Source: EMARKETER Forecast, September 2025 - October 2025
Note: advertising purchased through retailer media networks or DSPs that is placed on social platforms such as Meta, TikTok, Snap, or Pinterest. These ads are attributed to retail media spending because they are sold by or through a retailer’s network rather than directly by the social platform.
Additional Note: Includes ad formats such as feed ads, video ads, and other display formats appearing within social environments. Ads appear on desktop and laptop computers, mobile phones, tablets, and other internet-connected devices.
Methodology: Estimates are based on the analysis of macro-level economic conditions, historical advertising market trends, reported revenues from major ad publishers, estimates from other research firms, benchmark sources, consumer media consumption and device usage trends, and EMARKETER interviews with executives at ad agencies, brands, media publishers, and other industry leaders.