Ad system
xad.com
Most of the 137,140 apps that declare xad.com reach it through a reseller: 100% have a RESELLER line, 0.1% a DIRECT one (20,477 files, 13,287 of them through Smaato's account). 25% of the 61,143 lines checked name an account its sellers.json (37 sellers) does not list. 1 seller left its sellers.json in the last 30 days.
- Apps declaring it
- 137,140
- Sellers in sellers.json
- 37
- Lines verified
- 75%
- Lines with errors
- 15,986
- Avg. supply path score
- 49.8 / 100
120 DIRECT · 137,136 RESELLER
0% confidential
47,014 of 63,000 checked lines
63,000 lines in total
136,385 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 xad.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.
xad.com, YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID, DIRECT, 81cbf0a75a5e0e9a
xad.com, YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID, RESELLER, 81cbf0a75a5e0e9a
- Field 1:
xad.com, the domain xad.com uses in app-ads.txt. - Field 2: your account ID with xad.com. It must equal the
seller_idin xad.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):
81cbf0a75a5e0e9a, the certification authority ID on 96% of the lines naming xad.com.
sellers.json at a glance
- Status
- Published
- Sellers listed
- 37
- Confidential
- 0 (0%)
- Passthrough
- 0
- Removed, last 30 days
- 1
- Last read
- Oct 13, 2026
- PUBLISHER15
- INTERMEDIARY22
- BOTH0
Cross-check of lines naming xad.com
- Verified 47,014
- Seller ID not found 15,966
- DIRECT but intermediary 20
- RESELLER but publisher 0
- Seller type BOTH 0
- Confidential seller 0
- No sellers.json 0
- Unchecked 0
Every line naming xad.com is looked up in its sellers.json. What each status means
Common errors with xad.com lines
-
Seller ID not found
15,966 lines
Ask xad.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.
-
DIRECT but intermediary
20 lines
If a partner holds this account and resells your inventory, the line should say RESELLER. If the account is yours, ask xad.com to list it as PUBLISHER.
Intermediaries most declared as RESELLER
Accounts on xad.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 |
|---|---|---|
| smaato.com | INTERMEDIARY | 13,287 |
| mobfox.com | INTERMEDIARY | 9,019 |
| unrulymedia.com | INTERMEDIARY | 7,994 |
| digitalturbine.com | INTERMEDIARY | 7,970 |
| inmobi.com | INTERMEDIARY | 2,961 |
| verizon.com | INTERMEDIARY | 1,378 |
| aerserv.com | INTERMEDIARY | 914 |
| mobilefuse.com | INTERMEDIARY | 828 |
Apps that declare xad.com
| App | Store | Relationship | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Android | RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | RESELLER | Live | |
| Android | RESELLER | Live |
Questions about xad.com
Does xad.com publish a sellers.json?
Yes. Its file at https://www.groundtruth.com/sellers.json listed 37 sellers when we last read it on 13 October 2026: 15 publishers, 22 intermediaries and 0 listed as both; 0% are confidential.
How many apps declare xad.com in app-ads.txt?
137,140 apps in Stoqlab's data (delisted apps included) declare xad.com: 120 with at least one DIRECT line and 137,136 with at least one RESELLER line, across 20,477 app-ads.txt files, as of 13 October 2026 (recounted daily).
What is the certification authority ID for xad.com?
96% of the app-ads.txt lines naming xad.com carry "81cbf0a75a5e0e9a" in the fourth field. The field is optional; the IAB Tech Lab ads.txt 1.1 specification says identifiers in sellers.json supersede it, so a missing or different value does not make a line invalid.
Why do xad.com lines fail verification?
Of 63,000 lines naming xad.com, 15,986 contradict its sellers.json. The most common case is "Seller ID not found", on 15,966 lines. Ask xad.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.
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 xad.com. Something wrong? Tell us.