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YouTube ad revenue set to power ahead in 2023 after 2022 slowdown
By our News Team | 2023
Growth is expected to resume in 2023 at more than double the rate of last year, with the retail sector being the biggest spender.
Despite well-documented woes in certain online-advertising sectors, video platform YouTube’s ad revenue is powering ahead and income is expected to rise 4.0% in 2023 to reach US$30.4-billion.
This is according to the latest Media Platform Insights from insights and data analytics company Warc, which says this marks a turnaround from Q4 2022, when ad revenue declined 8.8% year-on-year, as marketers shifted investment to retail media and search.
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But growth is expected to resume in 2023 at more than double the rate of growth recorded in 2022. Warc Media further forecasts that YouTube’s revenue growth will accelerate 10.3% in 2024, to reach $33.5-billion by the end of that year.
“YouTube continues to command a strong position in the online video advertising market and is actively looking for ways to forge deeper connections with viewers, creators and brands through multi-format video strategies,” the report states.
Innovating with unskippable 30-second ads
“YouTube is prioritising Shorts and CTV (TV connected to the internet, most commonly used to stream video) engagement, and is innovating with unskippable 30-second ads and ‘pause experiences’ on TV to help marketers engage audiences across screens and achieve both performance and brand-building goals.”
Retail remains YouTube’s most important category for ad investment (up 4.6% on 2022), but growth from other sectors has been harder to achieve. While some categories will see double digit spending increases in 2023 – including technology and electronics (+13.9%) and toiletries and cosmetics (+12.1%) – figures elsewhere are more modest.
YouTube is the world’s most popular online platform, with an adult advertising reach estimated at 2.07-billion people, almost twice as much as TikTok and Instagram respectively.
“YouTube Shorts (60 seconds or less) will provide more opportunities for marketers to reach new audiences, but its 50-billion daily viewer total is some way behind the 140-billion daily views achieved by Instagram Reels,” Warc comments.
The under-18 audience, however, spends on average 60% longer on TikTok than on YouTube.
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