Ad system
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
- Sellers in sellers.json
- 30
- Lines verified
- 49%
- Lines with errors
- 1,517
- Avg. supply path score
- 50.5 / 100
18,639 DIRECT · 13,513 RESELLER
0% confidential
1,481 of 2,998 checked lines
2,998 lines in total
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_idin 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 1,481
- Seller ID not found 47
- DIRECT but intermediary 1,469
- 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
1,469 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.
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 domain | Type | Files |
|---|---|---|
| bidmachine.io | INTERMEDIARY | 1,426 |
Apps that declare adscholars.com
| App | Store | Relationship | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Android | DIRECT + RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | DIRECT + RESELLER | Live | |
| iOS | DIRECT | Live | |
| Android | DIRECT | Live | |
| Android | DIRECT | Live | |
| Android | DIRECT | Live | |
| iOS | RESELLER | Live | |
| iOS | RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | DIRECT | Live | |
| Android | DIRECT | Live | |
| Android | DIRECT | Live | |
| Android | DIRECT | Live | |
| Android | RESELLER | Live | |
| iOS | DIRECT | Live | |
| Android | RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | DIRECT | Live | |
| Android | RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | DIRECT | Live | |
| Android | DIRECT | 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 2,998 lines naming adscholars.com, 1,517 contradict its sellers.json. The most common case is "DIRECT but intermediary", on 1,469 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.