An IAB Tech Lab standard that lets app publishers declare which ad networks are authorized to sell their inventory.

Where do I put the app-ads.txt file?

At the root of the developer website listed in your App Store / Google Play page, e.g. https://studio.com/app-ads.txt.

What is a Certification Authority ID?

An optional TAG-ID of the ad system, the 4th field of an app-ads.txt record.

kik.com app-ads.txt check

kik.com is missing out on higher CPMs: its app-ads.txt has 5 invalid lines and lists only 2,245 of the 3,907 lines its 23 ad networks expect (43% missing). Unlisted sellers can't be verified, so buyers bid less or skip the inventory.

Checked 20 Oct 2026. 4,404 lines, 3,121 unique records, 864 duplicates, 5 invalid lines, 39 ad networks detected.

Ad networks in kik.com/app-ads.txt

TripleLift — account 3672: 1 line in the file
Meta Audience Network — account 945325018817360: 1 line in the file
MobileFuse — accounts 4407, 3780: 2 lines in the file
Xandr (Microsoft) — accounts 12864, 11906, 2778 and 1 more: 4 lines in the file
Smaato — accounts 1100054416, 1100056748, 1100032283 and 7 more: 10 lines in the file
InMobi — accounts 71e47143e5984d23b7e97fbf881a9ca9, dc1629a0b0a54f118bd8c9990450bcd5, 3bd30cda12354b0c9ea9e0c05a655be7: 103 lines in the file, 171 expected lines missing
OpenX — accounts 558907111, 559797964, 557892748 and 3 more: 6 lines in the file
Verve (PubNative) — accounts 1008554, 1007161, 1007290 and 3 more: 400 lines in the file, 400 expected lines missing
PubMatic — accounts 162872, 167698, 165773 and 1 more: 4 lines in the file
Display.io — accounts 2526, 2502, 226582: 34 lines in the file, 1 expected line missing
Ogury — accounts 2ae44729-b712-439f-bd89-5606291488e4, 96b846a8-73e2-4df4-a244-3a804652f36e: 16 lines in the file, 3 expected lines missing
ironSource / LevelPlay — account 376405: 85 lines in the file, 41 expected lines missing
Unity Ads — account 5327334: 94 lines in the file, 67 expected lines missing
Amazon Publisher Services — accounts 48266a61-b3d9-4cb7-b172-553abc6a42a4, c9b531f8-fb66-4338-b004-d67dd24fa949, 5048 and 2 more: 5 lines in the file
Mintegral — account 49277: 400 lines in the file, 400 expected lines missing
DT Exchange (Fyber) — account 208021: 312 lines in the file, 139 expected lines missing
Index Exchange — accounts 185464, 195582, 195586 and 1 more: 4 lines in the file
Vungle — account 62e85e3836ed04001b6d0adb: 359 lines in the file, 1 expected line missing
Sovrn — account 318199: 1 line in the file
Magnite (Rubicon) — accounts 8526, 24396, 15874 and 1 more: 4 lines in the file
Start.io — account 172022804: 67 lines in the file, 91 expected lines missing
Google AdMob — accounts pub-5898078719916247, pub-3660744125473442, pub-4209653137970238: 3 lines in the file
AppLovin — account 61bd41d6b13f3e90aedc22392e2f4325: 36 lines in the file
Chartboost — partner (reseller) lines only: 400 lines in the file, 290 expected lines missing
Yandex Ads — partner (reseller) lines only: 90 lines in the file, 78 expected lines missing
VK Ads (myTarget) — partner (reseller) lines only: 68 lines in the file, 76 expected lines missing
BIGO Ads — partner (reseller) lines only: 400 lines in the file, 387 expected lines missing
Yango Ads — partner (reseller) lines only: 400 lines in the file, 400 expected lines missing
Bidease — partner (reseller) lines only: 21 lines in the file, 28 expected lines missing
BlueSea — partner (reseller) lines only: 10 lines in the file, 27 expected lines missing
DSP Exchange — partner (reseller) lines only: 180 lines in the file, 381 expected lines missing
Maticoo (zMaticoo) — partner (reseller) lines only: 159 lines in the file, 285 expected lines missing
Monetrix — partner (reseller) lines only: 18 lines in the file, 75 expected lines missing
Prado — partner (reseller) lines only: 13 lines in the file, 14 expected lines missing
HyprMX — partner (reseller) lines only: 218 lines in the file, 151 expected lines missing
Kidoz — partner (reseller) lines only: 9 lines in the file, 13 expected lines missing
CAS.ai — partner (reseller) lines only: 86 lines in the file, 79 expected lines missing
DSail — partner (reseller) lines only: 86 lines in the file, 79 expected lines missing
Bidmachine — partner (reseller) lines only: 400 lines in the file, 400 expected lines missing

Invalid lines

triplelift.com, 14706, RESELLER 6c33edb13117fd86
yieldmo.com, 4159765376676077684, RESELLER[5:57 PM]
vi.ai, g-00f44bb9f57d2bb96162c9eda0981f48c2
sharethrough.com, aRE1degH, RESELLEER, d53b998a7bd4ecd2
iqzone.com, IQ403, RESELLER 60d26397ec060f98

Corrected file: kik.com app-ads.txt (fixed).

FAQ

Does kik.com have an app-ads.txt?

Yes — https://kik.com/app-ads.txt has 4,404 lines (checked 20 Oct 2026).

Which ad networks does kik.com work with?

Its app-ads.txt lists TripleLift, Meta Audience Network, MobileFuse, Xandr (Microsoft), Smaato, InMobi, OpenX, Verve (PubNative), PubMatic, Display.io, Ogury, ironSource / LevelPlay and 27 more.

kik.com app-ads.txt check

Ad networks in kik.com/app-ads.txt

Invalid lines

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