It was calculated that the digital advertising spending worldwide amounted to 521.02 billion U.S. dollars in 2021. The source projected that by 2026, the spending would reach 876 billion dollars.
Advertising spending - additional information
Advertising can utilize almost any form of media to meet its needs. Mediums including print, television, radio, cinema, outdoor, mobile and digital have all been targeted by advertisers. Global advertising spending has been constantly increasing (with the exception of 2020) since 2010, and is forecast to round up to nearly 650 billion U.S. dollars in 2021. Due to advances in technology and consumer preferences, not all mediums are as heavily invested in as others. As of 2020, the internet was considered the most important medium for advertisers, accounting for 51 percent of total media ad spend in 2020. Internet expenditures are projected to record a growth of 15.4 percent in 2021.
Digital advertising spending worldwide – which includes both desktop and laptop computers as well as mobile devices – stood at an estimated 378 billion U.S. dollars in 2020. This figure is forecast to constantly increase in the coming years, reaching a total of 646 billion U.S. dollars by 2024. Mobile internet advertising is a heavily invested sub-sector of the digital advertising industry. Mobile internet advertising spending is forecast to increase from 276 billion U.S. dollars in 2020 to nearly 495 billion U.S. dollars in 2024. Following this pattern, mobile advertising spending in the U.S. is also forecast to grow in the coming years. Mobile ad spending in the U.S. is projected to nearly double between 2019 and 2020.
Digital advertising spending worldwide from 2021 to 2026
(in billion U.S. dollars)
includes advertising that appears on desktop and laptop computers as well as mobile phones and tablets and other internet-connected devices, and includes all the various formats of advertising on those platforms
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Offremedia (@100media_fr). (2022). Digital advertising spending worldwide from 2021 to 2026 (in billion U.S. dollars) . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 03, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/237974/online-advertising-spending-worldwide/
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