UK Programmatic Ad Spending Benchmarks: H1 2026

Forecasts and Insights for Programmatic

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About This Report
This is the latest installment of our “UK Ad Spending Benchmarks” series, which helps ad buyers and sellers calibrate their spending and revenue mix against the market.​

Welcome to our third edition of “UK Ad Spending Benchmarks.” This series provides marketers with critical data to help them benchmark their budget allocations against the market. In this deck—one of five in the collection—we cover our latest forecasts for programmatic ad spending.

This deck will:

  • Provide an overview of our programmatic digital display ad spending and revenue forecasts as of H1 2026, including breakdowns by format and transaction method
  • Help ad buyers benchmark their programmatic ad spending and budget allocations against the market
  • Help publishers and solution providers assess whether their programmatic ad revenue mix is in line with industry trends

authors

Bill Fisher

Contributors

Rahul Chadha
Director, Report Editing
Emma Noyes
Senior Graphic Designer, Data Visualization
Juan Perl
Matt Torpey
Senior Data Visualization Editor
Jherr Daven Velasco
Data Visualization Editor
Max Willens
Yoram Wurmser
Principal Analyst
Ali Young
Senior Copy Editor and Manager of Content Operations
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