Top Publishers in Germany — 2026 Data

Comprehensive publisher intelligence for the Germany advertising market. Red Volcano tracks 218,605 publisher websites in Germany, with 15,756 verified ads.txt files. Data updated weekly from proprietary crawlers.

● Data last updated: March 09, 2026
218,605
Publishers Tracked
7.2%
ads.txt Adoption
Pubmatic
Top SSP
News And Media
Top Vertical
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Top 50 Publishers in Germany

The highest-ranked publisher websites in Germany based on global traffic rank, filtered to sites with a verified ads.txt file. Each publisher's technology stack and SSP relationships are detected weekly by Red Volcano's crawlers.

#DomainGlobal RankMonthly PageviewsCategoryads.txt LinesHeader Bidding Partners
1kleinanzeigen.de#236117,876,412E-Commerce And Shopping140Advertising.comAAXBetween+20
2bild.de#237205,171,142News And Media256AdformOpenRTBTheMediaGridMEDIAIMPACT+37
3ebay.de#250118,932,729E-Commerce And Shopping30Not detected
4t-online.de#289127,418,670News And Media386ANIVIEWBetweenCriteo+25
5web.de#35689,383,690Computers Electronics And Technology222TheMediaGridRiseBlue+21
6n-tv.de#368149,858,916News And Media463Outbrain - OldAniviewBlue+45
7gmx.net#43778,240,789Computers Electronics And Technology222AdDefendBlueCriteo+22
8mobile.de#51156,500,100Vehicles66AppNexusCriteoIndex Exchange (Casale)+3
9welt.de#64793,628,057News And Media283AdDefendAniviewBetween+36
109gag.com#69574,790,293Arts And Entertainment594BetweenDuration MediaQT+6
11immobilienscout24.de#75438,919,686Business And Consumer Services259Tim MediaviBetweenDigital+15
12spiegel.de#79775,146,074News And Media331BetweenDuration MediaOutbrain - Old+27
13markt.de#80436,447,128E-Commerce And Shopping1001CriteoDuration MediaIndex Exchange+51
14wetter.com#82170,648,048Science And Education571Advertising.comAJABlue+16
15wetteronline.de#1,05850,656,268Science And Education58AAXBlueOpt Out Advertising+203
16zeit.de#1,08955,481,227News And Media266AAXAdDefendAdformOpenRTB+25
17transfermarkt.de#1,12246,239,123Sports1110AFPBlueTheMediaGrid+31
18focus.de#1,24250,705,093News And Media348AdformOpenRTBAdvertising.comAFP+32
19tagesspiegel.de#1,26655,837,213News And Media597AdDefendAdformOpenRTBANIVIEW+23
20vodafone.de#1,31830,484,519Computers Electronics And Technology532Not detected
21chip.de#1,47439,783,791Computers Electronics And Technology795AAXAFPAniview+28
22gameforge.com#1,49016,286,255Games2377Not detected
23chefkoch.de#1,78132,082,876Food And Drink316GoogleDuration MediaGeneric+20
24euronews.com#1,92635,091,462News And Media404QTDuration MediaRise+26
25faz.net#1,94237,025,086News And Media249BetweenCompassTheMediaGrid+33
26sport1.de#2,02330,967,503Sports1006Outbrain - OldAdformOpenRTBAniview+38
27dw.com#2,06029,706,901News And Media314BetweenBlueDuration Media+7
28rtl.de#2,06526,075,550Arts And Entertainment525AdformOpenRTBLoganVOX+48
29tvspielfilm.de#2,07128,552,970Arts And Entertainment743VOXAdformOpenRTBAdvertising.com+23
30sueddeutsche.de#2,24829,613,349News And Media471BetweenIndex Exchange (Prebid.js)xe.works+22
31wolt.com#2,47013,962,153Food And Drink2Not detected
32schwaebische.de#2,58226,564,088News And Media2234BetweenTheMediaGridsmartico+27
33stern.de#2,64524,575,763News And Media302AFPTheMediaGridDuration Media+28
34pdf24.org#2,75717,953,860Computers Electronics And Technology182Not detected
35vinted.de#2,85511,058,398Lifestyle1968AdagioAppNexusConnectAd+30
36sport.de#2,96721,481,359Sports522Outbrain - OldAdformOpenRTBAniview+32
37liveuamap.com#3,02018,166,420News And Media1450BlueAdTrueAdvertising.com+65
38gala.de#3,04519,651,774News And Media451Advertising.comBetweenTheMediaGrid+40
39dpd.de#3,10321,460,687Business And Consumer Services107Opt Out AdvertisingBetweenDuration Media+153
40finanzen.net#3,15120,471,399Finance1680MgidOpt Out AdvertisingAppNexus+93
41gutefrage.net#3,17417,582,594Games772BetweenBlueTheMediaGrid+23
42immowelt.de#3,20613,550,397Business And Consumer Services405BetweenTheMediaGridQT+22
43watson.de#3,27024,134,356News And Media241AJAIntegral Ad Science (IAS)Index Exchange+18
44forgeofempires.com#3,43622,809,798Games1Not detected
45rp-online.de#3,53117,013,007News And Media406YieldlabBetweenPubMatic+150
46joyn.de#3,53218,096,627Arts And Entertainment123Not detected
47skyscanner.de#3,54011,154,486Travel And Tourism78ReloadTim Mediavi+19
48taz.de#3,61019,755,504News And Media318YieldloveBetweenDuration Media+12
49pr0gramm.com#3,6416,106,090Games387TheMediaGridBetweenCriteo+7
50morgenpost.de#3,82318,926,626News And Media294smarticoAFPBetween+32

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SSP Market Share in Germany

The most common SSP and monetization partnerships among publishers in Germany, based on ads.txt analysis. These represent the SSP domains most frequently declared across 15,756 verified ads.txt files.

Pubmatic
1,686 pubs
Rubiconproject
580 pubs
Sonobi
439 pubs
Freestar
395 pubs
Taboola
376 pubs
Smaato
254 pubs
Openx
156 pubs
Yieldlove
145 pubs
Themoneytizer
103 pubs
Appnexus
101 pubs
Aniview
98 pubs
Affili.Net
97 pubs

Header Bidding Landscape in Germany

The most widely adopted header bidding partners among publishers in Germany. 4,192 publishers (26.6% of ads.txt-enabled sites) use at least one header bidding partner.

TheMediaGrid
3,730 pubs
Criteo
3,472 pubs
OpenX
3,196 pubs
Duration Media
3,059 pubs
AppNexus
2,992 pubs
PubMatic
2,865 pubs
Between
2,845 pubs
Smart AdServer
2,489 pubs
Index Exchange
2,370 pubs
Teads
2,291 pubs
Blue
2,243 pubs
Improve Digital
2,030 pubs
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Publisher Verticals in Germany

Breakdown of publisher categories in Germany. The distribution shows which content verticals dominate the advertising landscape in this market.

News And Media
837 pubs
Games
638 pubs
Travel And Tourism
580 pubs
Computers Electronics And Technology
469 pubs
Food And Drink
410 pubs
Vehicles
389 pubs
Arts And Entertainment
361 pubs
Computers Electronics And Technology
358 pubs
Arts And Entertainment
252 pubs
Science And Education
228 pubs
Reference Materials
218 pubs
Computers Electronics And Technology
217 pubs

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Frequently Asked Questions

Red Volcano currently tracks 218,605 publisher websites in Germany, of which 15,756 have a verified ads.txt file. This data is refreshed weekly by our proprietary crawlers, making it one of the most comprehensive and up-to-date publisher databases for the Germany market.

Based on Red Volcano's data, TheMediaGrid is the most widely adopted header bidding partner among publishers in Germany, while Pubmatic leads in SSP/monetization partnerships. The dominant publisher vertical is News And Media.

The leading SSPs in Germany by publisher adoption include Pubmatic, Rubiconproject, Sonobi, Freestar, Taboola. Red Volcano provides detailed breakdowns of every SSP's publisher footprint, sellers.json transparency, and growth trends.

Red Volcano's Web Discovery platform lets you search and filter all 218,605 tracked publishers in Germany by vertical, traffic, ad technology, SSP relationships, and more. Book a demo to explore the full dataset with advanced filters, exports, and monitoring tools.

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