Ad network and exchange

Chartboost

chartboost.com

Chartboost is an in-app ad network and exchange focused on mobile games.

Most of the 114,309 apps that declare chartboost.com reach it through a reseller: 92% have a RESELLER line, 50% a DIRECT one. Its sellers.json lists 656 sellers but leaves out 1,467 accounts that app-ads.txt files name, so we do not grade the lines against it. 42 sellers left its sellers.json in the last 30 days.

Apps declaring it
114,309

56,937 DIRECT · 104,670 RESELLER

Sellers in sellers.json
656

0% confidential

Lines verified
—

sellers.json incomplete

Lines with errors
27,232

31,636 lines in total

Avg. supply path score
49.2 / 100

119,116 apps scored

chartboost.com's sellers.json looks incomplete: it lists 656 sellers, while app-ads.txt files name 1,467 other chartboost.com accounts it does not list. A line it does not list may be a seller the network never published rather than a stale line, so we show no verified or not-listed share for it.

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 Chartboost 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.

chartboost.com, YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID, DIRECT
chartboost.com, YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID, RESELLER
  • Field 1: chartboost.com, the domain Chartboost uses in app-ads.txt.
  • Field 2: your account ID with Chartboost. It must equal the seller_id in Chartboost'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 chartboost.com carry none, or different ones, so we do not suggest one.

sellers.json at a glance

Status
Published
Sellers listed
656
Confidential
0 (0%)
Passthrough
0
Removed, last 30 days
42
Last read
Oct 13, 2026
  • PUBLISHER656
  • INTERMEDIARY0
  • BOTH0

Cross-check of lines naming chartboost.com

  • Verified 4,404
  • Seller ID not found 21,682
  • DIRECT but intermediary 0
  • RESELLER but publisher 5,550
  • Seller type BOTH 0
  • Confidential seller 0
  • No sellers.json 0
  • Unchecked 0

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

Common errors with chartboost.com lines

  • Seller ID not found 21,682 lines

    Ask Chartboost 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 5,550 lines

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

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

Apps that declare chartboost.com

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

Questions about Chartboost

Does Chartboost publish a sellers.json?

Yes. Its file at https://chartboost.com/sellers.json listed 656 sellers when we last read it on 13 October 2026: 656 publishers, 0 intermediaries and 0 listed as both; 0% are confidential.

How many apps declare Chartboost in app-ads.txt?

114,309 apps in Stoqlab's data (delisted apps included) declare chartboost.com: 56,937 with at least one DIRECT line and 104,670 with at least one RESELLER line, across 15,344 app-ads.txt files, as of 13 October 2026 (recounted daily).

Why do chartboost.com lines fail verification?

Of 31,636 lines naming chartboost.com, 27,232 contradict its sellers.json. The most common case is "Seller ID not found", on 21,682 lines. Ask Chartboost 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.

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 chartboost.com. Something wrong? Tell us.