I’ve run a script to detect BAT /Brave Browser Publishers amongst Alexa Top 1 Million websites, here are the results : Maxence Cornet Follow Jul 6, 2018 · 3 min read

I originally posted this on /r/BATProject, but it got flagged/deleted by a bot because I’ve copy-pasted all the publishers Urls, and it probably looked like spam then

You can download the Alexa Top 1 Million websites ranked by global traffic here: http://s3.amazonaws.com/alexa-static/top-1m.csv.zip

I’ve open-sourced the code of the script (https://github.com/BATgrowth/detect-bat-publishers) and I’ve used it to update https://batgrowth.com/publishers

Explanation

In order to detect the publishers, I’ve only scanned for one verification method: Adding the TXT DNS record “*brave-ledger-verification*”.

The script is simply doing a DNS lookup scan, so the results are just a small part of all verified Brave publishers amongst the top 1M Alexa ranked websites

The next step is to use a script to fetch the “.well-known/brave-payments-verification.txt” file on the same data sample, which is another (and probably more common) way to get verified by Brave Browser

Some cool findings:

* TinyUrl is a verified Brave publisher (https://tinyurl.com/)

* JS Bin, which is one of the website I’m using the most at my day job, is verified and I never noticed it before !!!

* Some websites are actively pushing Brave Browser : https://imgur.com/a/mz7teDo

https://imgur.com/a/zP4pFC0

* Moddb.com and indiedb are both verified publishers

* Brendan Eich ‘s own blog is verified of course (https://brendaneich.com/')

* Imgur looks like it’s in the process to get verified (https://imgur.com/.well-known/brave-payments-verification.txt)

Feel free to reach out on Twitter if you have comments or questions.

Here is the complete list of websites detected as Brave Publishers:

socialblade.com

softpedia.com

moddb.com

brainyquote.com

xataka.com

luscious.net

1001fonts.com

drupal.org

drugs.com

studentdoctor.net

cyberciti.biz

coindesk.com

ravelry.com

cryptocompare.com

apkmirror.com

ccn.com

tinyurl.com

lunapic.com

smithsonianmag.com

metric-conversions.org

genbeta.com

the-village.ru

pacogames.com

doctorofcredit.com

voiranime.tv

scotch.io

jsbin.com

fccid.io

royalroadl.com

materializecss.com

fakenamegenerator.com

almanac.com

toolslib.net

fox8.com

engvid.com

gospelmais.com.br

bibliocad.com

99bitcoins.com

directoalpaladar.com

getyarn.io

motorpasion.com

returnofkings.com

directupload.net

consolegameswiki.com

gospelprime.com.br

indiedb.com

kek.gg

mixtapemonkey.com

chatliv.com

bibliacatolica.com.br

mio.to

bitcoinmagazine.com

coincheckup.com

gameswelt.de

sostuto.com

morewords.com

fanburst.com

pbase.com

coinranking.com

jeuxonline.info

superluchas.com

locale.online

coinsutra.com

pixmafia.com

btc-echo.de

gw2efficiency.com

animeresistance.com

bravenewcoin.com

celsoazevedo.com

rocketr.net

90di.com

pcper.com

strategypage.com

missionworkshop.com

tnooz.com

minecraft-seeds.net

placedigger.com

imgfave.com

anthonyboyd.graphics

screenweek.it

guiadobitcoin.com.br

ctrl.blog

bcdb.com

viget.com

mycrypto.com

ekitabs.com

episode.ninja

kuula.co

mikelat.com

preactjs.com

dingit.tv

memonotepad.com

eroids.com

4show.me

voidcanvas.com

webb-site.com

zlap.io

samplewords.com

beyond3d.com

write.as

parkingcrew.com

intopic.it

schlechtewitze.com

uptoo.fr

ttias.be

cityplug.be

film.tv

coincrispy.com

downloadmela.com

zlap.io

gw2treasures.com

samplewords.com

beyond3d.com

psychology-tools.com

gameswelt.at

write.as

saludisima.com

donatstudios.com

scholarshipowl.com

tokeneconomy.co

parkingcrew.com

imageoptim.com

tribebloom.com

intopic.it

schlechtewitze.com

tonic.com

yarn.co

uptoo.fr

puppyfinder.com

coinjournal.net

starbits.io

boxofficebuz.com

survivefrance.com

webgarden.cz

ttias.be

cityplug.be

film.tv

stateofthedapps.com

cometcache.com

suasnews.com

coinhodler.io

ggradio.net

thismight.be

muchosucko.com

bayton.org

worstjokesever.com

changelog.com

123cards.com

icoexaminer.com

supertutorial.com.br

myknobs.com

coincrack.com

glamanate.com

glumb.de

coincrispy.com

jvns.ca

javebratt.com

blockcast.it

devforum.ro

downloadmela.com

remysharp.com

esdiscuss.org

javengsub.com

londonletter.org

bobiler.org

agambiarra.com

csonline2.net

ponyfoo.com

frt9.co

stadtzeitung.de

hipsum.co

scotthelme.co.uk

mondinfo.de

solofinanza.it

th3download.com

riseabove.com.au

warp.world

filmpulse.net

csgo-stats.net

desteria.com

phuks.co

cidadaniaportuguesa.com

3bro.info

hentaianimedownloads.com

onlc.eu

mistergeek.net

tosbourn.com

foodabletv.com

logogala.com

tattoofilter.com

arashmilani.com

getcroissant.com

roadsideattractions.ca

fakena.me

x3wiki.com

thebimhub.com

directdownloadhentai.com

imnotgeek.com

hexed.it

oportaldasempresas.com

tugatech.com.pt

betmma.tips

cdict.info

validea.com

flameeyes.eu

minecraft-italia.it

mixx.io

gridcoinstats.eu

bitcoinfees.info

exhibitgaming.com

splits.io

usesthis.com

arti49.com

botsfloor.com

eatsleeptrade.net

s2member.com

rangersteve.io

whatbitcoindid.com

kashmirobserver.net

blockchainbeach.com

affidata.com

coingolive.com

wptotal.com

mytinysecrets.com

phpocean.com

diekleider.de

mytomatoes.com

xn — mttmestari-q5a2t.fi

educursos.com

mjtsai.com

atticus.pl

filippo.io

grepthink.com

insidethestar.com

xainesworld.com

calcanet.com

coinpuffs.com

mockdrop.io

lelonek.me

tomorrow.do

lucire.com

donpatron.es

unheap.com

whitelabelrobot.com

mjtsai.com

atticus.pl

filippo.io

grepthink.com

insidethestar.com

xainesworld.com

calcanet.com

coinpuffs.com

mockdrop.io

lelonek.me

tomorrow.do

lucire.com

donpatron.es

unheap.com

whitelabelrobot.com

instafap.com

mnot.net

thatthinginswift.com

oddb.org

brewingindustryguide.com

cosmeticsanctuary.com

knobs4less.com

paracurve.com

satctranscripts.com

thisisogden.com

1upcoin.com

andrewsun.com

skyhookart.com

mmoserverstatus.com

icostats.com

certificatedetails.com

etruyen.net

stubbornjava.com

arunace.com

koinknight.com

rapwave.net

icoindex.com

comoinstalarlinux.com

epicenter.tv

miedoteca.mx

site.pictures

pedroventura.com

globalfoodbook.com

kineme.net

tpeczek.com

angelarium.net

datememe.com

tainangviet.vn

rtorr.com

calebwojcik.com

thirtyk.com

ecosiglos.com

imrat.com

brendaneich.com

coinmarketgame.com

coinmarketgame.com

cryptoreport.com

elphnt.co.za

mjtsai.com

atticus.pl

filippo.io

grepthink.com

insidethestar.com

xainesworld.com

calcanet.com

coinpuffs.com

mockdrop.io

lelonek.me

tomorrow.do

lucire.com

donpatron.es

unheap.com

whitelabelrobot.com

instafap.com

mnot.net

thatthinginswift.com

oddb.org

brewingindustryguide.com

cosmeticsanctuary.com

knobs4less.com

paracurve.com

satctranscripts.com

thisisogden.com

1upcoin.com

andrewsun.com

skyhookart.com

mmoserverstatus.com

icostats.com

certificatedetails.com

etruyen.net

stubbornjava.com

arunace.com

koinknight.com

rapwave.net

icoindex.com

comoinstalarlinux.com

epicenter.tv

miedoteca.mx

site.pictures

pedroventura.com

globalfoodbook.com

kineme.net

tpeczek.com

angelarium.net

datememe.com

tainangviet.vn

rtorr.com

calebwojcik.com

thirtyk.com

ecosiglos.com

imrat.com

brendaneich.com

coinmarketgame.com

coinmarketgame.com

cryptoreport.com

elphnt.co.za