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58,806 -- ads txt lines removed for Global SSP ecosystem (top 10k US publishers) (2025-04)
58,806 existing ads.txt lines were removed in April 2025 across top 10,000 US publishers.
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58,806
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Count
Data Vintage
2025-04
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Sample Size
10,000
Geography
US
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B
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Citation Chain
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Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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Databeat
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https://databeat.io/blog/sellers-report-may-2025/ ↗
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Sellers Report: Ads.txt & SSP Performance in May 2025
Ads.txt Lines:
In April 2025, the addition of 70,232 new ads.txt lines and the removal of 58,806 existing lines resulted in a net change of approximately +11.4K lines. This is the largest positive net change we’ve seen so far this year.
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Analysis of ads.txt files from top 10,000 US publishers
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IndustryMedia
RegionUS
Channelpaid_ads
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Global SSP ecosystem (top 10k US publishers): 58,806 ads txt lines removed. Source: Databeat (2025-04). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ads-txt-removed-lines-april-2025
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