In 2020, the advertising spending in Malaysia amounted to 5.01 billion Malaysian ringgit, down from 5.94 billion a year earlier. One of the key reasons for the decline can be found in cinema advertising, which fell by 75.2 percent, due to the decision by the Malaysian government to close cinemas almost entirely throughout 2020 as a measure to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
Advertising spending in Malaysia from 2019 to 2020
(in billion Malaysian ringgit)
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Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission. (July 16, 2021). Advertising spending in Malaysia from 2019 to 2020 (in billion Malaysian ringgit) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 06, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/303577/internet-ad-spend-malaysia/
Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission. "Advertising spending in Malaysia from 2019 to 2020 (in billion Malaysian ringgit)." Chart. July 16, 2021. Statista. Accessed July 06, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/303577/internet-ad-spend-malaysia/
Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission. (2021). Advertising spending in Malaysia from 2019 to 2020 (in billion Malaysian ringgit). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 06, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/303577/internet-ad-spend-malaysia/
Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission. "Advertising Spending in Malaysia from 2019 to 2020 (in Billion Malaysian Ringgit)." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Jul 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/303577/internet-ad-spend-malaysia/
Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission, Advertising spending in Malaysia from 2019 to 2020 (in billion Malaysian ringgit) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/303577/internet-ad-spend-malaysia/ (last visited July 06, 2022)