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By our News Team | 2022
But the silver lining is that October outperformed all other months so far in 2022. Digital, OOH and newspapers are among categories that grew.
Advertising spending in the US market continued its decline for the fifth consecutive month, down 3% year-over-year for the month of October. This is according to Standard Media Index’s October 2022 Core Data report.
Notably, while Google topped media revenue across all channels, October 2022 proved to be the first time on record that its ad revenue took a downturn.
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But the good news – if there is any ‘good news’ in five consecutive months of decline in ad spend in the all-important US market – is that October outperformed all other months so far in 2022, including recording a 5% growth in digital ad spend.
Some categories had best month since 2017
And four category groups – travel, restaurants, pharmaceuticals, and apparel & accessories – experienced their best October for advertising spending since 2017. The automotive and consumer packaged goods (CPG) categories also increased their ad spending.
The remaining six categories – technology, entertainment & media, financial services, general business, retail, and wellness – showed year-over-year declines. Technology took the largest hit, with investment in advertising down nearly US$400-million compared to the same period in 2021.
“Although the market is down compared to last year, Standard Media Index (SMI) sees this less as recessionary fears, and more as the ad sector normalising from an overly hot [previous] year. In the last months of 2021 and even Jan-Feb 2022, advertisers were spending [approximately] 20% [more versus] 2020, whereas ‘normal’ ad market growth for [previous] decades was in the 2-5% realm,” the researchers said.
Other notable highlights of the report included:
Analysing the latest figures, the industry publication Marketing Dive noted: “SMI’s findings for October provide some optimism for [the] advertising industry. While five straight months of ad spending declines are nothing to cheer about, the fact that those declines are slowing, particularly heading into the holiday season, does offer some silver lining.”
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