Advertising expenditure in the United Kingdom (UK) 2013-2018, by media

Published by A. Guttmann, Feb 11, 2021

This graph presents the media distribution of advertising spending in the United Kingdom between 2013 and 2019, including digital subcategories of select traditional media. According to the source, regional UK TV advertising spending amounted to 4.9 billion British pounds in 2019, while cinema advertising ad spend amounted to 313 million British pounds.

Advertising expenditure in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2013 to 2018, by media (in million GBP)

	TV	TV (spot advertising)*	TV (VOD)*	Radio***	Out of home	National newsbrands	National newsbrands (digital)*	Regional newsbrands	Regional newsbrands (digital)*	Magazine brands	Magazine brands (digital)*	Cinema	Internet**	Internet (mobile)*	Direct mail****
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Release date

April 2020

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2013 to 2019

Supplementary notes

* The indicated spending categories are sub-categories of main advertising media.
** Broadcaster VoD, digital revenues for newsbrands, magazine brands, and radio station websites are also included within online display and classified totals, so care should be taken to avoid double counting.
*** Radio includes branded content.
**** Direct mail data for 2013 have been supplied by Royal Mail according to its new methodology – please refer to About the AA/Warc Data for detail.

From Q1 2015, the IAB have included spend for outstream/in-read video for the first time. This amounted to approximately £32m in the first half of 2015.