Ad fraud remains a concerning issue for advertisers across all platforms. Billions of dollars are wasted every year on unreliable publishers who exploit the weaknesses of the programmatic ad supply chain. However, invalid traffic (IVT, or “ad fraud”) rates decreased in the open Connected TV (CTV) programmatic marketplace in the first two quarters of 2021, according to Pixalate’s latest measurements
According to Pixalate’s Global Connected TV Ad Supply Chain Trends Report, the invalid traffic (IVT) rate in open programmatic CTV advertising was ~15% in the H121. It was a significant decrease compared to the Q420 when the IVT rate was estimated to be 24%.
Moreover, ad fraud rates in 2021 were lower than in any quarter in 2020. In 2020, ad fraud rates fluctuated between 19% in Q2 and 24% in Q4.
Pixalate will continue to benchmark these figures to see if the rates remain lower, or if they rise back to the 20%-25% range if scammers increase attacks on holiday ad budgets.
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