On today’s podcast episode, we discuss how much is too much when it comes to AI-generated ads, the relationship between how much people notice ads versus how intrusive they find them, and the main reason consumers say they feel “ignored” by marketers. Tune in to the conversation with Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, Director of Reports Editing Rahul Chadha, and Senior Analyst Evelyn Mitchell-Wolff. Listen everywhere and watch on YouTube and Spotify.
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| Feb 7, 2025
The same is true for international expansion: Ad revenue growth was strongest in Meta’s rest of world segment, which includes Latin America and Africa, at 33%.
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| Aug 1, 2024
Europe and Latin America will have the next-highest penetration rates. Smartphone usage is highest in North America. ĢAV 77% of its population will use a smartphone in 2023—more than 10 percentage points higher than Europe. North America’s penetration rate will reach just over 80% by 2027. Mobile usage among children is also one of the highest. Canada ranks just behind Germany and Argentina.
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| Apr 27, 2023
A hot mic moment revealed Disney’s advertising audience: The company’s Q4 earnings came with AVOD revelations and significant gains in India.
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| Nov 14, 2024
Rebranding may be the best option for financial institutions that can’t otherwise shed their outdated perceptions.
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| Nov 15, 2024
Latin America will remain the largest emerging region for ecommerce for the foreseeable future. Southeast Asia has outpaced Latin America’s growth for the last few years, but that trend will tail off starting in 2024. The gap between the two regions will stabilize over the remainder of our forecast period.
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| Mar 9, 2023
That’s more than 20 minutes above Latin America (2:23) and Western Europe (2:14). Over 90% of respondents reported watching live TV in H1 2023. High TV penetration in the US is tied to a broad array of options including over-the-air network TV and cable channels that specialize in news, sports, and daytime or primetime entertainment. Almost all (99.1%) of respondents watched TV in any form in H1 2023.
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| Oct 30, 2023
Only 10% of marketing executives worldwide have fully integrated generative AI (genAI) into their regular marketing processes, according to a July 2024 survey from SAS conducted by Coleman Parkes Research.
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| Nov 1, 2024
Both apps see user spikes in light of Trump’s win and Musk’s divisive moves, signaling an appetite for other social media models and the potential for new advertising platforms.
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| Nov 12, 2024
I know you've got a really good handle of the landscape in LATAM. Tell us about that. Matteo Ceurvels:. Yeah, so like other markets, data is very scarce, so you have to do a bit of data sleuthing to make some very good informed insights. But within Latin America specifically, we've identified that there are over 15 players, roughly 17 that we could confirm.
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| Jun 23, 2023
For comparison, ownership of these devices was over the 30% mark in North America, Western Europe, and Latin America. Low-income respondents were less than half as likely to own a game console than those with high incomes. Country Highlights. China. Time spent with broadcast TV is lowest in China among the 47 countries tracked by GWI.
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| Oct 30, 2023
A closer look at Latin America. In Latin America, where people spend more daily time with social media than anywhere else, Twitter and Facebook are hemorrhaging users as TikTok grows rapidly, according to our forecast. TikTok is the fastest-growing social platform in Latin America.
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| Jan 27, 2023
Dorsey said Block was eyeing regions where the population with internet access will grow the fastest—including Africa, Latin America, Asia, and Oceania. Artificial intelligence. Block plans to introduce machine learning across all its products and services, according to Dorsey, to improve efficiency and create new features for customers.
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| May 8, 2023
Implementing new password restrictions in Latin America, Canada, New Zealand, Spain, and Portugal. Strengths. Netflix still dominates in time spent. Being the original subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service has given Netflix the advantage of familiarity over its global rivals.
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| Apr 27, 2023
On today’s special edition podcast, we talk about how brands are rising to the challenge of finding the right influencers and creators for campaigns. Listen to the discussion with Senior Analyst, Minda Smiley, as she hosts N’Yaisha Aziz, Global Social Media Lead at Uber, and Rodney Mason, the Head of Marketing and Brand Partnerships at LTK. Listen everywhere and watch on YouTube and Spotify.
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| Feb 22, 2025
Overall media ad spend worldwide will cross the $1 trillion mark in 2024, fueled in part by digital ad spend growth in Latin America and India. More like this:. Why are so many tech companies laying people off right now? 2023 worldwide digital ad spend forecast: China and Western Europe disappoint, Latin America and India still Rolling.
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| Jan 31, 2023
It beats Latin America—the reigning leader in music streaming, social/messaging, and mobile—by 2 minutes. The popularity is partially motivated by the fact that podcasts consume less data (once downloaded) for lengthy content. Social/messaging time spent dropped below 3 hours for the first time since GWI began tracking it in 2019.
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| Oct 30, 2023
We’re already seeing the popularity of surfaces in mobile-first markets like Asia-Pacific and Latin America. Creators are working with InMobi to leverage lock screen and home screen experiences to immediately connect with consumers when they glance at or unlock their phones.
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| Jun 14, 2023
A burgeoning list of companies are throwing their hats in the ring in the US, Europe, and Latin America; the threat of retail media to the social platforms’ future ad revenue growth cannot be ignored. It’s tempting to look at today’s landscape and assume that social media has run its course. We don’t see it that way.
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| Feb 10, 2023
While this won’t be far behind North America’s 111.5 million, it will be significantly below user numbers in Latin America, the Middle East and Africa, and Asia-Pacific. As a percentage of the population, the picture is better. With 22.4% of the total population active on the platform, Western Europe sits behind only North America and Latin America.
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| Aug 25, 2023
Canada, Europe, and Latin America have advanced quickly. Adoption of generative AI has taken off in these regions—and in the slipstream of the US, where most of the popular platforms originated. Interest in and use of the technology both remain on an upward swing. As a result, successful generative AI startups have emerged in those regions.
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| Apr 24, 2023
On today's podcast episode, we discuss the most interesting 2025 retail trends that we heard at NRF, and expect to hear at eTail, ShopTalk, and other events. Listen to the conversation with our Senior Analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts Chief Content Officer Zia Daniell Wigder and Vice President Suzy Davidkhanian.
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| Jan 22, 2025
The Spanish bank launched its digital speedboat in the US before most of its products become available.
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| Oct 24, 2024
In 2023, it will have more than five times the number of users as second-ranked Latin America—and more users than all other regions combined. The top five countries for social media penetration among internet users will be in Asia—the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Thailand.
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| Jun 29, 2023
Asia-Pacific has the most mobile phone messaging app users: The region has 2.1 billion users, followed by Latin America (347.1 million), and Western Europe (288.5 million). TikTok Shop converts TikTok channels into virtual storefronts. Customers can add products from various brands and check out within the app.
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| Jun 9, 2023