LONDON, October 8, 2024 -- Pixalate, the global market-leading fraud protection, privacy, and compliance analytics platform for Connected TV (CTV) and Mobile Advertising, today released the Special Investigative Report: U.S. DOJ vs. Google 2024, analyzing Google AdExchange’s global market share of open programmatic web ad transactions.
The report utilizes Pixalate’s SupplyChain Object (SCO) data from the open programmatic web ad bid stream to highlight seller market share in each of the 114 countries analyzed in Pixalate’s Seller Trust Index, which rates over 580 sellers on market share, quality, and more.
Research Findings
- Total footprint: Google AdExchange is an ad partner on 99% of websites with open programmatic ads, per ads.txt files
- Direct ad partner: Google AdExchange is listed as a direct digital advertising selling partner on 94.6% of global websites with an ads.txt file, according to Pixalate’s data; no other ad platform is listed as a direct partner on more than 21% of websites
- Ad reselling: Google AdExchange is listed as an authorized partner to resell digital advertising on 26.7% of global websites with an ads.txt file, according to Pixalate’s data; Magnite ranks first (26.9%), followed by PubMatic (26.7%), and Google AdExchange
- Market share by country: Google AdExchange has the largest market share of open programmatic web ad transactions in 69 countries (61% of the countries analyzed)
- There are 86 instances in which at least one ad seller owns greater than 30% market share of open programmatic web ad transactions in a given country: Google AdExchange accounts for 49 of those 86 spots (57%)
- USA: Google AdExchange’s open programmatic web advertising market share is 2.3x larger than the next-largest open programmatic ad seller
- UK: Google AdExchange’s open programmatic web advertising market share is 5.2x larger than the next-largest open programmatic ad seller
- Germany: Google AdExchange’s open programmatic web advertising market share is 2.4x larger than the next-largest open programmatic ad seller
- China: Google AdExchange’s open programmatic web advertising market share is 3.5x larger than the next-largest open programmatic ad seller
- Japan: Google AdExchange’s open programmatic web advertising market share is 45% larger than the next-largest open programmatic ad seller
- Mexico: Google AdExchange’s open programmatic web advertising market share is 79% larger than the next-largest open programmatic ad seller
- Brazil: Google AdExchange’s open programmatic web advertising market share in Brazil is 2%, which ranks 16th in the country, according to Pixalate’s data; Magnite ranks No. 1
Google AdExchange’s market share in key global ad economies
Pixalate’s research features the top sellers based on open programmatic web ad transaction market share in key global ad economies from North America, EMEA, LATAM, and APAC.
Below are Google AdExchange’s market share figures:
- United States: 16% market share (Rank: 1)
- Canada: 26% market share (Rank: 1)
- China: 49% market share (Rank: 1)
- Japan: 42% market share (Rank: 1)
- Singapore: 29% market share (Rank: 1)
- United Kingdom: 31% market share (Rank: 1)
- Germany: 31% market share (Rank: 1)
- France: 21% market share (Rank: 1)
- Brazil: 2% market share (Rank: 16)
- Mexico: 25% market share (Rank: 1)
Download Pixalate’s Special Investigative Report: U.S. DOJ vs. Google 2024 today.
About Pixalate
Pixalate is a global market-leading ad fraud protection, privacy, and compliance analytics platform. Pixalate works 24/7 to guard your reputation and grow your media value by offering the only system of coordinated solutions across display, app, video, and CTV for the detection and elimination of ad fraud. Pixalate is an MRC-accredited service for the detection and filtration of sophisticated invalid traffic (SIVT) across desktop and mobile web, mobile in-app, and CTV advertising. www.pixalate.com
Disclaimer
The content of this press release, and the Special Investigative Report: U.S. DOJ vs. Google 2024(the "Report"), reflect Pixalate's opinions with respect to factors that Pixalate believes can be useful to the digital media industry. Any data shared is grounded in Pixalate's proprietary technology and analytics, which Pixalate is continuously evaluating and updating. Any references to outside sources should not be construed as endorsements. Pixalate's opinions are just that, opinions, which means that they are neither facts nor guarantees. Pixalate is sharing this data not to impugn the standing or reputation of any entity, person or app, but, instead, to report findings and trends pertaining to programmatic advertising activity in the time period studied. Pixalate does not independently verify third-party information.
