In the third quarter of 2020, Facebook stated that 10 million active advertisers were using the social networking platform to promote their products and services, up from seven million advertisers in the first quarter of the previous year. Facebook advertising revenue Facebook generates the vast majority of its revenues through advertising. In 2020, the social network’s ad revenue amounted to over 84.2 billion U.S. dollars, compared to 1.7 billion U.S. dollars in other revenues.
Most of Facebook’s ad sales are generated via mobile, to the tune of 50.6 billion U.S. dollars in 2018. The company stated that mobile accounted for 92 percent of its total advertising revenue. This is hardly surprising when looking at the dominance of Facebook’s mobile presence which includes the namesake platform app but also Facebook Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp, and various other Facebook properties and products.
As of the second quarter of 2021, Facebook’s advertising revenue in the United States and Canada amounted to roughly 13.3 billion U.S. dollars. Other revenues came to 372 million U.S. dollars. During the same period, global Facebook ad revenues amounted to 28.5 billion U.S. dollars.
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In this blog are the latest Facebook advertising statistics that show how effective Facebook ads are now and what’s likely to happen in the future.
In 2024, Meta (formerly Facebook Inc) generated over 160 billion U.S. dollars in ad revenues. Advertising accounts for the vast majority of the social network's revenue. Facebook advertising revenue – additional information Facebook’s business model heavily relies on ads, as the majority of social network’s revenue comes from advertising. In 2020, about 97.9 percent of Facebook's global revenue was generated from advertising, whereas only around two percent was generated by payments and other fees revenue. Facebook ad revenue stood at close to 86 billion U.S. dollars in 2020, a new record for the company and a significant increase in comparison to the previous years. For instance, the social network generated almost seven billion U.S. dollars in ad revenue in 2013, about 10 billion less than the 2015 figure. Facebook's average revenue per user also significantly increased in the same time span, going from 6.81 U.S. dollars in 2013 to 32.03 U.S. dollars in 2020. The U.S. and Canada are important markets for Facebook, considering the average revenue per user (ARPU) in these two countries is far above the global average. Facebook’s ARPU in the U.S. and Canada was 41.41 U.S. dollars in the last quarter of 2019, while the global average was 8.52 U.S. dollars. In Europe, Facebook’s average revenue per user was 13.21 U.S. dollars during the same time period. In terms of segments, mobile is the most promising advertising form for the company. In 2018, Facebook’s mobile advertising revenue already accounted for 92 percent of the social network’s total advertising revenue. Facebook’s mobile advertising revenue grew from an estimate of 13 billion U.S. dollars in 2015 to 50.6 billion U.S. dollars in 2018.
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36.8% of the entire world’s population uses Facebook at least once per month.
According to the source, advertisers suspended ad campaigns on Facebook and Instagram in Poland due to the war in Ukraine. Between *********** and ***********, 2022, the daily number of active ads began to decrease. On the last day of the month, active ads presented on Facebook and Instagram shrunk by ** percent compared to the highest index point in February.
With roughly three billion monthly active users as of the second quarter of 2023, Facebook is the most used online social network worldwide. The platform surpassed two billion active users in the second quarter of 2017, taking just over 13 years to reach this milestone. In comparison, Meta-owned Instagram took 11.2 years, and Google’s YouTube took just over 14 years to achieve this landmark. As of January 2022, Facebook’s leading audience base was in India, with almost 330 million users whilst the United States ranked second with an approximate total of 179 million users. The platform also finds remarkable popularity in Indonesia and Brazil. Social Media usage in the United States In January 2021, Facebook was the platform on which users in the United States spent the most time per day. The average time spent on Facebook was 33 minutes, followed by TikTok with 32 minutes and Twitter with 31 daily minutes. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020, all major social media platforms saw an increase in daily usage, which then either plateaued or decreased in 2021. At the end of 2021, over a quarter of all Facebook users in the United States belonged to the 25 to 34 year age group and 18.2 percent of users were in the 35 to 44 year age group. In general, Facebook users were more likely to be female. Meta Platforms Meta is Facebook’s recently renamed parent company and had a grand total of 3.59 billion core product users by the final quarter of 2021. Other Meta products include Instagram, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and Oculus – Meta’s virtual reality subsidiary which produces VR headsets. In 2021, Meta's revenue amounted to 117 billion US dollars, up from around 86 billion U.S. dollars in the previous financial year.
Which county has the most Facebook users?
There are more than 378 million Facebook users in India alone, making it the leading country in terms of Facebook audience size. To put this into context, if India’s Facebook audience were a country then it would be ranked third in terms of largest population worldwide. Apart from India, there are several other markets with more than 100 million Facebook users each: The United States, Indonesia, and Brazil with 193.8 million, 119.05 million, and 112.55 million Facebook users respectively.
Facebook – the most used social media
Meta, the company that was previously called Facebook, owns four of the most popular social media platforms worldwide, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Facebook, and Instagram. As of the third quarter of 2021, there were around 3,5 billion cumulative monthly users of the company’s products worldwide. With around 2.9 billion monthly active users, Facebook is the most popular social media worldwide. With an audience of this scale, it is no surprise that the vast majority of Facebook’s revenue is generated through advertising.
Facebook usage by device
As of July 2021, it was found that 98.5 percent of active users accessed their Facebook account from mobile devices. In fact, almost 81.8 percent of Facebook audiences worldwide access the platform only via mobile phone. Facebook is not only available through mobile browser as the company has published several mobile apps for users to access their products and services. As of the third quarter 2021, the four core Meta products were leading the ranking of most downloaded mobile apps worldwide, with WhatsApp amassing approximately six billion downloads.
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This fileset contains a series of screenshots taken from our facebook advertising account. A few days ago we noticed that some negative "SEO" tactics, for lack of a better term, were having a negative impact on the performance of ads and fan engagement on the facebook page that we've been building.
I developed a custom software package, which utilizes nueural networks I've developed, to identify a target demographic, and suggest advertising content for said target demographic.
After a short training period we were able to create advertisemsents on facebook that averaged a cost of 0.01 cents per like. We also had a fan page engagement of nearly 4 times that of major brands like Wal-Mart.
Shortly after we began to obtain success we started noticing problems with our page. Since we have a stalker issue, we determined that the issues with our page were likely related to him.
We assued this because we had a disproportinately high number of spammy, negative, and inapporpriate comments on our posts. Offline harassment of our staff by the stalker also increased significantly during this time.
Curiously, we believe that the incident with the stalker allowed us to ascertain some interesting observations about Facebook's algorithims, which I've outlined below.
We believe, after reseraching this issue, that Facebook's algorithims suffer from the following issues:
They are easily gamed. We think that Facebook's algorithims are hypersensitive to negative comments being made on a post, and conversely likely positive ones as well. If a post is hidden, the comments are negative, or if a user interacts with the post negatively in some way, then Facebook's algorithims will "punish" your page.
We think that a series of scripted fake bot accounts would easily cause the issues that we've been expriencing.
As you can see from the data provided, over 90% of our likes come from paid facebook advertisement, therefore we do not have a significant number of fake accounts on our page brought in by third party advertising because we didn't do any of that.
Moreover, we did not send any of our fans obtained via mailing lists, or offline contact to our facebook page, those fans participate with us via email and/or through our private Google+ community.
So it is safe to say that our problems have not been caused by purchasing a large amount of fake likes from any third party vendor.
In addition, because our likes were gained very quickly, at a rate of about 2.5k likes a day, we do not believe that we have suffered from changes in the general demographic of our Facebook fan base over time.
Yet almost immediately after we started expericing trolling issues with our page, we also noticed a dip in the number of fans our posts were shown to by Facebook, and the performance of our ads began to go down, even though the content on our page had not changed.
We attributed this to holes in Facebook's algorithims, and potentially to the excessive use of fake bot accounts by Facebook itself.
We cannot prove the latter satement, but there have been similar reports before. Reference - http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2012/08/01/facebook-investigating-claims-that-80-of-ad-clicks-come-from-bots/
This article from Forbes outlines how one startup company repoted that up to 80% of their Facebook likes were fake bot accounts even though they paid for advertising directly through Facebook.
Our reserach suggests that Facebook's advertising platform functions as follows: - An advertiser pays for likes with Facebook, and the quality of the content on their page is initially assessed by those who are liking the page, but once the page obtains a following, we believe that the quality of the content is assessed by how many people like the posts on the page directly after they are posted.
If a post gets hidden, marked as spammed, skipped over, whatever, then we beleive that Facebook kicks that post out of the newsfeeds. If this happens to a significant number of posts on the page, then we believe that Facebook places the page on an advertising black-list.
Once on this black-list ads will begin to perform poorly, and content will drop out of newsfeeds causing even the most active page to go silent.
We tested this by posting pictures of attractive blond women, which with our demographic would have normally obtained a large number of likes and we struggled to get even 10 likes at over 20k page likes when we would have previosuly obtained almost 100 likes without boosting at only 5k page likes.
Why this probably isn't seen more often: In most cases this probably takes a while to occur as pages become old and fans grow bored, but in our case, because we have a stalker trolling our page with what appears to be hundres of scripted bot accounts, the effect was seen immediately.
Our data suggests that it became a tug of war between our stalker's army of fake bot accounts (making spammy comments, hiding our posts from newsfeeds, etc) and the real fans that actually like our page (who were voting our conent up - i.e. liking it, etc).
If you look at the graph of page likes in the figures provided - you can see that the darker purple are the fans we obtained via facebook advertising, well over 90%. We believe that the light purple (the "organic" fans) is mostly comprised of our stalker's fake drone accounts. We have less than 20 family members and friends liking our page, when we began this experiment we asked them not to interact with our page or the content.
In conclusion: We still have a lot more work to do, but it is highly likely that many Facebook likes are either scripted bots, and/or that Facebook's "weighting" algorithims are very suceptible to gaming via negative "SEO" tactics. Conversely, they are likely sensitive to gaming via positive "SEO" tactics as well.
Of course we cannot say for certain where the Facebook accounts that like a page come from without acess to their internal systems, but the evidence does strongly suggest that Facebook might be plagued with a large quantity of bot accounts, and that their algorithim has to be sensitive to actions from live users, so that the quality of the content can be easily ascertained. Otherwise it would be pretty easy for an advertiser to game Facebook's system by paying for, and getting, a large quantity of likes for content that is not appealing to any significant group of people.
Again we have to reiterate that we have no solid proof of this, but our data strongly suggests that this is the case.
We have reported the issues to Facebook, but interestingly, after we made it clear that we were going to analyze and investigate the issues with our page, we have been suddenly and incessently plagued with a never ending stream of "technical difficulties" related to our advertising account.
If you'd like to collaborate on this project, please feel free to email me at Jamie@ITSmoleculardesign.com.
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According to Cognitive Market Research, the global Mobile Advertising Market was valued at approximately USD XX billion in 2025 and is expected to grow to USD XX billion by 2031, expanding at a CAGR of XX% during the forecast period.
North America held largest share of XX% in the year 2025. Europe held share of XX% in the year 2025. Asia-Pacific held significant share of XX% in the year 2025. South America held significant share of XX% in the year 2025. Middle East and Africa held significant share of XX% in the year 2025. Market Dynamics Key Drivers
Consumer behavior – The mobile first is a key driver in the mobile advertising market
Consumer behavior has increasingly shifted towards a mobile-first approach, driven by the widespread use of smartphones and the availability of mobile internet. This surge in mobile connectivity has transformed consumer behavior with individuals increasingly relying on smartphones for daily activities like shopping, entertainment and financial transactions. The convenience and portability of mobile devices have them a preferred medium for tapping into digital services which has led businesses to adopt mobile-first strategies to engage with consumers.
For instance,
As of 2023, over half (54%) of the global population use smartphones.
49% of the global population use mobile internet on smartphones.
This shift has led to an increase in mobile ad spending. Advertisers are no focusing on campaigns designed for smaller screens and shorter attention spans to reach a wider audience.
The rise of social media is driving the growth of mobile advertising
The growth of mobile advertising is heavily influenced by the rise of social media and its increased usage on mobile devices. Social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter have become major hubs for mobile advertising.
For instance,
5.24 billion use social media worldwide, as of January, 2025.Facebook remains to be the leading social media platform with over 3 billion monthly active users, followed by YouTube with 2.5 billion and Instagram with 2 billion monthly active users.
90% of consumers rely on social media to keep up with trends and cultural moments and nearly half of them interact with brands more often on social media platforms.
(Source: https://backlinko.com/social-media-users)
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The rise of in-app advertising across these platforms with the growing popularity of video and interactive ad formats has further fueled the market growth. Such advertising also leverages data to optimize targeting and engagement, leading to more effective campaigns. Paid ads now dominate social feeds.
For instance, the total spend on social media advertising is expected to reach $276 billion in 2025. It is projected that more than 80% of this spend will be generated though mobile by 2030.
Key Restraints
Data privacy concerns to hinder mobile advertising market
Mobile phones have become a personal hub for information. With the increasing amount of sensitive data stored on these devices, privacy concerns have emerged as one of the most pressing issues. These concerns significantly hinder mobile advertising by leading to consumer distrust, ad avoidance and increased regulations that impact the effectiveness and reach of ad campaigns.
Consumers are becoming more aware of how their data is being collected and used under the context of mobile advertising, making them actively avoid interacting with ads and uninstalling apps they believe violate their privacy. This has also led to widespread adoption of ad-blocking technologies.
For instance, as of 2024, 43% of global internet users use ad-blocking tools with mobile device users accounting for 63% of them.
(Source: https://seosandwitch.com/new-ad-blocking-stats/)
This trend is largely driven by the growing desire to protect personal data. However, the same has had implications on advertisers. Regulatory development amid these concerns further add to the challenges faced by the mobile industry market. Strict data privacy laws have b...
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Business On Facebook Statistics: In 2024, Facebook will still be the business giant with a big audience. With more than 3 million active users, it remains the most used worldwide. Businesses crowd on Facebook for its sheer reach and for its access to advertising opportunities that give businesses exponential growth.
This article will share business on Facebook statistics and provide us with major insights into user engagement and advertisement revenue.
This statistical dataset contains estimates on the number of active online Facebook users living outside of their country of origin within the European Union. The dataset includes information on Facebook users' age, gender, country of residence, and country of previous residence. The data is divided in the number of Monthly Active Users and Daily Active Users. The data was collected through standard CSV format via an advertising API platform by using an R Studio code, and the data collection was conducted twice a month from January to November 2021. The dataset was originally published in DiVA and moved to SND in 2024. Detta statistiska dataset innehåller uppskattningar av antalet aktiva Facebook-användare online som bor utanför sitt ursprungsland inom Europeiska unionen. Se engelsk beskrivning för mer information. Datasetet har ursprungligen publicerats i DiVA och flyttades över till SND 2024.
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Facebook is fast approaching 3 billion monthly active users. That’s about 36% of the world’s entire population that log in and use Facebook at least once a month.
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Time period: June 1, 2020 through Election Day 2020Through its Cross-Platform Election Advertising Transparency Initiative (CREATIVE) funded in part through a grant from the NSF (Award Number 2235006), the Wesleyan Media Project is actively working on identifying and summarizing federal election content from the general election periods in federal cycles (September through Election Day). In late 2020, we received a request from the collaboration between Facebook and academics studying the 2020 election to obtain our classifications of advertising data relevant to the presidential election (defined by mentions of either candidate). We already had September through Election Day content in hand and worked backward to acquire June through August 2020 content relevant to presidential mentions solely in service of this request. The data provided here, which cover the June 1 to Election Day period from 2020, apply many of our methods employed in CREATIVE but precedes many of the refinements that we have made in identifying and classifying federal advertising to the content relevant to presidential ads. In addition, in the provided data we did not conduct a lot of fine tuning just for the presidential race. If we had built methods solely for delivery of presidential advertising in particular, we likely would have chosen different methods. We would like to remind researchers that the earlier (June through August) period contains, for many races, primary advertising rather than general election advertising, and we did not examine carefully the differences between these two.
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The average Facebook user spends about 19.6 per month on Facebook every month. This works out to be about 39 minutes per day.
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Global ad spend were expected to reach over $134 billion in 2022. This means that it has increased by over 17% yearly.
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With roughly 2.89 billion monthly active users as of the second quarter of 2021, Facebook is the biggest social network worldwide. In the third quarter of 2012, the number of active Facebook users surpassed one billion, making it the first social network ever to do so. Active users are those who have logged into Facebook during the past 30 days. During the first quarter of 2021, the company stated that 3.51 billion people were using at least one of the company's core products (Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, or Messenger) each month.
This data was collected by Facebook and was released in July 2021.
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56.5% of Facebook users worldwide are male. This is in direct contrast to only 43.5% of Facebook being female.
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The primary demand advertising market, encompassing strategies focused on reaching users before they actively search for products or services, is experiencing robust growth. While precise market size figures for 2025 are unavailable, a reasonable estimate based on industry averages and the provided timeframe (2019-2033) suggests a market valuation in the tens of billions of dollars. The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) reflects a consistently expanding market driven by several factors. The proliferation of connected devices and increased digital media consumption fuels this growth, providing advertisers with more avenues to reach their target audiences proactively. Furthermore, advancements in programmatic advertising and sophisticated targeting technologies allow for more efficient and effective primary demand campaigns, contributing to higher ROI and increased advertiser investment. Key trends include a shift towards video advertising formats, a greater emphasis on cross-channel campaigns leveraging both online and offline touchpoints, and the growing importance of data analytics for campaign optimization. However, challenges remain. Increasing concerns about data privacy and the rise of ad blockers pose significant restraints to market expansion. The effectiveness of primary demand advertising hinges on creative and compelling messaging that captures attention before users exhibit purchase intent. Competition is fierce, with major players like Facebook, Google, and others vying for market share. These companies utilize sophisticated algorithms and vast user data to deliver targeted primary demand ads. However, the fragmented nature of the market also presents opportunities for specialized agencies and technology providers, such as WordStream, Sizmek, and Marin Software, that cater to specific industry needs and offer innovative solutions. Regional variations exist, with North America and Europe likely accounting for a significant portion of the market, while Asia-Pacific and other regions show increasing growth potential. The forecast period (2025-2033) suggests sustained growth, driven by technological innovation, evolving consumer behavior, and the continuous need for brands to effectively reach their target audiences before competitors. Accurate forecasting, however, depends on factors like regulatory changes surrounding data privacy and the evolving landscape of digital advertising technologies.
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The global social media contextual advertising market size was valued at approximately USD 150 billion in 2023 and is anticipated to reach around USD 450 billion by 2032, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.5% from 2024 to 2032. The growth is primarily driven by the increasing penetration of social media platforms and the rising need for precise targeting in advertising strategies.
One of the primary growth factors in the social media contextual advertising market is the widespread adoption of social media platforms globally. With billions of active users on platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok, advertisers have unprecedented access to a broad and diverse audience. Additionally, the sophisticated algorithms employed by these platforms enable highly targeted advertising, allowing businesses to reach potential customers with relevant content based on their interests and behavior. This level of precision not only enhances user experience but also significantly improves the return on investment for advertisers.
Another crucial factor propelling the market is the advancement in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies. These technologies are integral in analyzing vast amounts of data generated by users on social media platforms. By leveraging AI and ML, advertisers can gain deeper insights into user behavior, preferences, and trends, which in turn helps in creating more personalized and effective advertising campaigns. This technological integration is expected to continue evolving, further driving the market growth during the forecast period.
The increasing shift towards mobile usage is also contributing significantly to market expansion. With the majority of social media access occurring via mobile devices, advertisers are focusing more on mobile-friendly ad formats such as video ads and stories ads that are engaging and easily consumable on smartphones. This trend is expected to continue, given the growing reliance on mobile devices for both social interaction and digital consumption, thus providing a substantial boost to the social media contextual advertising market.
Regionally, North America currently holds the largest market share due to the high penetration of social media users and robust digital infrastructure. However, the Asia Pacific region is expected to witness the highest growth rate during the forecast period. The burgeoning internet user base, increasing smartphone adoption, and rising disposable incomes in countries like China and India are fostering the growth of social media advertising in this region. Additionally, the growing acceptance of e-commerce and online shopping platforms is encouraging businesses to invest heavily in social media advertisements.
In the realm of social media contextual advertising, ad formats play a pivotal role in shaping user engagement and effectiveness of the campaigns. Image ads remain a staple in social media advertising due to their simplicity and visual appeal. These ads are particularly effective on platforms like Instagram and Pinterest, where visual content is highly valued. The flexibility to include text, logos, and call-to-action buttons makes image ads a versatile choice for a wide range of industries looking to enhance brand visibility and drive traffic to their websites.
Video ads are increasingly gaining traction as they offer dynamic storytelling capabilities and higher engagement rates. Platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, and TikTok have become hotspots for video advertising, allowing brands to create immersive and memorable experiences for viewers. The integration of features like autoplay, shoppable videos, and live streaming further enhances the effectiveness of video ads by making them interactive and directly actionable. This format is particularly popular among industries like media and entertainment and retail, where showcasing products or services in action can significantly influence purchasing decisions.
Carousel ads provide a unique opportunity to display multiple images or videos within a single ad unit. This format is highly effective for showcasing a range of products, highlighting different features, or telling a sequential story. Platforms like Facebook and Instagram extensively use carousel ads to allow users to swipe through different slides, making it an engaging format that encourages user interaction. This format is especially beneficial for e-commerce businesses that want to display a variety of products or options
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The global digital advertising platforms market size was valued at approximately USD 500 billion in 2023 and is expected to reach USD 1.2 trillion by 2032, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.2% during the forecast period. The growing influence of digital media, along with the increasing penetration of smartphones and internet connectivity, is driving the growth of this market. Additionally, the shift from traditional advertising mediums to digital platforms is fueling market expansion, supported by advancements in ad tech and data analytics.
One of the primary growth factors for the digital advertising platforms market is the proliferation of internet users worldwide. As of 2023, there are over 4.9 billion active internet users, and this number is expected to grow steadily, providing a vast audience for digital advertisements. The widespread adoption of social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter has also contributed significantly to market growth, as these platforms offer targeted advertising options that are highly effective for businesses of all sizes. Moreover, the increasing time spent on digital platforms has made them an attractive channel for advertisers looking to reach a broader audience.
Another key driver is the advancement in data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI). These technologies enable advertisers to target specific demographics, behaviors, and preferences, making ad campaigns more efficient and effective. AI-powered tools can analyze vast amounts of data to provide insights into consumer behavior, allowing for more personalized and relevant advertisements. This level of precision and personalization is difficult to achieve with traditional advertising methods, making digital platforms more appealing to marketers. Additionally, programmatic advertising, which uses automated technology to buy and sell ad space, is gaining traction and contributing to market growth.
The increasing adoption of mobile devices is also playing a crucial role in the growth of the digital advertising platforms market. Mobile advertising has become a dominant segment as more people use smartphones and tablets to access the internet. The portability and convenience of mobile devices mean that users are constantly connected, providing continuous opportunities for advertisers to engage with their audience. Furthermore, the rise of mobile apps has opened new avenues for in-app advertising, which is highly effective due to its seamless integration within the app experience.
Regionally, North America holds a significant share of the digital advertising platforms market, driven by high internet penetration and the presence of major tech companies. However, the Asia Pacific region is expected to witness the highest growth rate during the forecast period. The rapid digitalization in countries like China and India, along with the increasing number of internet users, is creating a lucrative market for digital advertisers. Additionally, the growing e-commerce sector in the region is further boosting the demand for digital advertising as businesses seek to attract online shoppers.
The digital advertising platforms market by type is segmented into search advertising, display advertising, social media advertising, video advertising, and others. Search advertising remains one of the most popular types of digital advertising, primarily due to its efficiency in targeting users actively looking for specific information, products, or services. Platforms like Google Ads dominate this segment, offering advertisers the ability to place their ads in search engine results pages (SERPs) based on keywords and search queries. This type of advertising is particularly effective for driving traffic and generating leads, as it reaches users with a high intent to purchase.
Display advertising involves placing banner ads, pop-ups, and other visual advertisements on websites, apps, and social media platforms. This segment is characterized by its ability to create brand awareness and is often used in retargeting campaigns to re-engage users who have previously visited a website. Display advertising leverages a variety of formats, including static images, animated graphics, and interactive ads, to capture the audience's attention. The use of programmatic advertising has revolutionized this segment by automating the buying and selling of ad space, m
In the third quarter of 2020, Facebook stated that 10 million active advertisers were using the social networking platform to promote their products and services, up from seven million advertisers in the first quarter of the previous year. Facebook advertising revenue Facebook generates the vast majority of its revenues through advertising. In 2020, the social network’s ad revenue amounted to over 84.2 billion U.S. dollars, compared to 1.7 billion U.S. dollars in other revenues.
Most of Facebook’s ad sales are generated via mobile, to the tune of 50.6 billion U.S. dollars in 2018. The company stated that mobile accounted for 92 percent of its total advertising revenue. This is hardly surprising when looking at the dominance of Facebook’s mobile presence which includes the namesake platform app but also Facebook Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp, and various other Facebook properties and products.
As of the second quarter of 2021, Facebook’s advertising revenue in the United States and Canada amounted to roughly 13.3 billion U.S. dollars. Other revenues came to 372 million U.S. dollars. During the same period, global Facebook ad revenues amounted to 28.5 billion U.S. dollars.