Ad revenues for short-video-sharing app TikTok and Chinese sister app Douyin will hit $31.66 billion this year to account for 5.3% of the global digital ad market.
Our analyst Andrew Lipsman is joined by Sara Livingston, head of customer solutions at Rockerbox, to discuss where direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands' Facebook ad budgets are flowing since iOS tracking changes disrupted ad targeting and measurement last year. Find out why Google, TikTok, and connected TV are capturing more spend and how D2C budgets are likely to migrate in the coming years.
Podcasts have Spotify seeing dollar signs. The company’s US podcast ad revenues will hit $191.9 million in 2022 and cross the $400 billion mark in 2024, with growth well into the double-digit percentages. The format will also make up an increasing share of Spotify’s overall ad revenues: 16.7% of its $1.15 billion in US ad revenues this year, before growing to 19.4% in 2024.
Elon Musk has a new role—and it’s not what we thought it’d be: Rather than joining Twitter’s board, he’s opting to become the platform’s activist investor par excellence.
Inclusive marketing is becoming important to advertisers: Horizon Media and Nielsen partner to better facilitate media planning for Asian, Black, and Hispanic consumers.
TikTok’s hold on the social media industry is impossible to ignore: The video app and other visually oriented platforms thrive with key demographics.
US spending on linear TV ads will peak this year at $68.35 billion, up from $65.66 billion in 2021. This figure will not surpass $68 billion again for the next four years, with TV ad spend dropping to $64.94 billion in 2026 as its share of total media ad spend decreases as well.
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In 2021, more than three-quarters of the time that US adults spent listening to ad-supported audio went to AM/FM radio. Podcasts trailed way behind traditional radio, capturing just 11% of ad-supported listening, while Pandora, SiriusXM, and Spotify each accounted for less than 10%. AM/FM radio held a majority share across adult age groups and was the most listened-to ad-supported audio not only in the car (88%), but also in the home (72%) and workplace (68%).
TikTok will grow its net ad revenues in the US by an astounding 184.4% this year to hit $5.96 billion. The app’s ad revenues will settle into a double-digit growth trajectory starting next year and top $11 billion in 2024.
The Canadian government intervenes to save local news: Proposed legislation would require Meta, Google, and other tech platforms to pay publishers for their content in a bid to revitalize a struggling industry.
Ad industry sees gaming as a growth opportunity amidst industry turmoil: Inaugural PlayFronts event focuses on how brands can gain new customers and revenue.
TV measurement is still fracturing: WarnerMedia is the latest media giant to experiment with its own measurement services.
In 2022, 40.7% of China’s digital ad spending will go toward the ecommerce channel, for ads offered by retailers like Alibaba and JD.com. This eclipses the share in the US, where 14.5% of digital ad spending will flow to ecommerce channel ads sold by the likes of Amazon, Walmart, and eBay.
The future of linear TV advertising may be ruled by manufacturers: Roku tests a new program that could revitalize linear ads.
Walmart eyes a significant opportunity with its online marketplace: The retail giant is offering sellers discounted commission rates to entice them to sell on its platform.
Will the future of mobile advertising be attention-based? Kargo thinks so, which is why it’s picked up Parsec’s “politely interruptive” ad format via acquisition.
Meta’s campaign against TikTok will do little to hide its own issues: Negative stories about rivals won’t fix its longstanding advertising and content issues.
Streaming services gained Oscar wins and brand awareness during commercial breaks: Disney’s own properties also propped up ad sales during the Academy Awards.
As the ad industry grapples with privacy changes, much is at stake: US programmatic display advertising will top $123 billion this year and approach $142 billion in 2023.