Dark Traffic Report

The Dark Traffic Report is a landmark study that examines the growing trend of website visitors who are not measured or monetized by publishers.

After months of investigation, Ad-Shield has identified and quantified nearly 1 billion invisible users—an audience completely off the radar of publishers and advertisers. Download the report now to see the full findings.

"Dark traffic represents one of those industry shifts that's been happening quietly while we've all been focused elsewhere. What's clear is the causes behind adblocking have become fragmented. It’s no longer purely user driven.
This requires a fresh and thoughtful approach. Given the scale of what this report presents, even solving parts of this puzzle could meaningfully impact publisher economics."

Paul Bannister, CSO of Raptive

In this report, you will be able to:

  • Understand what dark traffic is and why media companies are unable to monetize it.
  • Identify the types of adblockers and services that contribute to dark traffic.
  • See dark traffic distribution by device, country, and content category.
  • Learn who dark traffic users are, based on survey results.
  • Gain insight into user perceptions of advertising.
No upfront cost. No contract lock-in. You only pay when we recover revenue.

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Dark Traffic Recovery Cases

See how other publishers measure and recover dark traffic.

Trusted by 500+ publishers worldwide
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CASE STUDY
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"The revenue results exceeded our expectations. We routinely have adblock recovery vendors approach us claiming they can deliver better recovery rates."
Tim Glenn, VP of Business Development at Freestar
Tim Glenn
VP of Business Development at Freestar
CASE STUDY
"After learning about dark traffic, we deployed Ad-Shield's technology and discovered that a significant portion of our audience wasn't lost — it was hidden and blocking ads."
Dustin Park
VP Revenue Operations
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CASE STUDY
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"We chose Ad-Shield because they are the only adblock recovery solution that specialize in dark traffic and return agency to publishers over how they monetize their audience."
Dave Bickell, Head of Operations of Publift
Dave Bickell
Head of Operations of Publift
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CASE STUDY
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“Publishers have already seen a daily increase in ad revenue of 8-15% due to Ad-Shield’s innovative adblock recovery solution.”
Lazar Rubin, CEO of Next Millennium
Lazar Rubin
CEO of Next Millennium
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