Facing leaner budgets and a changing media landscape, APAC marketers are prioritising data-driven decisions and new channels, Nielsen’s 2025 Annual Marketing Report reveals.
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Over 50% of APAC marketers plan to cut ad spend in 2025: Nielsen
Global adspend on news brands forecast to decline by a third
Creator journalists and UGC are starting to draw more attention from advertisers wary of potentially distressing content on news brands.
Global adspend growth forecasts cut by nearly $20 billion due to market volatility
Despite economic uncertainty and regulatory pressure worldwide, a WARC report says certain digital channels like social media and retail are expected to continue seeing growth this year.
Filipinos spend more time than global average on social media
TOP OF THE CHARTS: Global social-media users have reached 5.24 billion, with Southeast Asia representing 10.2% of the total share, according to We Are Social's annual study.
Budgets 2025: Retail media and CTV will dominate adspend
The industry is poised for significant growth in 2025, fuelled by robust digital revenues and shifting consumer behaviours that could see budgets moving to social platforms and retail networks over traditional channels. Media experts weigh in.
Global ad spend set to reach US$1.08 trillion in 2025
Warc's annual media report predicts a landscape defined by unprecedented advertising growth and algorithmic innovation.
Anti-fraud programmes ‘saved US advertisers $10.8 billion in 2023’
Resulting in a 92% reduction in potential adspend losses, US advertisers were saved billions of ad dollars courtesy of industry-wide action tackling bad actors and fraudsters.
CTV outpaces AI on marketers’ list of consumer trends to watch
With time consumers spent streaming increasing 40% in June, the CTV market is set to boom in H2 2024 as marketers invest heavily in performance-driven paid media channels.
Meta enjoys record adspend while TikTok faces 39% engagement decline
Both Instagram and Facebook are generating more organic engagement for brands, while TikTok sees impressions decline and X’s ad prices drop.
WARC upgrades TikTok adspend forecast by $2 billion
Video platform to defy recession with all brand categories set to increase investment this year.
Just 4.7% of adspend put behind ads with women in professional settings
New research covering 2022’s ads showed a decrease in depictions of professional women, a drop in adspend for ads featuring darker-skinned women compared to 2021, and the continued invisibility of women over 60.
Will the fortunes of adland decouple from economic downturn?
Advertising leaders from the UK wade into debate about adspend and recessionary headwinds.
Warc: adspend to slow significantly in 2023
Economic uncertainty and block on third-party cookies will lead to a slowdown, according to Warc, as it downgrades previous expectations.
China, India to lead global marketing-spend growth through 2025
Global marketing spend will increase by 7% annually to $4.7 trillion in 2025, with China, India and South Korea among the markets exceeding the global average, according to a new forecast from Forrester.
Hong Kong adspend dove with skyrocketing Omicron cases
Widespread declines hit all media in February 2022, with major advertisers such as HSBC leading the cuts, according to a report from Admango.