theCHIVE
by Chive Media Group LLC · com.thechive
Most of the 2,599 lines in theCHIVE's app-ads.txt (thechive.com) are RESELLER lines: 2,330 against 269 DIRECT, across 326 ad systems. 808 of the 2,365 lines checked name a seller ID the network's sellers.json does not list, so buyers that check drop those paths. The file last changed on 6 October 2026; the same file covers 2 apps of this developer.
Store data
- Rating
- 4.42
- Installs
- 5M+
- Category
- Entertainment
- Contains ads
- Yes
268,557 ratings
Offers in-app purchases
app-ads.txt
- Domain
- thechive.com
- Status
- Found (200)
- Lines
- 2,599
- DIRECT / RESELLER
- 269 / 2,330
- OWNERDOMAIN
- thechive.com
- MANAGERDOMAIN
- adsbynimbus.com
- Parse errors
- 200
- Last fetched
- Oct 11, 2026
- Last changed
- Oct 6, 2026
sellers.json cross-check
2,599 lines checked
Verified
1,246
Errors
930
Warnings
264
- Seller ID not found 808
- DIRECT but intermediary 59
- RESELLER but publisher 63
- Seller type BOTH 185
- Confidential seller 4
- No sellers.json 75
- Unchecked 159
Declared supply tree
269 direct accounts across 109 direct sellers · 1,222 resellers buying from them · 1,108 not matched
1,108 resellers, intermediary not matched to a direct seller of this app (account not found in the ad system's sellers.json: 716; the ad system publishes no usable sellers.json: 60; not cross-checked yet: 136; the intermediary's domain is not a direct seller of this app: 129; sellers.json lists the account as a publisher, not an intermediary: 64; the seller is confidential in sellers.json: 2; the intermediary has no domain in sellers.json: 1).
Seller IDs the networks do not list
808 lines of this app-ads.txt name an account ID that the ad system's sellers.json does not contain; the first 15 in file order. Usually a stale line or a typo in the ID. How to fix it
| Line | Ad system | Account ID | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | appnexus.com | 9669 | RESELLER |
| 26 | indexexchange.com | 191730 | RESELLER |
| 51 | appnexus.com | 9669 | DIRECT |
| 52 | indexexchange.com | 197935 | DIRECT |
| 53 | improvedigital.com | 2050 | RESELLER |
| 54 | triplelift.com | 2720 | DIRECT |
| 58 | gumgum.com | 15586 | DIRECT |
| 60 | mediago.io | 045ac24b888bcf59a09731e7f0f2084f | RESELLER |
| 77 | freewheel.tv | 1055761 | RESELLER |
| 89 | appnexus.com | 6849 | RESELLER |
| 101 | inmobi.com | ba5fd3fb82c5412989b23c3eec71baf7 | RESELLER |
| 108 | rubiconproject.com | 13918 | RESELLER |
| 110 | appnexus.com | 12637 | RESELLER |
| 119 | themediagrid.com | PRLEZI | RESELLER |
| 131 | appnexus.com | 8035 | RESELLER |
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Last crawled Mon, Oct 12, 2026 3:46 AM. Data derived from the public store listing, the developer's app-ads.txt and the ad systems' sellers.json files.