Prebid Analytics
Real-time header bidding performance and revenue tracking
Prebid Analytics gives you real-time visibility into your header bidding operations. Monitor bidder performance, auction dynamics, win rates, revenue, and timeouts across all your Prebid.js demand partners.
Prebid analytics must be enabled per project:
- Go to Projects > [Your Project] > Settings.
- Toggle Enable Prebid Analytics on.
- Select your Prebid JS Key (default
pbjs or a custom key if your setup uses a different global variable).
- Save the configuration.
The default view shows key metrics including:
- Users — Total unique visitors
- HB Revenue — Header bidding revenue (with 24h forecast when viewing the 24h range)
- Impressions Breakdown — Total, HB, Amazon, Direct Sold, Dynamic Allocation, Other, and Empty impressions
Visualize how your inventory is filled across sources:
- Total Impressions over time
- HB Impressions — Filled by header bidding
- Amazon — Filled by Amazon TAM/UAM
- Direct Sold — Filled by direct campaigns
- Dynamic Allocation — Filled by AdX/AdSense
- Other — Other demand sources
- Empty — Unfilled impressions
The Prebid dashboard provides detailed breakdowns by multiple dimensions. For each dimension, you can see:
| Dimension | Metrics Available |
|---|
| Top Bidders | Count, eCPM Average, Win Rate, Revenue |
| Top Brands | Count, eCPM Average, Revenue |
| Top Countries | Count, eCPM Average, Revenue |
| Top Sizes | Count, eCPM Average, Revenue |
| Top Ad Units | Count, eCPM Average, Revenue |
| Top Advertiser Domains | Count, eCPM Average, Revenue |
| Top Viewability | By Ad Unit |
| Top Domains | Performance by domain |
The Prebid module offers multiple analytical views:
- Overview — Comprehensive summary with all breakdowns.
- Win Rate — Analyze which bidders win the most auctions.
- Average eCPM — Compare effective CPM across bidders and dimensions.
- Bidders — Deep dive into individual bidder performance.
- Timeouts — Identify bidders that frequently time out and cost you revenue.
- Page RPM — Revenue per mille (per 1,000 page views) analysis.
- Page Views — Traffic patterns and page view analytics.
- Viewability — Ad viewability by ad unit and placement.
- Content — Content-level header bidding performance.
You can apply custom filters to narrow your analysis:
- Field — Select the dimension to filter on.
- Operator — Choose the comparison operator.
- Values — Specify the values to include or exclude.
Multiple filter conditions can be combined for precise analysis.
Revenue and eCPM metrics are displayed in your organization's configured currency, making it easy to understand financial performance at a glance.