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| Mar 27, 2024
Source: ĢAV Forecast
Search Ad Spending Benchmarks. Search Ad Spending. Search Ad Spending, by Device. Search Ad Spending, by Format. Search Ad Revenues, by Company. Retail Media Ad Spending Benchmarks. Retail Media Ad Spending. Retail Media Ad Spending, by Channel. Retail Media Ad Spending, by Format. Retail Media Ad Revenues, by Company. TV and CTV Ad Spending Benchmarks. Combined TV and CTV Ad Spending.
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| Apr 18, 2025
Impact of Tariffs on US Search Ad Spending. Impact of Tariffs on US Social Ad Spending. Impact of Tariffs on US CTV Ad Spending. Impact of Tariffs on US RMN Ad Spending.
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| May 21, 2025
Retail media search spending will reach nearly $38 billion in the US this year, according to an ĢAV forecast. "Retail media's share of search ad spending is growing, but it's worth pointing out that the total pie is still getting larger. Traditional search is still forecasted to grow every year, so it's not a zero-sum game," Marzano noted. The AI wildcard: Potential disruption ahead.
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| Aug 11, 2025
Retail Media Search Ad Spending Forecast and Trends 2025(ĢAV subscription required).
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| Aug 18, 2025
AI will have a mixed impact overall but will likely lower search ad spending. A big wildcard is AI’s impact on ad spending. There’s no question that AI will shift ad dollars, but it remains unclear whether it will increase or decrease digital ad spending overall. Search ad spending will likely take a hit. We expect search ad spend's compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 2025 and 2029 to be 6.8%.
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| Aug 1, 2025
Retail Media Search Ad Spending Forecast and Trends 2025 (ĢAV subscription required). Commerce Media Ad Spending Forecast Report 2025 (ĢAV subscription required).
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| Jul 31, 2025
Retail Media Search Ad Spending Forecast and Trends 2025 (ĢAV subscription required). Commerce Media Ad Spending Forecast Report 2025 (ĢAV subscription required).
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| Jul 21, 2025
Search Ad Spending, by Device. Display Ad Spending. Display Ad Spending, by Device. Display Ad Spending, by Format. UK Digital Ad Spending Benchmarks, by Channel. Digital Ad Spending, by Channel. Social Network Ad Spending. Social Network Ad Revenues, by Company. Retail Media Ad Spending. Connected TV (CTV) Ad Spending. UK Programmatic Ad Spending Benchmarks. Programmatic Ad Spending**.
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| Apr 30, 2025
Go further: Read our Retail Media Search Ad Spending Forecast and Trends 2025 report.
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| Aug 21, 2025
Google is also the top destination for search ad dollars. Google’s share of the total search ad market is declining thanks to the rise of retail media. But its share of the traditional search market (which excludes retail media search ad spending) is actually increasing, per our forecast. Perplexity is currently the only major AI-first challenger to monetize with ads.
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| Jan 24, 2025
That makes it the single most important destination for search ad dollars for advertisers, no matter their audience. Google provides consumers with a range of genAI search experiences. While competitors work to catch up in adoption, Google has fortified itself by building genAI search tools that cater to every consumer. Its slate of products include:. AIOs.
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| May 23, 2025
Until Google rolls out generative search to all users, most consumers won’t adopt the technology. That means AI isn’t driving search ad spendingЯ.
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| Dec 20, 2023
While Google will still account for 62.1% of total UK search ad spending, per our forecast, that share is declining, and revenue growth is slowing as users turn to social platforms like TikTok and AI chatbots for searches. The AI angle: Google’s AI Overviews and burgeoning AI Mode for search have attracted significant scrutiny from publishers, competitors, and now regulators.
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| Jun 25, 2025
Meanwhile, healthcare and pharma marketers shouldn’t pull back search ad spending just yet, but they’ll want to closely monitor how AI changes consumer search behaviors. Go deeper: Want more healthcare benchmarking data? PRO+ subscribers have access to Industry KPIs, our collection of more than 400 benchmarks in marketing and retail and ecommerce across a range of industries and countries.
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| May 30, 2025
We expected search ad spending to be driven primarily by retail media. And within the broader retail media advertising category, growth in the channel will outpace all others—even amid economic turbulence.
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| Jul 24, 2025
By 2028, that figure will exceed $57 billion (58.6% of overall retail media), while retail media’s share of total search ad spending will exceed 30%. A more modest growth period now begins for search. Many RMNs generate at least a portion of their retail media revenues from search listings.
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| Jan 29, 2025
This month, TikTok rolled out advanced search offerings, giving advertisers more control over their search spend with keyword suggestions, negative keyword management, and AI-powered suggestions. 41% of Gen Z search first on social platforms first, ahead of traditional search engines (32%), chat-based AI tools (11%), and friends/family (9%), according to a May Sprout Social survey. 80% of businesses believe
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| Jun 13, 2025
Generative AI is poised to reshape the search advertising market. With a significant first-mover advantage, will Microsoft grow its share of search ad budgets? How can advertisers stay ahead of the curve?
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| May 15, 2023
This year, AI search ad spending will account for less than 1% of US search ad spending, according to our forecast. But spending is expected to ramp up quickly in the coming years. Why is GenAI search underrepresented in ad spending? The simplest answer is that genAI search ads are still in the nascent stages.
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| Aug 12, 2025
In China, ecommerce channel ad spending represents over 38% of total digital ad spending, and ecommerce search spending accounts for 64.0% of total search. Could the US figures reach similar heights?
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| May 25, 2023
Zooming out: We forecast that while search ad spending is increasing each year, the growth rate is declining. This could be due to stricter privacy laws and competing ad channels like social, video, and AI-driven ads. Our take: Apple’s public pivot toward AI search is a strategic realignment.
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| May 8, 2025
Search ad spending tends to fare better during periods of economic strain, but we expect the display/search share split to hold steady through the current turbulence. Our growth scenarios for social, retail, and CTV ad spending show a wide array of possible outcomes. Social will suffer from a decline in Chinese advertisers but could rebound quickly.
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| Apr 30, 2025
Search ad spending growth remains strong, but still lags behind display’s growth. That’s largely due to the rapid growth of video advertising. In 2025, search ad spending will grow 12.2% YoY, an increase of nearly $16 billion for a total of $144.10 billion. Search will account for 41.4% of total digital spending, more than video’s 37.7% share.
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| Dec 18, 2024
In part due to this earnings season, we took our 2024 US search ad spending forecast from 11.1% to 14.5% growth as AI-integrated search rolled out faster than expected. Our 2024 US retail media forecast dropped from 26% to 20.4% due to total growth overexpectations from channel leaders.
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| Nov 22, 2024