Key Takeaways
- Global ad spend reached $963.3 billion in 2023, with digital accounting for 62.5% at $602 billion
- US digital ad spend hit $289 billion in 2023, projected to $335 billion in 2024
- Retail media networks ad spend globally: $100 billion in 2023, expected $1.3 trillion by 2028 CAGR 67%
- 76% of consumers trust online reviews as much as personal recommendations in 2024
- 81% of shoppers research online before purchasing in-store, omnichannel behavior dominant
- Mobile commerce sales: 60% of e-commerce by 2025, with 73% abandon carts on mobile
- Global social media users reached 5.17 billion in 2024, representing 63.9% of the world's population
- Video content accounts for 82% of internet traffic in 2024, up from 73% in 2020
- 93% of marketers use social media for business in 2024, with Instagram being the top platform for B2C at 43%
- The global marketing services market size was valued at USD 495.9 billion in 2023 and is projected to grow to USD 766.4 billion by 2030, exhibiting a CAGR of 6.4% during the forecast period
- Global digital marketing spending reached $522 billion in 2023, with an expected CAGR of 13.9% from 2024 to 2028
- The marketing automation market is anticipated to grow from $5.5 billion in 2023 to $25.1 billion by 2032 at a CAGR of 18.5%
- Global MarTech stack average 91 tools per company in 2023, up from 86 in 2022
- AI in marketing adoption: 35% companies using generative AI daily in 2024
- CDP market size $12.7 billion 2023, CAGR 24% to $48.8 billion by 2030
In 2023, global ad spend hit $963.3 billion as digital dominated, with programmatic and social reshaping marketing fast.
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