Top 10 Header Bidding Partners — 2026

The most widely adopted header bidding demand partners in the programmatic ecosystem, ranked by publisher adoption.

● Data last updated: March 09, 2026

Methodology: Header bidding partners ranked by unique publisher count where the partner is detected in the Prebid.js configuration. Data from Red Volcano's weekly crawl.

Key Takeaway

TheMediaGrid leads header bidding adoption with 556,248 publishers, closely followed by Criteo (468,718) and Duration Media (452,676). The header bidding landscape remains highly competitive with the top 10 all exceeding 307,294 publishers.

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The Rankings

RankHeader Bidding PartnerPublisher Count
1TheMediaGrid556,248
2Criteo468,718
3Duration Media452,676
4OpenX443,301
5Between424,530
6PubMatic401,838
7AOL394,519
8Blue383,972
9Teads345,950
10Opt Out Advertising307,294
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Visual Comparison

TheMediaGrid
556,248
Criteo
468,718
Duration Media
452,676
OpenX
443,301
Between
424,530
PubMatic
401,838
AOL
394,519
Blue
383,972
Teads
345,950
Opt Out Advertising
307,294

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Frequently Asked Questions

The most widely adopted header bidding partners are TheMediaGrid, Criteo, Duration Media, OpenX, Between, based on Red Volcano's analysis of header bidding configurations across 32M+ publisher websites.

Red Volcano detects header bidding partners through Prebid.js configuration analysis, JavaScript tag scanning, and ads.txt cross-referencing. Our crawlers identify which demand partners are active in each publisher's header bidding wrapper.

Header bidding adoption shifts gradually. Red Volcano tracks changes weekly, and this ranking is updated quarterly to show the latest adoption figures.

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