---
title: "Pixalate Week in Review: August 14 - 18, 2023"
description: Pixalate reviews news from August 14 - 18, 2023 in the ad tech space through the lens of privacy, market research, and ad fraud.
---

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# [Pixalate Week in Review: August 14 - 18, 2023](https://www.pixalate.com/blog/august-18-2023-weekly-recap)

 Written by [Pixalate](https://www.pixalate.com/blog/author/pixalate) | Aug 18, 2023 5:00:00 PM

This week's review of ad fraud and privacy in the digital advertising space:

## The Q2 2023 Global Seller Trust Indexes

Pixalate released the Q2 2023 Mobile, CTV, Desktop & Mobile Web Seller Trust Indexes, the comprehensive global seller quality ratings and rankings for programmatic advertising sold on mobile apps available for download in the Google Play and Apple App Stores, the Roku, Amazon Fire TV, and Samsung devices, and across desktop and mobile web. You can find out more in the [mobile blog](https://www.pixalate.com/blog/sti-q2-2023-mobile), the [CTV blog](https://www.pixalate.com/blog/sti-q2-2023-ctv), the [desktop blog](https://www.pixalate.com/blog/sti-q2-2023-desktop-mobile-web) and access the rankings below:

- [Mobile Seller Trust Index](https://ratings.pixalate.com/rankings/app/seller-trust-index/NA/20230601)<https://www.pixalate.com/mobile-app-spoofing-report-google-play-store>
- [CTV Seller Trust Index - Roku](https://ratings.pixalate.com/rankings/ctv/seller-trust-index/Roku/)
- [CTV Seller Trust Index - Amazon](https://ratings.pixalate.com/rankings/ctv/seller-trust-index/Amazon/)
- [CTV Seller Trust Index - Samsung](https://ratings.pixalate.com/rankings/ctv/seller-trust-index/Samsung/)
- [Web Seller Trust Index - USA](https://ratings.pixalate.com/rankings/domain/seller-trust-index/US/)
- [Web Seller Trust Index - International](https://ratings.pixalate.com/rankings/domain/seller-trust-index/NON-US/)

## Mobile Publisher Trust Index

We released the July 2023 Mobile Publisher Trust Index (PTI), a global approach to quality measurement and monthly rankings of the world's Connected TV (CTV) and mobile apps, bringing transparency to the programmatic advertising ecosystem. Find out more in [this blog](https://www.pixalate.com/blog/mobile-publisher-trust-index-july-2023), and access the reports here:

<https://www.pixalate.com/mobile-app-spoofing-report-google-play-store>

## Top 100 CTV Bundle IDs

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To help the open programmatic ad marketplace better understand the CTV Bundle ID landscape, Pixalate is publishing a list of the top 100 most popular Bundle IDs across Roku, Amazon Fire TV, and, Samsung, from July 2023 based on global data. Find in [this blog,](https://www.pixalate.com/blog/july-2023-top-100-ctv-bundle-ids) and access the reports here:

- [Amazon Fire TV](https://www.pixalate.com/top-ctv-bundle-ids-fire-tv)
- [Samsung](https://www.pixalate.com/top-ctv-bundle-ids-samsung)
- [Roku](https://www.pixalate.com/top-ctv-bundle-ids-roku)

## CTV & Mobile App Manual Reviews

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Pixalate's [Trust & Safety Advisory Board](https://www.pixalate.com/trust-and-safety-advisory-board) published five new manual reviews this week where they assess an app’s child-directedness:

- [Angry Birds POP Bubble Shooter](https://www.pixalate.com/blog/app-review-series-angry-birds-pop-bubble-shooter)
- [Suspects: Mystery Mansion](https://www.pixalate.com/blog/app-review-series-suspects-mystery-mansion)
- [Plants vs Zombies 2](https://www.pixalate.com/blog/app-review-series-plants-vs-zombies-2)
- [Stumble Guys](https://www.pixalate.com/blog/app-review-series-stumble-guys)

You can search Pixalate's full catalogue of reviews in our [CTV and Mobile App Review Page](https://www.pixalate.com/app-reviews)

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