In 2022, global internet advertising revenue stood at *** billion U.S. dollars. The source projected the revenue would increase to *** billion by 2027. Internet advertising in the U.S. – additional informationInternet or online advertising encompasses a range of formats including email, search engine, social media, display and mobile advertising. Display advertising uses pictures, videos, text and graphics to target consumers and ads are usually matched with potential consumers through the use of cookies.The leading internet display advertisers in the United States in 2014, were ranked regarding their measured advertising spending. The resulting list, which only took into account spending on digital display advertising, saw Comcast ranked first. The American mass media company, founded in Mississippi in 1963, spent ***** million U.S. dollars on online display advertising in 2014. The runner up to Comcast was the Texas based telecommunications company AT&T with a spending of *** million U.S. dollars.The investments made in online advertising have grown substantially in the recent past. The revenue generated by online advertising in the U.S. has been recorded from the first quarter in 2007 to the fourth quarter of 2015. In the first quarter of 2007, online spending revenue amounted to *** billion U.S. dollars. By the fourth quarter of 2013, this figure had risen to ***** billion U.S. dollars, growing further to ***** billion dollars in the fourth quarter of 2015.A breakdown of the online advertising revenue in the U.S. in 2015, by type reveals which forms of internet advertising was most invested in, and perhaps deemed the most useful to a company operating online. It was revealed that search advertising, which increases a website or company’s visibility on search engine result pages, held the largest share of online advertising with ** percent. Banner and mobile advertising rounded off the top three.

Online advertising revenue in the United States grew by 15 percent in 2024 compared to 2023, from 225 billion to 259 billion U.S. dollars. The figure first surpassed 100 billion dollars in 2018 and 200 billion in 2022, owing to the emergence of new channels and formats including digital audio (podcasts and streaming) and digital video (streaming and CTV) as well as strong growth from retail media. Online advertising at a glance Search is the dominating internet advertising format in the United States, accounting for 40 percent of the country's digital advertising revenue. Display follows, accounting for 29 percent of ad revenue, while 24 percent is attributed to digital video ads. However, it is spending on two specific types of platforms that is booming. Social media, with Instagram and TikTok, and retail media, with Amazon and Walmart, harvest the fruit of winning users’ attention. Consumer attitudes to online ads Consumers most often come across online ads on social media and in video content (both on streaming services such as Netflix or Amazon Prime and on video portals, such as YouTube). However, they believe that they were most receptive to ads while shopping online and consuming news content. What internet users did not appreciate at all, were ads based on their browsing history and on their social media behavior, which they considered the most invasive.

In 2023, ****** accounted for an estimated **** percent of the total digital advertising revenue generated in the United States and was the largest digital ad publisher in the country. ******** and ****** followed, with **** and **** percent, respectively.

In 2024, Google was forecast to generate 190.5 billion U.S. dollars in global online advertising revenue, securing the tech giant's top spot among leading digital ad sellers worldwide. This was followed by Meta with an ad revenue of 146.3 billion U.S. dollars, while Amazon clinched bronze with a revenue of 52.7 billion.

In 2022, digital advertising accounted for ** percent of total ad revenue worldwide. The share is expected to grow to ** percent in 2028, reaching ** percent in 2024.

In 2024, roughly 40 percent of online ad revenue in the United States was generated through search advertising. Slightly less than one in three dollars came from digital static display ads that year. Digital advertising in the United States In 2024, online advertising in the United States generated a total revenue of about 260 billion U.S. dollars. U.S. internet ad revenue has been increasing steadily since 2009 and in the last measured year by about 15 percent compared to 2023. Search was the most invested-in digital ad format, commanding 40 percent of the market, followed by display with 30 percent, and video with 24 percent. Audio was the digital ad format with the smallest market share and the slowest growth in 2024. Mobile's king Roughly two in three dollars generated by digital advertising in 2024 came from mobile ads. The share generated by mobile has been increasing annually for the last decade, as has the share of digital in total advertising spending. Among formats of mobile ads, search is also the leader, followed by video and banner ads.

In 2023, Google's share of digital advertising revenues worldwide was projected to amount to ** percent. Facebook followed with a projected digital ad revenue share of ** percent, while Amazon came in third with an expected ***** percent. The player from Asia with the highest share is TikTok, with ***** percent, followed by *****, ******, as well as *******, all three with *** percent.

In 2023, Google's ad revenue amounted to 264.59 billion U.S. dollars. The company generates advertising revenue through its Google Ads platform, which enables advertisers to display ads, product listings and service offerings across Google’s extensive ad network (properties, partner sites, and apps) to web users. Google advertising Advertising accounts for the majority of Google’s revenue, which amounted to a total of 305.63 billion U.S. dollars in 2023. The majority of Google's advertising revenue comes from search advertising. Google market share These revenue figures come as no surprise, as Google accounts for the majority of the online and mobile search market worldwide. As of September 2023, Google was responsible for more than 84 percent of global desktop search traffic. The company holds a market share of more than 80 percent in a wide range of digital markets, having little to no domestic competition in many of them. China, Russia, and to a certain extent, Japan, are some of the few notable exceptions, where local products are more preferred.

As of 2024, the ad revenue generated by digital media across India was valued at 700 billion Indian rupees. That same year, India’s total advertising revenue was over one trillion Indian rupees and the country was ranked among the largest advertising markets across the world in terms of ad spending. The future is digital The highest share of ad revenue was generated by the Indian television ad market, valued at over 250 billion rupees in fiscal year 2018, followed by the print market. However, the projections for each of these segments show a clear pattern where the digital ad market will rapidly overtake print as well as television revenues by fiscal year 2024. According to these projections, the digital ad revenue in the country will be worth almost 540 billion rupees by fiscal year 2024, while the television and print ad revenues were projected to reach about 455 billion rupees and 276 billion rupees respectively. These numbers clearly show that India is heading towards a digital advertising future. Big bucks for digital advertising The reasons for this surge in India’s digital advertising are clear. Rising penetration of affordable and speedy internet, along with an increase in vernacular content consumption make up the tip of the iceberg. Along with this, big-moneyed industries such as banking, financial services, and insurance are increasingly experimenting with non-traditional media platforms such as YouTube and Instagram stories to connect with users.

In 2025, Google was expected to generate nearly *** billion U.S. dollars in digital advertising revenue. Its competitor Bing (owned by Microsoft) was projected to generate *** billion in digital ad revenues.

In 2024, digital pure players (companies that operate primarily online, such as Google or Amazon) generated an advertising revenue of ******billion U.S. dollars in the United States. This figure includes advertising for cyclical events, such as elections. In 2025, their ad revenue is forecast to amount to ******billion dollars.

The global mobile revenue share of the digital advertising marketwas forecast to continuously increase between 2023 and 2028 by in total six percentage points. After the ninth consecutive increasing year, the indicator is estimated to reach ***** percent and therefore a new peak in 2028. Notably, the ad spending share of the 'Digital Advertising Mobile' segment of the digital advertising market was continuously increasing over the past years.Find more information concerning Europe and the Netherlands. The Statista Market Insights cover a broad range of additional markets.

After years of constant growth, online advertising revenue in the United States reached 73.7 billion U.S. dollars during the last quarter of 2024. This figure represents quarter-on-quarter growth of 14 percent and can be linked to the upward trend in advertising efforts during the holiday season. Digital advertising in the United States is reaching new heights In 2024, online advertising revenue in the United States amounted to roughly 260 billion U.S. dollars. This record figure marked a year-over-year increase of 15 percent. As the leading digital advertising market in the world, the United States has also seen a steady rise in digital ad expenditure over the last few years, which is not surprising, as many of the companies behind the world’s largest digital ad platforms are headquartered there. Which formats are driving online ad revenue growth? Among the various types of digital advertising, search and banner campaigns account for the highest share of online ad revenue in the United States. While these two formats have been the most profitable avenues for digital marketers in the past, new channels and formats are attracting the attention of advertisers and reshaping the distribution of digital advertising budgets. As such, U.S. ad spend on social media, digital video, and mobile channels is forecast to increase at a fast pace in the following years.

In 2024, digital pure players (companies that operate primarily online, such as Google or Amazon) generated an advertising revenue of *** billion U.S. dollars worldwide. In 2025, their ad revenue is forecast to amount to *** billion dollars.

In 2024, search was the largest digital advertising format in the United States, with a revenue of nearly *** billion U.S. dollars. Static display ranked second, with ** billion dollars. In total, U.S. digital ad revenue stood at *** billion U.S. dollars that year.

In 2024, digital advertising in France was estimated at **** billion euros and the source projected, the expenditure would increase approximately *****percent to reach **** billion in 2025. A thriving industry with new ideas… As we spend more and more time online, companies adapt their strategy to reach new customers through new channels. Online marketing is varied and includes social media marketing, display advertising, email marketing and mobile advertising. The number of French internet users amounted to ** million people in 2024 and that number is projected to reach ** million individuals by 2029. Digital advertising expenditure doubled between 2019 and 2024. … and new challenges However, if digital advertising manages to attract advertising agencies and in-house marketers thanks to its low price and highly focused and targeted approach, customers are much less convinced. Some practices have indeed been criticized by internet users in recent years. Many of them stated that they were annoyed by it. A quarter of internet users went as far as installing ad blockers in an attempt to circumvent the necessity to view online ads at all.

Over the last two observations, the ad spending is forecast to significantly increase in all segments. As part of the positive trend, the indicator achieves the maximum value across all four different segments by the end of the comparison period. Notably, the segment Search Advertising stands out with the highest value of ***** billion U.S. dollars. Find other insights concerning similar markets and segments, such as a comparison of ad spending in the United States and a comparison of average revenue per user (ARPU) in the United States.The Statista Market Insights cover a broad range of additional markets.

In 2023, internet advertising revenue in Canada reached nearly ** billion Canadian dollars, of which approximately *** billion came from search ads alone. Social media and video rounded up the top three digital formats with revenues of **** billion and **** billion Canadian dollars, respectively.

In 2022, mobile advertising revenue in the United States was expected to grow by **** percent compared to 2021, while total digital media was projected to grow by **** percent.

Digital ad spending

The United States was projected to spend *** billion U.S. dollars on advertising in 2021. With each consecutive year, this amount was expected to grow, before reaching an estimated *** billion U.S. dollars in 2024. The fastest-growing medium – digital – was projected to reach a ** percent-share by 2022.

Views on online advertising

Many internet users find ads on websites annoying. Between 2021 and 2022, about ** percent of American internet users aged between 18 and 64 held a negative viewpoint towards them. Specifically, internet users felt more agitated by advertising in online video clips, compared to ads on websites in the second quarter of 2020. Roughly six out of 10 respondents said they disliked seeing ads in online videos, compared to ** percent who said the same about ads on webpages.

Significant fluctuations are estimated for all segments over the forecast period for the ad spending. Only in the segment Video Advertising Mobile, a significant increase can be observed over the forecast period. In this segment, the indicator exhibits a difference of ***** billion U.S. dollars between 2019 and 2028. Find further statistics on other topics such as a comparison of the ad spending in Russia and a comparison of the ad spending in the United Kingdom.The Statista Market Insights cover a broad range of additional markets.