B
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64,000
64,000 -- ads txt lines removed for US publishers (top 10k) (2024-03)
Nearly 64,000 existing ads.txt lines were removed across the top 10,000 US publishers in March 2024.
- Stat is approximate ('nearly 64,000')
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64,000
Unit
Count
Data Vintage
2024-03
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Sample Size
10,000
Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
DataBeat
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Tier B
https://databeat.io/blog/sellers-report-april-2024/ ↗
Source Article
Sellers Report - April 2024
Ads.txt Lines:
In March 2024, the addition of over 80,000 new ads.txt lines and the removal of nearly 64,000 existing lines resulted in a net change of over 16,000 more lines. This marks the highest level of change observed in the past three months. This indicates that publishers are actively seekin…
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DataBeat
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Methodology
DataBeat analysis of ads.txt files from top 10k US publishers
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Industrymarketing
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US publishers (top 10k): 64,000 ads txt lines removed. Source: DataBeat (2024-03). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ads-txt-removed-lines-march-2024
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