C
Evidence Grade C
Graded
under review
Use with Hedging
Current
50%
50% -- viewability rate for industry standard threshold (2026)
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Evidence graded
Value
50%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Evidence Quality
C
Moderate quality evidence
Useful directional data with some methodological gaps. Treat as indicative rather than definitive -- corroborate before citing in formal research.
Single source - not yet corroborated
Score breakdown
Extraction
95
Source Trust
50
Citation Chain
90
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
86
Source
Playwire
Primary
Tier A
https://www.playwire.com/blog/ad-revenue-defintion-what-is-ad-revenue ↗
Source Article
Ad Revenue Definition: What is Ad Revenue?
Ad Revenue Definition: What is Ad Revenue?
November 19, 2025
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Methodology
Minimum acceptable viewability for ad placements.
Methodology documented
Segmentation
Channelcommon_crawl
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industry standard threshold: 50% viewability rate. Source: Playwire (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/viewability-benchmark
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