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adscholars.com

29,805 apps across 2,707 app-ads.txt files declare adscholars.com; 63% hold a DIRECT account and 45% list it as a RESELLER. Of 2,903 lines checked against its sellers.json (30 sellers), 50% match, 1.6% name an unlisted account and 49% declare the wrong seller type.

Apps declaring it
29,805

18,639 DIRECT · 13,513 RESELLER

Sellers in sellers.json
30

0% confidential

Lines verified
50%

1,496 of 3,024 checked lines

Lines with errors
1,528

3,024 lines in total

Avg. supply path score
50.5 / 100

30,665 apps scored

App counts, the sellers.json breakdown and the directory ranking are as of , recomputed daily (the same numbers as the directory). Line counts are recounted every 10 minutes. sellers.json last read 13 October 2026. The supply path score sums up how short and clean the declared paths are, 0 to 100 (how it is computed).

How to add adscholars.com to app-ads.txt

One line per account, in the app-ads.txt at the root of the domain your App Store and Google Play listings name as the developer website.

adscholars.com, YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID, DIRECT
adscholars.com, YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID, RESELLER
  • Field 1: adscholars.com, the domain adscholars.com uses in app-ads.txt.
  • Field 2: your account ID with adscholars.com. It must equal the seller_id in adscholars.com's sellers.json.
  • Field 3: DIRECT if you hold the account, RESELLER if a partner holds it and sells your inventory. DIRECT vs RESELLER
  • Field 4 (optional): a certification authority ID. Most lines naming adscholars.com carry none, or different ones, so we do not suggest one.

sellers.json at a glance

Status
Published
Sellers listed
30
Confidential
0 (0%)
Passthrough
0
Removed, last 30 days
0
Last read
Oct 13, 2026
  • PUBLISHER5
  • INTERMEDIARY24
  • BOTH1

Cross-check of lines naming adscholars.com

  • Verified 1,496
  • Seller ID not found 47
  • DIRECT but intermediary 1,480
  • RESELLER but publisher 1
  • Seller type BOTH 0
  • Confidential seller 0
  • No sellers.json 0
  • Unchecked 0

Every line naming adscholars.com is looked up in its sellers.json. What each status means

Common errors with adscholars.com lines

  • DIRECT but intermediary 1,480 lines

    If a partner holds this account and resells your inventory, the line should say RESELLER. If the account is yours, ask adscholars.com to list it as PUBLISHER.

  • Seller ID not found 47 lines

    Ask adscholars.com for the account ID it lists for you in its sellers.json, correct the line, or remove it if you no longer work with them. Buyers that check sellers.json drop these paths.

  • RESELLER but publisher 1 line

    If the account is yours, declare it DIRECT. If a partner holds it, ask adscholars.com why the account is listed as PUBLISHER.

Common app-ads.txt errors and how to fix them

Intermediaries most declared as RESELLER

Accounts on adscholars.com that its sellers.json lists as INTERMEDIARY or BOTH, by the number of app-ads.txt files declaring them. Confidential sellers are left out.

Seller domainTypeFiles
bidmachine.io INTERMEDIARY 1,426

Apps that declare adscholars.com

AppStoreRelationshipStatus
Android DIRECT Live
Android DIRECT Live
Android DIRECT Live
Android DIRECT Live
Android RESELLER Live
Android RESELLER Live
Android RESELLER Live
Android DIRECT Live
Android DIRECT + RESELLER Live
Android DIRECT + RESELLER Live
iOS DIRECT Live
Android DIRECT Live
Android DIRECT Live
iOS DIRECT Live
Android RESELLER Live
iOS RESELLER Live
Android RESELLER Live
Android RESELLER Live
Android RESELLER Live
Android RESELLER Live

Questions about adscholars.com

Does adscholars.com publish a sellers.json?

Yes. Its file at https://adscholars.com/sellers.json listed 30 sellers when we last read it on 13 October 2026: 5 publishers, 24 intermediaries and 1 listed as both; 0% are confidential.

How many apps declare adscholars.com in app-ads.txt?

29,805 apps in Stoqlab's data (delisted apps included) declare adscholars.com: 18,639 with at least one DIRECT line and 13,513 with at least one RESELLER line, across 2,707 app-ads.txt files, as of 13 October 2026 (recounted daily).

Why do adscholars.com lines fail verification?

Of 3,024 lines naming adscholars.com, 1,528 contradict its sellers.json. The most common case is "DIRECT but intermediary", on 1,480 lines. If a partner holds this account and resells your inventory, the line should say RESELLER. If the account is yours, ask adscholars.com to list it as PUBLISHER.

Not sure whether your line should say DIRECT or RESELLER? DIRECT vs RESELLER in app-ads.txt

Sources: the public app-ads.txt files of tracked apps and the sellers.json of adscholars.com. Something wrong? Tell us.