Google put a lid on its cookie deprecation plans on Monday, proposing that rather than deprecate third-party cookies, it would prompt Chrome users to “make an informed choice” on how they share their data with advertisers, according to a blog post from Anthony Chavez, vice president of Google’s Privacy Sandbox.

Amazon’s ad portal crashes during Prime Day: Though sales are unlikely to be impacted, the outage highlighted tensions between Amazon and sellers.

Live programming’s appeal lies in its real-time nature, higher engagement, and communal viewing experience, making it ideal for advertisers. By using programmatic tools and multiscreen campaigns, brands can effectively reach diverse audiences across various live events like the Super Bowl and the Olympics.

With its shift to digital, political advertising is increasingly programmatic. US digital political ad spend will grow by 156.3% this year over 2020, the last presidential election year. That growth outpaces the 28.7% growth overall US political ad spend will see, as noted in our US Political Ad Spending Forecast 2024 report.

Are walled gardens a thing of the past? Shrinking market share and distrust of major platforms is leading to a shift toward open-ended ad solutions.

Programmatic advertising will account for 91.3% of US digital display ad spend this year, or a total of $157.35 billion, per our December 2023 forecast. Last week, advertisers at Programmatic I/O discussed where those ad dollars are headed and how programmatic advertising is changing. From ad spend waste to the expansion of retail media, here are three big trends discussed at the event.

Advertisers and publishers need to prepare the end of cookies—and fast: A Teads survey found that less than a third of publishers have started adjusting to the change.

Physical stores are the new frontier for retail media. But undeveloped tech capabilities, competing priorities, and unproven new formats are hurdles retailers need to address.

UK retailers are leading the charge on in-store retail media, thanks to their already extensive digital screen networks. Here’s what brands and retailers worldwide can learn from the digitization of UK stores.

Banks cannot meaningfully engage consumers without using social media, but it’s exposing them to more potential brand damage than ever. They must understand emerging risks and prepare to combat them.

Around $84 billion in digital ad spend was lost to fraud last year, according to Juniper Research. That number will more than double by 2028, reaching $172 billion. Some 22% of US digital media experts consider digital video to be one of the media types most vulnerable to fraud, per a study from Integral Ad Science and YouGov. But connected TV (CTV) has an advantage over other digital ad publishers.

A majority (78%) of US consumers would rather pay nothing and encounter more ads across websites, apps, and online services than pay any amount and be served either some or no ads, per January 2024 data from the Interactive Advertising Bureau.

Digital ad spend is growing and going increasingly toward programmatic formats. Search ad spend is on the rise as well, as retail media growth remains healthy. And social media is in better shape than previously projected. Here are five recent charts forecasting the future of ad spend.

In 2025, Google will begin gradually phasing out third-party cookies, with the goal to eradicate them by year’s end. To help our readers prepare, we answered the most common questions we receive on cookie deprecation and identity resolution.

Programmatic will account for more than 9 in 10 display ad dollars this year. How it fares as the last legacy identifiers die out will make or break the future of digital advertising.

Sam’s Club’s rich collection of first-party data provides advertisers with insight into members’ shopping and purchase behaviors. This near real-time visibility, powered by Sam’s Club Member Access Platform (MAP), allows advertisers to meaningfully engage members along their shopping journey with content and offers that align with their interests.

On today's podcast episode, our contestants compete in The Great Behind the Numbers Take Off, 2024 advertising trends edition, where they will try and cook up the most interesting predictions for the coming year. They'll discuss how the media will go to war with generative AI (genAI), why the programmatic ad pendulum will swing toward quality, and a perfect digital media storm thats brewing for brands. Tune in to the discussion with our vice president of content Paul Verna and analysts Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf and Max Willens.

The past decade saw programmatic ads diversify and become more mobile-dominated. Looking ahead, our analysts believe technology will continue to influence the programmatic ad channel. Addressability, driven by the impending demise of third-party cookies, will drive a surge in alternative identity solutions; ad tech will face consolidation fueled by demands for transparency and control; and AI will open advanced targeting and measurement capabilities.

Mobile ad units will capture 70.6% of US programmatic digital display ad spend in 2023, up from its 39.3% share in 2013, according to our April 2023 forecast. Over the last 10 years, mobile has stolen share from desktops and laptops, which now only claim 12.9% of US programmatic digital display ad spend, compared with its 60.7% share in 2013.

Ad spending growth is tapering off, but major changes are coming to the market, including the deprecation of third-party identifiers, a new era in TV ad measurement, and growing use of AI in advertising.