The timeline shows information on the social network advertising spending worldwide from 2014 to 2017. I was calculated that in 2015 global social media ad spend amounted to 25 billion U.S. dollars and it was further estimated to grow to 41 billion dollars in 2017.
Social network advertising spending worldwide from 2014 to 2017
(in billion U.S. dollars)
includes paid advertising within social network sites, social network games and social network applications; excludes spending by marketers that goes toward developing oder maintaining a social network presence
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Marketing Land. (September 23, 2015). Social network advertising spending worldwide from 2014 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 02, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/271406/advertising-revenue-of-social-networks-worldwide/
Marketing Land. "Social network advertising spending worldwide from 2014 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. September 23, 2015. Statista. Accessed April 02, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/271406/advertising-revenue-of-social-networks-worldwide/
Marketing Land. (2015). Social network advertising spending worldwide from 2014 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 02, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/271406/advertising-revenue-of-social-networks-worldwide/
Marketing Land. "Social Network Advertising Spending Worldwide from 2014 to 2017 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Sep 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/271406/advertising-revenue-of-social-networks-worldwide/
Marketing Land, Social network advertising spending worldwide from 2014 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/271406/advertising-revenue-of-social-networks-worldwide/ (last visited April 02, 2020)
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