"Picnic today (20th May, 2026) names the PIQ10 2026: the UK's top publishers for advertising quality, ranked independently by PIQ, Picnic's signal-led inventory intelligence platform. With nearly half of all domains now falling below PIQ's quality threshold, these are the ten delivering consistently for advertisers: Comparing with the 2024 PIQ 10, TechCrunch has climbed from fifth to first. National Geographic, Politico, and The Guardian enter the list for the first time."
"Meanwhile, Yahoo.com, Wired.com, and MSN.com drop out entirely - a reminder that quality is not fixed and requires continuous measurement. The PIQ Platform updates domain scores daily, giving advertisers an accurate view of inventory quality before each campaign. "We had some domains drop out of the list this year but that's not a criticism of those publishers, it's proof that the Open Web is genuinely dynamic. Quality scores shift all the time, and the advertisers who act on up-to-date intelligence are the ones who prevent wasted spend and drive better outcomes for their campaigns.""
"Alongside this year's PIQ10, the Inventory Quality Report also provides new cross-industry evidence of quality's impact on campaign outcomes. In a controlled test for Elida Beauty's VO5 campaign, PIQ-curated inventory generated 5x more consented site sessions than low-quality placements for the same budget - a pattern replicated across campaigns for an online gambling brand and a public sector organisation."
"Picnic has spent six years developing PIQ into a first-of-its-kind data platform. Each domain is scored continuously using 100+ quality signals, grouped into two indexes - Ad Experience and Publisher Profile - producing a single PIQ Score (0-100). PIQ operates independently from media selling, ensuring quality definitions aren't shaped by platform incentives."
PIQ10 2026 names the UK’s top publishers for advertising quality, ranked independently by PIQ using Picnic’s signal-led inventory intelligence platform. Nearly half of domains fall below PIQ’s quality threshold, and the ten listed deliver consistently for advertisers. Compared with 2024, TechCrunch rises from fifth to first, while National Geographic, Politico, and The Guardian enter for the first time. Yahoo.com, Wired.com, and MSN.com drop out, showing that quality is dynamic and requires continuous measurement. The PIQ Platform updates domain scores daily so advertisers can assess inventory quality before campaigns. A controlled test for VO5 shows PIQ-curated inventory produces 5x more consented site sessions than low-quality placements for the same budget, with similar results across other campaigns. PIQ scores domains continuously using 100+ signals grouped into Ad Experience and Publisher Profile to produce a 0–100 PIQ Score, operating independently from media selling.
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