Source: EMARKETER Forecast, September 2025 - October 2025
Note: includes advertising that appears on desktop and laptop computers as well as mobile phones, tablets, and other internet-connected devices; includes contextual text links, paid inclusion, and paid listings; excludes display-oriented formats on social networks, even if triggered by search queries; net ad revenues after companies pay traffic acquisition costs (TAC) to partner sites
Additional Note: All numbers are EMARKETER estimates. Examples of display-oriented formats on social networks that may be triggered by search queries, but are excluded from these figures, are video and rich media ads.
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 of 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.