UK Total Media Ad Spending Benchmarks: H2 2026​

Forecasts and Insights for Total Media

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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 fourth 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 four in the collection—we cover our latest forecasts for total media ad spending.​

This deck will:​

  • Provide an overview of our total media ad spending and revenue forecasts as of H2 2026, including breakdowns by medium, format, device, and industry​
  • Help ad buyers benchmark their total media ad spending and budget allocations against the market​
  • Help publishers and solution providers assess whether their total media ad revenue mix is in line with industry trends​

authors

Bill Fisher

Contributors

Paul Briggs
Principal Analyst
Matteo Ceurvels
Carina Lamb
Senior Analyst
Emma Noyes
Senior Graphic Designer, Data Visualization
Heather Sprung
Director, Report Editing
Sakina Thanawala
Copy Editor
Matt Torpey
Senior Data Visualization Editor
Johann Valderrama
Data Visualization Editor
Antonella Yannelli
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