In 2023, Peru was expected to be the fastest-growing digital advertising market in the world, with an annual growth rate of about 20 percent. Argentina and Chile rounded out the top three with annual increases of approximately 19 and 17 percent, respectively.

Digital advertising in Latin America

Based on the latest projections, five of the 10 fastest-growing digital ad markets will be in Latin America in 2023. While traditional media channels still have a firm grip over the region’s advertising landscape due to media consumption habits and infrastructural hurdles, there has been a steady shift towards digital approaches in recent years. In 2022, internet advertising spending in Latin America was expected to reach roughly 11.7 billion U.S. dollars, more than twice the amount that was invested in 2018. Interestingly, social media is set to draw the largest share of expenditures and outperform search in the running for the top digital advertising format in Latin America and the Caribbean.

What are the top digital advertising markets worldwide?

Data on the global distribution of internet advertising spending shows that North America and the Asia-Pacific region remain the largest spenders, with the United States setting the pace. And yet, forecasts also suggest that the most prominent players will see their market shares decline in the following years. Smaller fish such as Latin America or the Middle East and Africa (MENA), which currently represent less than two percent of global digital ad spend, are set to slowly but steadily leverage their massive growth potential in the future.