We estimate that US adults will spend 23 extra minutes a day on smartphones in 2020, totaling 3 hours, 6 minutes. The smartphone has become a major portal to the digital sites that have most benefited from people staying at home. “The dominant access point for all those things across the attention stack is a mobile device,” Thompson said.

This week, YouTube has rolled out an audio-first ad unit in beta, available via auction on Google platforms, including Google Ads and Digital & Video 360, on a CPM basis. Previously, ads running during music content on YouTube were supported by programmatic video ad buys on YouTube. YouTube US Ad Spending.

Under iOS 13, iPhone users already have the ability to opt out of IDFA, but this Limit Ad Tracking (LAT) option exists in the operating system settings. According to marketing analytics firm Singular in March this year, over 30% of iPhone users in the US had signed up for LAT. But iOS 14 will eventually force all users to make a choice on whether to limit ad tracking or allow it.

An InMobi survey of US consumers in mid-March found that 73% reported spending more time on their smartphones. A Morning Consult survey found that 58% of US adults reported spending more time on the smartphones since the start of the coronavirus crisis.

Trend No. 5: iPhone 12 Will Supercharge Mobile AR. The iPhone 12 Pro became the first phone to have a back-facing Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) camera, which enables more sophisticated augmented reality (AR). (Top-end Android phones use a similar Time-of-Flight, or ToF sensor.)

They also noted these advancements are making it easier to transact against key performance indicators (KPIs) and campaign metrics beyond CPMs. Continued emphasis on first- and second-party data.

It’s a given that marketers are interested in uncovering ways to smartly invest national linear TV ad spend to compensate for price inflation, although 2020 CPMs have dramatically declined. According Philip Inghelbrecht, CEO and co-founder of TV ad agency Tatari, there was about a 40% drop in CPMs among the networks it bought inventory from.

While header bidding adoption and the shift to first-price auctions initially resulted in a boost to CPMs and open market spending, gains have tapered off as buyers and bidding algorithms have made the necessary adjustments. Private Marketplace Spending.

Social media advertising will remain vulnerable in Q2 and possibly longer. CPMs will stay low, spending cuts will persist, and ad creative will be tricky to get right.

“Historically, people have gotten such good CPMs from video that even if they have subscription businesses, they keep the video outside of the paywall,” Brightcove’s Green said. “I would expect that video will stay that way as long as the CPMs stay up. It's just when people don't have much scale, they figure they might as well throw it behind their paywall.”.

“We are seeing a steady increase in both the CPM [cost per thousand] and the CPA [cost per acquisition], the post-install action that we're being paid on,” said Mark Ellis, CEO of mobile app marketing and retargeting platform Liftoff. Platforms. The bulk of this surge in spending on app install ads is going to the existing big ad platforms.

Daily internet access via smartphones made substantial gains since 2016, according to Cefrio. In 2019, 79% of smartphone owners in Quebec indicated daily usage via their devices, up from 67% in 2016. Daily smartphone internet access among 18- to 24-year-olds was 95%, and it was slightly lower for those ages 25 to 34, at 93%.

In Q2, Snapchat said it will allow advertisers to buy and reserve 6-second ads, called Commercials, during premium shows on a fixed CPM basis. This Snap Select offering will only be available for Snap Originals, sports shows and shows from third-party content producers with the largest audiences and highest engagement rates.