and CTV: Peacock TV, WeatherBug, Spotify.com Among Top-Ranked Publishers and Apps For Open Programmatic Ad Traffic Quality

According to Pixalate’s October 2024 rankings, spotify.com, quora.com, businessinsider.com were the top three websites for programmatic ad quality in the United States; ‘WeatherBug’ ( Apple App Store) and ‘Groovepad’ ( Alphabet Play Store) ranked No. 1 among mobile apps; Peacock TV ( Apple TV) and Food Network GO (Roku) were among No. 1-ranked CTV apps

London, Nov. 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  Pixalate, the global market-leading ad fraud protection, privacy, and compliance analytics platform, today released the United States Publisher Trust Indexes for Websites, Mobile Apps, and Connected TV (CTV) Apps. The Publisher Trust Indexes are a global approach to quality measurement and monthly rankings of the world’s websites and apps, designed to bring unprecedented transparency to the open programmatic advertising ecosystem.

Pixalate uses its proprietary algorithms to measure a range of quality metrics, including invalid traffic (IVT, or ad fraud), Made For Advertising (MFA) risk, brand safety, ad density, viewability, reach, and more. The Publisher Trust Indexes spans rankings for 235+ countries across all four global regions: North America, EMEA, APAC, and LATAM, and provides breakdowns by 20+ different IAB taxonomy website categories.

Pixalate’s data science team analyzed over 35 billion global programmatic ad impressions across websites, over 5k CTV apps, and over 12 million mobile apps to compile the research in the October 2024 Publisher Trust Indexes.

U.S. Website PTI Rankings (October 2024)

1. spotify.com
2. quora.com
3. businessinsider.com
   
   

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U.S. Mobile PTI Rankings (October 2024)

Apple App Store

1. WeatherBug - Weather Forecast
2. CBS Sports Fantasy
3. Solitaire
   
   

Download the full rankings here.

Alphabet Play Store

1. Groovepad - music & beat maker
2. Pixel Art - Color by Number
3. TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited
   
   

Download the full rankings here.

U.S. Connected TV PTI Rankings (October 2024)

Roku

1. Food Network Go
2. Travel Channel Go
3. CNBC
   
   

Download the full rankings here.

Amazon Fire TV

1. Free Movies Plus
2. FilmRise British TV
3. HD Video for YouTube
   
   

Download the full rankings here.

Apple TV

1. Peacock TV
2. Direct TV
3. HULU
   
   

Download the full rankings here.

Samsung Smart TV

1. Western Mania
2. CNN
3. Pranks Network
   
   
   

Download the full rankings here.

About Pixalate

Pixalate is a global platform specializing in privacy compliance, ad fraud prevention, and digital ad supply chain data intelligence. Founded in 2012, Pixalate is trusted by regulators, data researchers, advertisers, publishers, ad tech platforms, and financial analysts across the Connected TV (CTV), mobile app, and website ecosystems. Pixalate is accredited by the MRC for the detection and filtration of Sophisticated Invalid Traffic (SIVT). pixalate.com

Disclaimer

The Publisher Trust Index (PTI) reflects Pixalate’s opinions with respect to factors that Pixalate believes October be useful to the digital media industry. Our reports and indexes examine programmatic advertising activity on mobile apps and Connected TV (CTV) apps. Any insights shared are grounded in Pixalate’s proprietary technology and analytics, which Pixalate is continuously evaluating and updating. Any references to outside sources in the Indexes and herein should not be construed as endorsements. Pixalate’s opinions are just that, opinions, which means that they are neither facts nor guarantees. This report is not intended to impugn the standing or reputation of any person, entity or app. Per the MRC, “'Fraud' is not intended to represent fraud as defined in various laws, statutes and ordinances or as conventionally used in U.S. Court or other legal proceedings, but rather a custom definition strictly for advertising measurement purposes. Also per the MRC, “‘Invalid Traffic’ is defined generally as traffic that does not meet certain ad serving quality or completeness criteria, or otherwise does not represent legitimate ad traffic that should be included in measurement counts. Among the reasons why ad traffic October be deemed invalid is it is a result of non-human traffic (spiders, bots, etc.), or activity designed to produce fraudulent traffic.”

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