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Ad Measurement Trends H2 2025

Economic Unease Drives a Fresh Approach to Legacy Tools

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The ad industry has reached a tipping point in its approach to measurement, shifting from a slower, siloed approach to one that’s more dynamic and allows advertisers to shift their spending more quickly than they had in years past.
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As advertising gets more complex and more budgets are sent into walled gardens, advertisers are increasingly turning to established tools such as marketing mix models to make sense of it all. But more advertisers are now doing it with a fresh approach that prizes speed, responsiveness, and agility. And they are doing it in numbers that compel vendors and media sellers to reassess their own way of doing things.

Key Question: How are advertisers’ approaches to ad measurement evolving?

Key Stat: Over the next 12 months, 7 of 8 US marketers will invest more money in one of these five measurement methodologies.

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    1. Executive Summary
    2. The advertising industry has reached a tipping point in its approach to ad measurement
    3. Economic pressure has put ad measurement at the top of marketers’ minds
    4. But marketers’ approaches to ad measurement are changing
    1. CTV currency providers jockey for position with outcomes offerings
    2. Recommendations for media sellers
    3. Recommendations for media buyers
    4. EMARKETER Interviews
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    2. Media Gallery

    Interviewed for This Report

    Tom Acquaviva
    ABCS Insights
    Chief Revenue Officer
    Interviewed September 17, 2025
    Tracy Adams
    Advertising Research Foundation (ARF)
    Senior Director, Research and Insights
    Interviewed October 8, 2025
    Scott Bender
    Newton Research
    Head of Publisher and Platform Partnerships
    Interviewed September 24, 2025
    Mike Chowla
    PubMatic
    VP, Product Management
    Interviewed September 22, 2025
    Angelina Eng
    Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB)
    VP, Measurement, Addressability, and Data Center
    Interviewed September 10, 2025
    Bryant Garvin
    Triple Whale
    Operator in Residence
    Interviewed September 22, 2025
    Laura Grover
    EDO
    SVP, Head of Client Solutions
    Interviewed September 11, 2025
    Nichole Henderson
    Nielsen
    General Manager, Campaign Analytics
    Interviewed October 6, 2025
    John Hoctor
    Newton Research
    Co-Founder and CEO
    Interviewed September 24, 2025
    Kiyoshi Ihara
    Adobe Mix Modeler
    Director/Head of Product
    Interviewed September 22, 2025
    Henry Innis
    Mutinex
    Co-Founder
    Interviewed September 11, 2025
    Carrie Judisch
    Ovative Group
    VP, Product
    Interviewed September 22, 2025
    Jon Schulz
    Viant Technology
    CMO
    Interviewed September 17, 2025
    Stu Schwartzapfel
    iSpot
    EVP, Media Partnerships
    Interviewed October 13, 2025
    Igor Uroic
    The Alexander Group
    Partner
    Interviewed September 22, 2025

    authors

    Max Willens

    Contributors

    Ross Benes
    Senior Analyst
    Rahul Chadha
    Director, Report Editing
    Donte Gibson
    Senior Charts Editor
    Kyndall Krist
    Senior Copy Editor
    Penelope Lin
    Director, Data Visualization
    Tracy Tang
    Senior Researcher
    Sakina Thanawala
    Copy Editor
    Yoram Wurmser
    Principal Analyst
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