The news: Forecasters are mixed on the future of Elon Musk-owned platform X after CEO Linda Yaccarino, whose experience as an advertising executive at NBCUniversal helped X reclaim some ad revenues, stepped down earlier this month.
- WARC estimated in June that X’s 2025 ad revenues will decrease 5% to reach $522.5 million and drop again in 2026.
- MediaRadar shares a similar outlook, estimating that X’s US ad revenues decreased 19% YoY during the first half of 2025—a trend the firm expects to continue.