Source: EMARKETER Forecast, July 2025 - August 2024
Note: includes paid video advertising appearing within social networks, social network games and social network apps; excludes spending by marketers that goes toward developing or maintaining organic social video content; *includes advertising that appears on desktop and laptop computers and other non-mobile internet-connected devices; **includes advertising that appears on mobile phones, tablets and other mobile internet-connected devices
Additional Note: Social networks are sites where the primary activities involve creating a profile and interacting with a network of contacts by sharing status updates, comments, photos or other content. Digital video ad revenues include instream video ads such as those appearing before, during or after digital video content in a video player (pre-roll, mid-roll, post-roll video ads) and video overlays; includes social network instream video advertising in platforms such as Facebook Watch and Snapchat Shows; includes outstream video ads such as native, in-feed (including video ads in Facebook's News Feed and X's Promoted Posts), in-article, in-banner and interstitial video ads. All numbers are EMARKETER estimates.
Methodology: Estimates are based on the analysis of various elements related to the ad spending market, including macro-level economic conditions; historical trends of the advertising market; historical trends of each medium in relation to other media; reported revenues from major ad publishers; estimates from other research firms; data from benchmark sources; consumer media consumption trends; consumer device usage trends; and EMARKETER interviews with executives at ad agencies, brands, media publishers and other industry leaders.