Research into global invalid traffic (IVT, including ad fraud) in open programmatic website advertising reveals an 11% global IVT rate on desktop web traffic; the EMEA region (8%) had the lowest IVT rate; global desktop web traffic on Firefox browser was the most susceptible to IVT (22%), followed by Apple’s Safari (14%)
London, 13 March, 2024 -- Pixalate, the global market-leading ad fraud protection, privacy, and compliance analytics platform, today released the Q4 2023 Global Desktop & Mobile Web Invalid Traffic Benchmark Report, analyzing the invalid traffic (IVT, including ad fraud) rates for open programmatic advertising on desktop and mobile websites in Q4 2023.
To compile the research, Pixalate’s data science team analyzed over 15 billion open programmatic desktop and mobile web ad impressions in Q4 2023. The report benchmarks IVT and ad fraud across desktop and mobile web browsers by global region (Global, North America, EMEA, APAC, LATAM), country, browser (Google Chrome, Firefox, Apple Safari, Microsoft Edge, Opera), device type, and app-ads.txt. files. Pixalate’s findings concerning the mobile web traffic analysis cover smartphones as well as tablet devices.
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About Pixalate
Pixalate is a global platform for privacy compliance, ad fraud prevention, and data intelligence in the digital ad supply chain. Founded in 2012, Pixalate’s platform 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 MRC-accredited for the detection and filtration of Sophisticated Invalid Traffic (SIVT). www.pixalate.com
Disclaimer
The content of this press release, and the Q4 2023 Desktop and Mobile Web Invalid Traffic Benchmarks Report (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. Per the Media Rating Council (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 may be deemed invalid is it is a result of non-human traffic (spiders, bots, etc.), or activity designed to produce fraudulent traffic.” IVT is also sometimes referred to as “ad fraud.” 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.”
