Daily time spent with digital media will surpass traditional media in 2018. Increased time with digital video, which will reach 1 hour, 26 minutes, is a main driver of the increase of time spent with digital media.

This year, 169.5 million people in the US—or more than half of the population—will use Facebook, a 0.9% increase from 2017, according to eMarketer estimates.

How much is spent on political advertising and how big a part of the mix is digital? In the latest episode of “Behind the Numbers,” we break down the numbers and dig into questions about Facebook, the role of messaging and whether brands are being dragged into the political arena.

This year, mobile will surpass TV ad spending by more than $6 billion, according to our latest ad spending forecast. By 2020, the channel will represent 43% of total media ad spending in the US—a greater percentage than all traditional media combined.

Our updated US ad spending forecast shows digital ad spending outpacing expectations. Digital media will capture $111.14 billion in ad dollars in 2018 and surpass traditional media ad spending by 2019, according to our latest estimates.

For the first time, we have created estimates for social network video ad spending, including Facebook, Snapchat and Twitter. In 2018, the segment will total $7.85 billion in ad spending.

Today, more than four of every five US digital display ad dollars transact programmatically. This report looks at the trends driving programmatic ad spending to $68.87 billion by 2020, breaking it down by transaction type, format and device.

Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt tweeted last fall that Canada “quadrupled down” on AI with a smart mix of four key elements: government, universities, large companies and startups.

Canada’s AI scene is hot and centers around a few key cities that are home to universities, startups and large enterprises determined to change digital marketing for the better.

This year will mark a milestone for digital video advertising in the US, according to eMarketer’s latest ad spending forecast. In 2018, video will grow nearly 30% to $27.82 billion. That means video ad spending will make up 25% of US digital ad spending.

Every week on eMarketer’s “Behind the Numbers” podcast, we take a few minutes to discuss some of the most intriguing headlines of the past seven days. This week, some of the topics we’re talking about include a security breach at Facebook that exposed roughly 50 million accounts and how Amazon has increased its minimum wage to $15 an hour.

Snapchat and Twitter are very different properties, but they have one thing in common: Both remain in the shadow of Facebook and Instagram.

In the latest episode of "Behind the Numbers," eMarketer's Bill Fisher and Showmik Podder discuss the current state of advertising spending in the UK.

Usage and ad revenues have taken hits in recent months, but both companies are moving forward with new ad products—and they offer unique features that are causing some marketers to give them a second look.

eMarketer expects the social network to generate more than $500 million in US ad revenues this year, a 43.8% change from last year.

US social network video ad revenues will grow sharply over the next several years, reaching $11.69 billion by 2020, according to eMarketer's new estimates. And one company in particular will win the lion's share: Facebook.

Video monetization is strong across advertising and consumer-supported platforms, signaling overall health in the market. As new digital platforms emerge and existing ones solidify their positions, viewing continues to veer away from linear TV and toward digitally connected screens of all sizes and types.

Visual search is evolving rapidly from a niche tool to a more broadly offered and used tool for finding information. This report looks at how consumers use visual search and how marketers should utilize it.