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Connected Tv Advertising Industry Statistics

CTV advertising is delivering sharper outcomes than older TV formats, with interactive CTV ads hitting an 18% engagement rate and live sports pushing completion to 89% while personalization lifts purchase intent by 34%. The page also frames where CTV is headed next, including global CTV ad spend forecast to reach $34 billion by 2025 and a move to programmatic CTV buying capturing 75% of transactions in the US.
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November 11, 2026Updated
Connected Tv Advertising Industry Statistics
Isabelle MoreauWritten by Isabelle Moreau·Edited by Elif Demirci·Fact-checked by Nikolas Papadopoulos
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01 Industry overview

The connected tv advertising industry at a glance

Global connected TV advertising revenue is forecast to reach $44 billion in 2025, as streaming audiences, ad-supported tiers, live sports and programmatic buying continue shifting television budgets toward CTV.

$44B[59]
Global CTV revenue, 2025
$26.6B[4]
U.S. CTV ad spend, 2025
13%[4]
U.S. CTV growth forecast, 2025
49.0%[3]
U.S. streaming TV share, July 2026
Market size
Global connected TV advertising revenue is estimated at $44 billion in 2025. In the United States, CTV ad spend reached $23.6 billion in 2024 and is projected at $26.6 billion in 2025.[59][4]
Forecast & CAGR
Omdia forecasts global CTV advertising revenue to rise from $44 billion in 2025 to $81 billion in 2030, equivalent to an implied compound annual growth rate of approximately 13.0%. IAB projects U.S. CTV ad spend to grow 13% in 2025, reaching $26.6 billion.[59][4]
Market share & regions
In September 2026, Roku received 30% of open programmatic CTV advertising in North America, while Samsung Smart TV led EMEA with 19%, Aiwa led Latin America with 20%, and Jio led APAC with 22%. The regional leaders illustrate the fragmented nature of CTV platform distribution.[63]
Segmentation
U.S. digital video advertising is segmented into CTV, social video and online video; in 2025, projected CTV spend was $26.6 billion, compared with $27.2 billion for social video and $18.6 billion for online video. CTV inventory spans subscription services with ad tiers, AVOD, FAST and broadcaster video-on-demand services.[4][59]
Key players & concentration
Omdia projects Google, Amazon and Netflix together will capture 50% of global CTV advertising revenue by 2030, with forecast shares of 26%, 13% and 9%, respectively. On the device side, Roku held 29% of worldwide open programmatic CTV ad impressions in September 2026 and led North America with 30%.[59][63]
Pricing
Omdia estimates that ad-supported CTV services could generate an average of $0.21 per viewing hour if all available advertising slots were sold. The benchmark covers HVOD, AVOD, FAST and BVOD services across eight markets, including the United States, using 2025 advertising-load data.[59]
Trends, drivers & challenges
CTV growth is being driven by live sports and events, ad-supported subscription tiers, programmatic buying and self-serve tools; IAB attributed 2024 U.S. growth partly to live-event monetization and scaled activation tools. The principal challenges are fragmented measurement, changing privacy requirements, economic uncertainty and competition for premium programming.[4]
Consumer behavior & competition
Streaming accounted for 49.0% of U.S. television usage in July 2026, while YouTube reached a record 14.2% share of total TV viewing. In May 2025, streaming represented 44.8% of total TV usage, exceeding the combined 44.2% share of broadcast and cable.[3]
M&A
Walmart agreed in June 2026 to acquire Vibe.co, a self-serve CTV advertising platform aimed at small and mid-sized advertisers; financial terms were not disclosed and closing was expected by the end of fiscal 2027. Viant separately agreed to acquire TVision Insights for $40 million in April 2026, combining a CTV advertising platform with attention and co-viewership measurement.[64][1]
Regulation
In the United States, the FCC authorized broadcasters to deploy ATSC 3.0, or Next Gen TV, on a voluntary, market-driven basis and issued further regulatory clarifications in September 2025. The standard can expand addressable and interactive television capabilities, although CTV advertising also remains subject to privacy, data-use and measurement requirements.[65]
Latest news
The most consequential recent developments include Walmart’s announced acquisition of Vibe.co in June 2026 and Omdia’s May 2026 forecast that global CTV advertising revenue will grow from $44 billion in 2025 to $81 billion in 2030. Omdia also expects Google, Amazon and Netflix to represent half of global CTV advertising revenue by 2030.[64][59]
report visual · Comparison

Revenue of the largest connected tv advertising companies

Alphabet leads with $403.0B in annual revenue (group level, converted to USD).

Alphabet$403.0B
Samsung Electronics$243.5B
The Walt Disney Company$94.4B
Netflix$45.2B
The Trade Desk$2.9B
Magnite$714M
source-verifiedabc.xyz · news.samsung.com · thewaltdisneycompany.com · sec.gov · investors.thetradedesk.com · magnite.gcs-web.com2025

02 Ranking

Top 10 Companies in the Connected Tv Advertising Industry

The leading companies in the connected tv advertising industry, ranked on market impact, performance, momentum, innovation and brand popularity.

Updated November 11, 2026 · Next review December 11, 2026

Verdict

Alphabet leads Gitnux's 2026 connected tv advertising ranking with an Overall score of 9.6, with living-room ads representing more than one-third of YouTube ad revenue in Q3 2026. Netflix is the runner-up at 9.5, driven by operating an advertising-supported tier and expanding ad sales infrastructure in 2025.

Ranked by Overall score · How we score ↓

Editor's top 3 picks

Where to start, by need.

  1. #1 Overall · Leader in video streaming platforms

    Alphabet

    US

    Ranked #1 · 9.6 · Video streaming platforms

    Why we picked it: YouTube operating mix skews toward living-room CTV formats, reflected in living-room ads exceeding one-third of ad revenue.

    See in ranking ↓Visit abc.xyz ↗

  2. Leader in connected TV DSPs

    The Trade Desk

    US

    Ranked #3 · 9.4 · Connected TV DSPs

    Why we picked it: Its independent DSP position centers on buying reach across major network and streaming supply sources.

    See in ranking ↓Visit thetradedesk.com ↗

  3. Leader in CTV devices and ads

    Samsung Electronics

    KR

    Ranked #4 · 9.3 · CTV devices and ads

    Why we picked it: Device-side distribution in EMEA links Smart TV inventory and advertising reach for connected-TV campaigns.

    See in ranking ↓Visit samsung.com ↗

Pick 1 is the #1 company overall. Picks 2 and 3 are the highest-ranked companies in the top 5 that add a new segment.

Full ranking

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Top 10 companies in the connected tv advertising industry, 2026 – Gitnux ranking
#CompanyOverall ↓Company snapshot
1

Alphabet

Video streaming platforms · US

9.6
2

Netflix

Video streaming platforms · US

9.5
3

The Trade Desk

Connected TV DSPs · US

9.4
4

Samsung Electronics

CTV devices and ads · KR

9.3
5

The Walt Disney Company

Video streaming platforms · US

9.0
6

Magnite

CTV supply-side platform and ad server · US

8.9
7

Viant Technology

Programmatic CTV demand-side platform · US

8.5
8

Fox Corporation

Tubi and FOX digital advertising · US

8.4
9

PubMatic

CTV supply-side platform and programmatic video · US

8.0
10

iSpot.tv

CTV measurement and advertising intelligence · US

8.0

How we score

  • Impact (30%): scale and weight in the market (revenue, market share, employees, market position).
  • Performance (20%): recent revenue growth and operating margin; an analyst assessment where a company does not publish them.
  • Momentum (20%): growth trajectory and future potential.
  • Innovation (15%): R&D intensity and how technologically advanced the company is.

Popularity (brand search demand, 15%) counts toward Overall but is not published as a column. Overall leaves out what is not known.

Scale Scores are shown on a 7–10 scale with one decimal; bars start at 7.0.

Cadence Recalculated when new figures are published; next review December 11, 2026.

Independence. Rankings are editorially independent. Scores, ranks, picks and the verdict follow the method above; no company can pay to change them.

Cite this ranking

APA

Isabelle Moreau. (2026, February 13). Top 10 companies in the connected tv advertising industry. In Connected Tv Advertising Industry Statistics. Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/connected-tv-advertising-industry-statistics/#top-companies

04 Statistics

Technology & Innovation

We see AI and automation spread across planning and execution, with 85% of CTV advertising purchases (excluding insertion-order) expected to be programmatic in 2025. Fraud and self-serve activation remain structural pressure points.

AI in the connected tv advertising industry

  • CTV advertising was identified as a target market for AI-powered planning, targeting, optimization and measurement in The Trade Desk’s 2024 platform description.[1]
  • 50% of video advertisers were already using generative AI to build video advertisements in 2025, according to an IAB study of U.S. advertisers.[2]
  • Nearly 90% of video advertisers expected to use generative AI to build video advertisements within the next two years, according to an IAB study.[2]
  • 56% of global marketers planned to increase spending on OTT and connected TV in 2025, up from 53% in 2024, according to Nielsen.[3]
  • DirecTV launched an AI-powered political advertising platform using voter-sentiment and issue insights to inform CTV media strategies in 2026.[2]
  • Roku described its home-screen recommendations and content-discovery features as AI-powered products supporting engagement and advertising in 2026.[1]

Automation in the connected tv advertising industry

  • 85% of CTV advertising purchases excluding insertion-order transactions were expected to be purchased programmatically in 2025, up from 75% in 2024.[4]
  • Programmatic CTV advertising spending was projected to rise from 65% of total CTV advertising spending in 2024 to 75% in 2029.[5]
  • tvScientific raised $25.5 million in Series B financing in 2025 to expand its automated CTV buying and measurement platform.[6]
  • 29% of CTV advertising transactions were expected to use open-exchange, real-time-bidding or ad-network channels in 2025.[4]
  • 15% of CTV advertising transactions were expected to use publisher self-serve activation platforms in 2025, enabling automated access to streaming inventory.[4]
  • 13% of CTV advertising transactions were expected to use programmatic guaranteed deals in 2025.[4]

Digital Transformation in the marketing and advertising sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across 15 countries, 75% of organizations used generative AI for search-engine optimization in 2025.[7]
  • 44% of client-side marketing respondents said their companies were actively bringing more marketing functions in-house in 2024.[8]
  • Across 15 countries, 77% of organizations used generative AI for marketing content creation in 2025.[7]
  • Among German digital-industry companies, 76% expected marketing automation to become more important in the future in 2025.[9]
  • Across 15 countries, 72% of organizations were using generative AI extensively or to a limited extent in their marketing departments in 2025.[7]
  • 30% of agencies, brands and publishers had fully integrated AI across the media campaign lifecycle in the advertising industry in 2025.[4]

Technology Adoption in the marketing and advertising sector (sector benchmark)

  • 77% of marketers reported using AI in 2024, up from 57% in 2023, based on Digiday+ Research surveys.[10]
  • 96% of major brands used AI in marketing in 2026, including 80% using it for content creation and 54% for media buying or optimization.[11]
  • 83% of advertising executives said their companies had deployed AI in the creative process in 2026, up from 60% in 2024.[4]
  • 63% of multinational brand owners were already using generative AI in marketing in 2024, most commonly for content creation, ideation and task automation.[11]

Cloud Computing in the marketing and advertising sector (sector benchmark)

  • 85% of large EU businesses used paid cloud computing services in 2025, compared with 52% of small and medium-sized enterprises.[12]
  • 85% of EU enterprises using cloud computing used it to host email systems in 2025.[12]
  • 52.74% of EU enterprises used paid cloud computing services in 2025.[12]
  • 72% of EU enterprises using cloud computing used it for office software in 2025, while another 72% used it for file storage.[12]

Big Data in the marketing and advertising sector (sector benchmark)

  • 33% of EU enterprises used data analytics performed by their own employees in 2025.[12]
  • 25% of enterprises in Poland performed data analytics internally or externally in 2025, the lowest share among the EU countries reported.[12]
  • 40% of EU enterprises performed data analytics internally or through another organization in 2025.[12]
  • 60% of enterprises in Denmark performed data analytics internally or externally in 2025, the highest share among EU countries.[12]

05 Statistics

Data & Analytics

Measurement constraints dominate buyer priorities: 63% said it was difficult to determine whether connected TV buys reached real viewers in 2025. Fraud concerns also extend into viewability and data completeness.

Business intelligence in the connected tv advertising industry

  • 63% of marketers said it was difficult to determine whether their connected TV buys reached real viewers in 2025.[13]
  • 43% of connected TV buyers valued real-time reporting in 2024.[4]
  • 73% of CTV buyers identified placement transparency as an issue affecting campaign measurement in 2024.[4]
  • 59% of CTV buyers identified multiple guarantees or currencies as a measurement issue in 2024.[4]
  • 65% of CTV buyers identified difficulty obtaining sell-side data as a measurement issue in 2024.[4]
  • 54% of connected TV buyers selected business outcomes as their most important success KPI in 2024.[4]

Data analytics in the connected tv advertising industry

  • 57% of CTV advertisers worried that a significant share of their ad spending was wasted because of fraud in 2025.[13]
  • 16% growth in CTV video authentic viewability was recorded in North America in 2024, according to DoubleVerify.[14]
  • 4% was the North American increase in desktop-video authentic viewability in 2024, compared with a 16% increase for CTV video.[14]
  • 65% of connected TV fraud was attributed to bots in 2024, 14 percentage points higher than in other digital channels.[13]
  • 66% year-over-year growth in DoubleVerify-measured connected TV impression volume occurred in 2024.[13]
  • 71% was North America’s authentic-viewability rate across digital media in 2024, up 3% from the prior year.[14]

Data Quality in the marketing and advertising sector (sector benchmark)

  • 45% of CMOs estimate that the marketing data their teams use for decisions is incomplete, inaccurate, or outdated; the survey covered marketers across the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland in 2025.[15]
  • 31% of CMOs say data completeness is the biggest data-quality problem affecting their marketing organizations across the surveyed markets in 2025.[15]
  • 73% of marketers say at least 10% of their lead data is inaccurate or outdated, based on a survey of more than 200 marketing operations and demand-generation professionals.[16]
  • 67% of marketing professionals report that poor data quality disrupts lead handoffs between marketing and sales.[16]
  • 30% of CMOs identify improving data quality as the biggest lever for improving marketing performance across surveyed marketing organizations in 2025.[15]

Data Governance in the marketing and advertising sector (sector benchmark)

  • 92% of marketing decision-makers report investing in automated data-governance platforms, according to a survey of more than 200 marketing operations and demand-generation professionals.[16]
  • 58% of organizations with data-governance programs report improved data quality in 2024, based on a global survey of data and analytics professionals.[17]
  • 14% of organizations in the Dutch marketing sector report using data governance in 2024, down from 16% in 2022.[18]
  • 49% of advertising and data decision-makers at U.S. brands, agencies, and publishers are creating or planning dedicated teams or departments in response to privacy and data-governance requirements in 2024.[4]
  • 45% of respondents identify regulatory compliance as a goal of their data-governance program in 2024, in a global survey of data and analytics professionals.[17]
  • 71% of global respondents report that their organization has a data-governance program in 2024, up from 60% in 2023.[17]

KPIs in the connected tv advertising industry

  • 93.6% was DoubleVerify’s measured CTV completion rate in its 2021 global insights report.[13]
  • 43% of connected TV buyers valued real-time reporting as a measurement capability in 2024.[4]
  • 54% of connected TV buyers ranked business outcomes such as sales, visits or leads as their most important KPI in 2024.[4]
  • 59% of CTV buyers identified multiple guarantees or currencies as an issue affecting campaign measurement in 2024.[4]
  • 67% of CTV buyers identified viewability as an issue affecting TV and video campaign measurement in 2024.[4]
  • 45% of connected TV buyers valued multiscreen attribution as a measurement capability in 2024.[4]

06 Statistics

Strategy & Growth

Forecast growth stays double-digit, with 10.35% projected connected TV advertising CAGR for 2026–2031. The data also links spend expansion to live events and scaled activation tools.

Growth in the connected tv advertising industry

  • 10.35% is the projected connected TV advertising market CAGR for 2026–2031.[19]
  • 11.12% is the projected CAGR for interactive connected TV advertising through 2031.[19]
  • 16% was year-over-year CTV advertising growth in 2024, according to IAB.[4]
  • 22.4% was global CTV advertising growth in 2024, from $24.6 billion to more than $30 billion.[20]
  • $12 billion or more was the projected increase in combined TV and CTV spending between 2023 and 2027.[4]
  • $84.91 billion is the projected connected TV advertising market size for 2031.[19]

Differentiation in the connected tv advertising industry

  • 76% was the reduction in cost per site visit on Roku compared with other OTT partners for Rollo’s campaign.[21]
  • $182 was the average order value reported for Rollo’s Roku campaign.[21]
  • 74% of households in Michelin’s Roku campaign were incremental to linear television reach.[21]
  • Less than $0.01 per day was Rollo’s reported cost to reach a unique household through the Roku campaign.[21]
  • 700,000 households were reached by Rollo’s social-to-CTV campaign on Roku in 2025.[21]
  • 125 million households were reached daily by Roku’s Home Screen advertising formats as of Q1 2025.[21]

Mergers and acquisitions in the connected tv advertising industry

  • More than 20 million U.S. smart TVs supplied Vizio’s automatic-content-recognition data before Walmart’s acquisition.[20]
  • $2.3 billion was Walmart’s announced purchase price for Vizio in 2024.[22]
  • 6 notable CTV-related acquisitions were identified across roughly 18 months in a 2026 industry review.[23]
  • $200 million was LiveRamp’s reported acquisition price for Habu in 2024.[20]
  • 1 CTV advertising platform, Premion, acquired local-CTV DSP Octillion Media in 2024.[20]
  • 1 CTV supply-side platform, Sharethrough, merged with Equativ in 2024.[20]

Strategic partnerships in the connected tv advertising industry

  • 4 demand-side platforms—Wurl, Yahoo, The Trade Desk and Amazon DSP—were integrated more deeply with Roku in 2025.[24]
  • 1 strategic integration between The Trade Desk and Comscore enabled hyperlocal CTV reach measurement in 2025.[25]
  • 1 partnership between Roku and Warner Bros. Discovery was used to scale advertising demand in Mexico in 2025.[24]
  • 45 million U.S. connected devices were made addressable through the LG Ad Solutions and Viant integration.[26]
  • 1 partnership between Roku and Spaceback enabled social-video assets to be adapted for CTV campaigns in 2025.[21]
  • 3 measurement and performance partners—INCRMNTAL, iSpot and AppsFlyer—were cited in Roku’s 2025 partnership expansion.[24]

07 Statistics

People & Workforce

Workforce data points to operational scale across platforms, including 3,522 full-time employees at The Trade Desk and 3,340 at Roku as of December 31, 2024. This supports ongoing engineering, activation, and governance work.

Hiring in the connected tv advertising industry

  • 3,522 full-time employees worked for The Trade Desk across 20 countries as of December 31, 2024.[1]
  • 3,340 full-time employees worked for Roku across 15 countries as of December 31, 2024.[1]
  • 947 full-time employees worked for Magnite as of December 31, 2022.[1]
  • 160 employees worked at tvScientific when Pinterest agreed to acquire the CTV advertising platform in 2025.[6]

Remote Work in the marketing and advertising sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across marketing organizations, 55.6% reported working from home some of the time in Fall 2024, according to a U.S. CMO survey.[27]
  • Across management, marketing and sales respondents, 20% reported working fully remotely in the State of Sales and Marketing Report.[28]
  • Among U.S. marketing, advertising and public-relations office job postings, 12.2% were advertised as remote in 2024.[29]
  • Across marketing organizations, 37.8% reported working from home all the time in Fall 2024, according to a U.S. CMO survey.[27]

Hybrid Work in the marketing and advertising sector (sector benchmark)

  • Among marketers, 68.7% said in 2024 that their current balance of office and home-working days was appropriate.[30]
  • Across advertising professionals, 64% preferred hybrid work over fully remote or fully on-site work in the 2024 Myers Report survey.[31]
  • Across management, marketing and sales respondents, 57% said their employer offered a hybrid work option to at least some employees.[28]
  • Across advertising professionals, 74% reported working in hybrid situations in the 2024 Myers Report survey of 3,462 respondents.[31]

Upskilling in the connected tv advertising industry

  • The Trade Desk defined role-aligned competencies across all leadership levels in 2024 to support employee skills and career development.[1]
  • Approximately 20% of Innovid employees were offered an internal career-advancement opportunity in 2023.[1]

Employee Engagement in the marketing and advertising sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across organizations with low-activation communications strategies, 23% reported increased employee engagement in Gallagher’s 2026 global survey.[32]
  • Across the global workforce, 21% of employees were engaged in 2024, according to Gallup’s worldwide workplace measure.[33]
  • Across organizations surveyed globally, 32% reported an increase in employee engagement from their previous survey in Gallagher’s 2026 Employee Communications Report.[32]
  • Across organizations with highly activated communications strategies, 40% reported increased employee engagement in Gallagher’s 2026 global survey.[32]

DEI in the connected tv advertising industry

  • 50% of 2024 U.S. new hires at the company covered by the annual diversity report were women.[1]
  • 32% of The Trade Desk’s global leadership team was female as of December 31, 2024, while 68% was male.[1]
  • Roku’s Inclusion Strategy team worked with Talent Acquisition in 2024 to expand its talent community and employer-brand reach.[1]
  • 26% of Innovid employee promotions in 2023 were awarded to BIPOC employees in the United States.[1]
  • 43% of Innovid employee promotions in 2023 were awarded to women globally.[1]

Change Management in the marketing and advertising sector (sector benchmark)

  • Among marketers, 32% said their media agency’s role had changed significantly during the previous three years in Nielsen’s CMO Report survey.[34]
  • Among marketers, 20% had experienced a recent change in senior marketing leadership in Gartner’s 2023 talent survey.[35]
  • Among marketers, 31% said their media agency’s role had undergone some change during the previous three years in Nielsen’s CMO Report survey.[34]
  • Among marketers, 87% were concerned in 2023 that technology, including generative AI, could replace jobs in their industry.[35]

08 Statistics

Customer & Sales

Performance signals emphasize interaction and commerce outcomes, including 23% of CTV viewers making a purchase after seeing an advertisement. The execution story reflects measurable lift from campaign formats.

Customer experience in the connected tv advertising industry

  • 98% of internet-connected households were reachable through open programmatic CTV advertising, according to Adjust’s cited industry data.[36]
  • 57% of consumers said streaming was their primary way to watch television, movies and other video content in a tvScientific survey.[37]
  • 10.3× higher engagement was achieved by interactive CTV campaigns than desktop video in global 2023 ad-impression data.[38]
  • 600%+ higher engagement was generated by interactive CTV formats than standard pre-roll in Innovid’s global 2023 analysis.[38]
  • 4.6× higher engagement was achieved by interactive CTV campaigns than mobile video in global 2023 ad-impression data.[38]

Customer acquisition in the connected tv advertising industry

  • 55% of sales came from new-to-brand customers across more than 400 brands using Roku Media through Amazon DSP.[21]
  • 18% incremental reach, representing nearly 5 million Roku streamers aged 21–54, was delivered by a finance brand’s Roku campaign.[21]
  • 170% higher purchases were driven by Lovevery’s Roku campaign after six weeks in an incrementality test.[21]
  • 23% of CTV viewers made a purchase after seeing an advertisement, according to data cited by tvScientific.[39]
  • 105% higher subscriptions were driven by Lovevery’s Roku campaign after six weeks in an incrementality test.[21]

Customer loyalty in the connected tv advertising industry

  • 20% higher purchase intent was achieved among multicultural adults aged 18–44 by Timberland’s Roku campaign.[21]
  • 11% higher purchase intent was generated for new brands by Roku Home Screen advertising in an Omnicom Media Intelligence study.[21]
  • 14% higher recall was generated for established brands by Roku Home Screen advertising in an Omnicom Media Intelligence study.[21]

Lead generation in the connected tv advertising industry

  • 57% was the net advantage of CTV/OTT over linear TV for website or sales actions among IAB survey respondents.[4]
  • 1% was the net advantage of CTV/OTT over linear TV for leads and customer acquisition among IAB survey respondents.[4]

09 Statistics

Marketing & Brand

Brand teams continue to fund CTV despite measurement friction, with 56% of global marketers planning to increase OTT and CTV spending in 2025. Reported results include outperformance versus campaign baselines in 2025.

Marketing in the connected tv advertising industry

  • 56% of global marketers planned to increase OTT and CTV spending in 2025, according to Nielsen’s annual marketing research.[3]
  • 57% of U.S. marketers were investing in CTV despite 68% reporting that it outperformed campaign baselines.[40]
  • 120% higher incremental ROAS was reported for Roku campaigns run through Google Display & Video 360 versus direct publisher buying.[21]
  • 68% of U.S. marketers said CTV outperformed campaign baselines in DV’s 2025 North America report.[40]
  • 6.4% higher Amazon detail-page views were associated with increasing Roku CTV spend by at least 10% in an Amazon-Roku analysis.[21]

Digital marketing in the connected tv advertising industry

  • $1.56 in ROAS per dollar spent was generated by Lovevery’s Roku campaign in an incrementality test.[21]
  • 9% stronger paid-social conversion rates were reported after launching a CTV campaign, according to data cited by tvScientific.[39]
  • 44.5% of marketers allocated at least 30% of their digital advertising budgets to video ads in an eMarketer and Smartly study.[41]
  • 78.4% of marketers ran both social and CTV advertising, according to an eMarketer and Smartly study.[41]
  • 72% higher website visits were generated by Lovevery’s Roku campaign after six weeks in an incrementality test.[21]

Branding in the connected tv advertising industry

  • 19% higher brand awareness was generated by an integrated OTT and CTV campaign for a global homeware brand.[42]
  • 11% higher brand favourability was generated by an integrated OTT and CTV campaign for a global homeware brand.[42]
  • 10% higher purchase intent was generated by an integrated OTT and CTV campaign for a global homeware brand.[42]
  • 117% average index lift across four brand metrics was reported for Canadian campaigns combining Roku in-stream video and Home Screen placements.[21]

Social media in the connected tv advertising industry

  • 4.0% incremental lift was reported when Roku CTV ran alongside social media in a Roku-Nielsen marketing-mix study.[21]
  • 55% of advertisers whose CTV campaigns produced cross-channel lift reported improved paid-social performance, according to Paramount’s 2026 analysis.[43]
  • 75% of North American marketers said social-media feeds performed better than baseline in DV’s 2025 report.[40]
  • 26% of the average digital budget was allocated to social media in the second half of 2026, according to Paramount’s advertiser analysis.[43]
  • 77% of North American marketers said social-media reels performed better than baseline in DV’s 2025 report.[40]

Influencer Marketing in the marketing and advertising sector (sector benchmark)

  • 58% of global marketers reported dedicated and growing budgets for creator or influencer partnerships in Nielsen’s 2026 survey.[44]
  • 77.7% of surveyed U.S. companies increased their creator-economy budgets in 2025, according to a survey of 139 marketers.[41]
  • 74% of surveyed brands, agencies and creators reported year-over-year creator-marketing budget increases in the 2025 survey covering nine countries.[45]
  • $37 billion in U.S. creator advertising spend is projected for 2025, growing four times faster than the broader media industry.[4]
  • 54% of multinational marketers expected influencer-marketing budgets to increase over the following 12 months in 2025, with average projected growth of 23%.[11]

10 Statistics

Operations & Execution

Operational throughput and delivery governance remain central, including 1.3 billion video impressions processed daily by Innovid in 2024. Fragmentation shows up in multi-provider usage and fraud-prevention priorities.

Process optimization in the connected tv advertising industry

  • 1.3 billion video impressions were processed daily by Innovid’s advertising platform in 2024, supporting automated CTV delivery and optimization.[38]
  • 19.64% was the average household reach of CTV campaigns in the United States in 2024, indicating substantial room to optimize audience expansion.[38]
  • 71 seconds of additional viewer time were generated on average by interactive CTV ads compared with standard pre-roll in 2024.[38]
  • 87% was the unique reach achieved by 2023 CTV campaigns using five or fewer publishers, according to Innovid’s campaign data.[38]
  • 62% was the unique reach from adding 10 or more publishers to CTV campaigns in 2023, down from 82% in 2021.[38]

Operational efficiency in the connected tv advertising industry

  • 97% of CTV and OTT advertisers used more than one provider in 2024, increasing the operational need for cross-platform planning and execution.[46]
  • 54% of Innovid’s video impressions were delivered through CTV in 2024, showing the operational scale of streaming inventory within its ad-serving platform.[38]
  • 40% of CTV and OTT advertisers used an average of at least five providers on a typical campaign in 2024.[46]
  • 66% was the year-over-year increase in DoubleVerify-monitored CTV impression volume worldwide in 2024.[13]
  • 95 million or more U.S. households were covered by Innovid’s CTV measurement and delivery data in 2024.[38]

Quality management in the connected tv advertising industry

  • 16% was the increase in authentic CTV viewability in North America during the second half of 2024, according to DoubleVerify.[13]
  • 4 million infected devices generated fake CTV traffic daily in 2024, according to DoubleVerify’s streaming fraud analysis.[13]
  • 65% of CTV ad fraud was attributed to bot fraud in DoubleVerify’s 2024 global streaming analysis.[13]
  • 84% of CTV and OTT advertisers identified ad-fraud prevention as a priority in 2024 planning.[46]
  • 83% of CTV and OTT advertisers identified brand safety as a priority in 2024 planning.[46]

Supply chain in the connected tv advertising industry

  • 115 networks and platforms were targeted by one Nielsen-measured CTV campaign that achieved 93% reach in the United States.[3]
  • 10 or more publishers produced 62% unique reach in 2023 CTV campaigns, compared with 87% for campaigns using five or fewer publishers.[38]
  • $5.54 was the average CPM for the lower-cost CTV inventory route identified in the 2024 programmatic transparency benchmark.[47]
  • 97% of CTV and OTT advertisers worked with more than one provider in 2024, demonstrating the fragmented structure of the advertising supply chain.[46]
  • 165 networks and platforms were targeted by another Nielsen-measured CTV campaign that achieved 90% reach in the United States.[3]

Outsourcing / Offshoring in the marketing and advertising sector (sector benchmark)

  • 63.1% of marketers outsourced work to an agency or third party during the previous 12 months in the 2025 survey, covering more than 3,500 respondents globally.[30]
  • 57% of marketing respondents outsourced video production fully or partly in 2024, the most commonly outsourced marketing function in the survey.[48]
  • 49% of marketing respondents outsourced digital content production fully or partly in 2024, according to the Marketing Benchmark Survey.[48]
  • 67.5% of B2B brands outsourced work to an agency or third party during the previous 12 months in 2025, compared with 60.2% of B2C brands.[30]
  • 45% of marketing respondents outsourced design functions fully or partly in 2024, according to the Marketing Benchmark Survey.[48]

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Finance & Pricing

Pricing benchmarks anchor buying decisions, including $23 average effective CPM for CTV campaigns in the ANA-Innovid U.S. study. Buyers also compare lower-cost programmatic routes at $5.54 versus private marketplace deals at $15.00.

Pricing strategy in the connected tv advertising industry

  • 21% was the average planned increase in CTV and OTT advertising spend among advertisers increasing investment in 2024.[46]
  • 83% of CTV and OTT advertisers said the channel’s value was greater than or equal to primetime television in 2024.[46]
  • 74% of advertisers increasing CTV and OTT spending in 2024 reallocated budgets from digital, social media or linear television.[46]
  • $5.54 was the average CPM for the lower-cost CTV buying route reported in the 2024 programmatic transparency benchmark.[47]
  • $23 was the average effective CPM for CTV campaigns in the ANA-Innovid U.S. study.[38]

Cost reduction in the connected tv advertising industry

  • 74% of advertisers increasing CTV and OTT spending in 2024 funded the increase by reallocating existing digital, social or linear-TV budgets.[46]
  • 19.64% was the average U.S. household reach of CTV campaigns in 2024, indicating unused audience capacity before additional frequency is purchased.[38]
  • $5.54 was the average CPM for the lower-cost CTV route in the 2024 programmatic transparency benchmark, versus $15.00 for private marketplace deals.[47]
  • 7.09 was the average CTV campaign frequency in 2024, providing a measurable basis for reducing waste from repeated household exposures.[38]
  • 26% of advertisers increasing CTV and OTT spending in 2024 used new advertising budgets rather than reallocating existing budgets.[46]

Profitability in the connected tv advertising industry

  • $3.4 billion was Walmart’s global advertising revenue in 2023, a business supported by its acquisition strategy in connected-TV advertising through Vizio.[22]
  • 57% of consumers in Roundel and Innovid’s 2024 study subscribed to ad-supported streaming services, expanding the addressable audience for ad-funded CTV models.[38]
  • 60% of consumers surveyed by Roundel said they research products after seeing them advertised on television, supporting CTV’s potential for downstream commerce.[38]
  • 2 times was the growth in total return on ad spend for CTV products from 2023 to 2024 in Roundel and Innovid’s commerce analysis.[38]
  • 62 cents was the average return for each dollar invested in linear television media in 2024, according to a measurement cited in 2025 reporting on TV advertising ROI.[49]

Financial planning in the connected tv advertising industry

  • 3 in 5 CTV and OTT advertisers planned to increase spending in 2024, with the average planned increase reaching 21%.[46]
  • 89% of CTV and OTT advertisers ranked premium video content as a planning priority in 2024.[46]
  • 74% of advertisers increasing CTV and OTT spending in 2024 shifted funds from digital, social media or linear television.[46]
  • 41% of advertisers cited full-funnel objectives as a reason for increasing CTV and OTT spending in 2024.[46]
  • 56% of global marketers planned to increase OTT and CTV spending in 2025, compared with 53% in 2024.[3]

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Product & Service

Service roadmaps focus on automation and measurement, including tvScientific raising $25.5 million in 2025 to expand self-serve and measurement products. Double-digit U.S. growth in 2024 supported expanded programmatic tools.

Product development in the connected tv advertising industry

  • 66% of non-CTV advertisers planned to begin investing in connected TV within the following 12 months, according to a 2025 marketer survey.[13]
  • 54% of marketers increased their connected TV spending during the year before DoubleVerify’s 2025 survey.[13]
  • $25.5 million was raised by CTV advertising startup tvScientific in a Series B financing round announced in 2025 to expand its self-serve and measurement products.[6]
  • 16% year-over-year growth in U.S. connected TV advertising occurred in 2024, alongside expanded self-serve and programmatic ad tools.[4]
  • 12 new connected TV bot variants were identified by DoubleVerify in the quarter covered by its 2025 fraud analysis.[13]

Value proposition in the connected tv advertising industry

  • 22% of Australian agencies identified measurable ROI as a key driver of continued connected TV digital-video use in 2024.[50]
  • 72% of marketers said connected TV ads outperform their campaign baselines in DoubleVerify’s 2025 global survey.[13]
  • 68% of marketers said transparency is required to justify connected TV advertising’s high cost in 2025.[13]
  • 57% of Australian agencies cited reaching audiences at scale as a key driver of continued connected TV digital-video use in 2024.[50]
  • 66% of Australian agencies cited expanded linear-TV reach as a key reason to continue using or recommending connected TV digital video advertising in 2024.[50]

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Sustainability & Ethics

Sustainability metrics quantify per-impression emissions at 0.71 grams of carbon dioxide in 2023 for connected-TV or video-streaming advertising impressions. Ethics concerns track user control and transparency gaps.

Sustainability in the connected tv advertising industry

  • 0.71 grams of carbon dioxide were emitted per connected-TV or video-streaming advertising impression in 2023, according to Scope3 data.[51]
  • 336% more carbon efficiency was recorded for traditional out-of-home campaigns than for programmatic video on connected TV in the analyzed campaigns.[52]

Ethics in the connected tv advertising industry

  • 80% of respondents in 2023 said the current connected-TV identification system did not give users adequate control or transparency over their data.[53]
  • 79% of respondents in 2024 said connected-TV identification systems did not provide users with adequate transparency or control over their data.[53]
  • 50% of connected-TV impressions in 2024 had complete application information, limiting advertisers’ visibility into where ads ran.[13]
  • 57% of marketers advertising on connected TV worried that a significant portion of their ad spend was wasted because of fraud.[13]

Carbon footprint in the connected tv advertising industry

  • 0.71 grams of carbon dioxide were emitted per connected-TV or video-streaming advertising impression in 2023.[51]
  • 336% was the reported carbon-efficiency advantage of traditional out-of-home campaigns over programmatic connected-TV video campaigns in the measured dataset.[52]

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Globalization & Expansion

Regional adoption varies, with estimated streaming or CTV household penetration of 88% in the United Kingdom and 20% in India for 2025. Fragmentation also shows in market leaders for open programmatic CTV ad share by region.

Globalization in the connected tv advertising industry

  • $44 billion was the estimated global connected TV advertising revenue in 2025.[59]
  • 56% of marketers globally planned to increase OTT or CTV spending in 2025.[3]
  • $3.9 billion was estimated 2025 CTV spending in India.[60]
  • $11.3 billion was estimated 2025 CTV spending in the United Kingdom.[60]
  • $81 billion is the forecast global connected TV advertising revenue for 2030.[59]

Cultural adaptation in the connected tv advertising industry

  • 130 million U.S. customers were reached by Amazon Prime Video’s ad-supported tier in 2025.[6]
  • 30 FAST channels were available through Roku’s expanded Live TV Guide in Brazil in 2025.[24]
  • 4.6% of all U.S. television streaming was represented by The Roku Channel in December 2024.[24]
  • 20% was the estimated 2025 streaming or CTV household penetration in India.[60]
  • 88% was the estimated 2025 streaming or CTV household penetration in the United Kingdom.[60]

Supplier management in the connected tv advertising industry

  • 12% was Roku devices’ global CTV invalid-traffic rate in Q2 2025.[61]
  • $5.7 billion was global open-programmatic CTV ad spend in Q2 2025.[61]
  • 18% was the global invalid-traffic rate in CTV advertising in Q2 2025.[61]
  • 39% was Samsung Smart TV’s global CTV invalid-traffic rate in Q2 2025.[61]
  • 26% was the CTV invalid-traffic rate in Asia-Pacific in Q2 2025.[61]

Stakeholder management in the connected tv advertising industry

  • 65% of live-CTV buyers relied heavily on content genre or theme for targeting in 2025.[62]
  • $2 billion to $4 billion was the potential programmatic live-CTV advertising gain through 2028.[62]
  • 45 million U.S. connected devices were covered by LG Ad Solutions’ inventory integration with Viant in 2025.[26]
  • $8 billion to $9 billion was estimated live-CTV advertising spend in 2025.[62]
  • 62% of live-CTV buyers considered ad-exposure history an important identity signal in 2025.[62]

Distribution channels in the connected tv advertising industry

  • 37% was Roku’s U.S. CTV-device share in Q2 2025.[2]
  • 74% of households reached by Michelin’s Roku CTV advertising could not be found on linear television.[21]
  • 7 million households were included in Michelin’s Roku CTV Home Screen campaign.[21]
  • 125 million people across U.S. households were reached daily by Roku’s Home Screen in 2025.[21]
  • 72.4% of U.S. television viewing time was ad-supported in Nielsen’s latest Ad Supported Gauge.[3]

Key questions about the Connected Tv Advertising Industry

What is the current size of the global connected TV advertising market?
Global connected TV advertising revenue is forecast to reach $44 billion in 2025.
How fast is the market growing through 2030?
Omdia forecasts global CTV advertising revenue rising from $44 billion in 2025 to $81 billion in 2030, implying ~13.0% CAGR.
Which companies lead the connected tv advertising industry?
Alphabet leads Gitnux's 2026 connected tv advertising ranking with an Overall score of 9.6, with living-room ads representing more than one-third of YouTube ad revenue in Q3 2026. Netflix is the runner-up at 9.5, driven by operating an advertising-supported tier and expanding ad sales infrastructure in 2025.
What technology shift is most visible in CTV buying and measurement?
Programmatic buying continues expanding: CTV purchases excluding insertion-order transactions were expected to be 85% programmatic in 2025, up from 75% in 2024.
How fragmented is CTV platform distribution in major regions?
In September 2026, Roku received 30% of open programmatic CTV advertising in North America, while Samsung Smart TV led EMEA with 19%.
What is the operational challenge buyers report for measurement?
CTV buyers reported it was difficult to determine whether buys reached real viewers (63% in 2025) and cited placement transparency as an issue (73% in 2024).
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