The State Of Online Video Advertising – Statistics And Trends

Ayat Shukairy

Ayat Shukairy

My name is Ayat Shukairy, and I’m a co-founder and CCO at Invesp. Here’s a little more about me: At the very beginning of my career, I worked on countless high-profile e-commerce projects, helping diverse organizations optimize website copy. I realized, that although the copy was great and was generating more foot traffic, many of the sites performed poorly because of usability and design issues.
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Video-based content is easier to grasp, and provides entertainment apart from product education. No wonder more and more businesses are leveraging video-based advertisements on channels such as YouTube.  74% of all internet traffic in 2017 will be video-based? 52% of marketing professionals worldwide name video as the type of content with the best ROI.

Check out our infographic, ‘The State Of Online Video Advertising – Statistics And Trends’ for an in-depth look at digital ad spends, digital ad channels and their popularity and several other relevant facts.

 

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74% of all internet traffic in 2017 will be video whereas 52% of marketing professionals worldwide name video as the type of content with the best ROI

Estimated US Digital Video Ad Spending In 2014-2018 (in Billions)

Year Estimated Ad Spending
2014 $5.96
2015 $7.77
2016 $9.59
2017 $11.25
2018 $12.82

 

YouTube Owns Nearly 20% Share of US Digital Video Ads.

US programmatic video ads will grab 40.0% of digital video ad spending in 2016.

Estimated US Programmatic Digital Video Ad Spending (2014-2016)

Year USD (in Billions)
2014 $0.71
2015 $2.18
2016 $3.84

 

Video ads have an average click-through rate (CTR) of 1.84%, the highest click-through rate of all digital ad formats.

Completion Rate Of Non Skip-able Vs. Skip-able Video Ad

Video ad Non Skip-able Skip-able
Less than 15 seconds 92% 9%
16-30 seconds 94% 12%
More than 30 seconds 96% 14%

 

Click Through Rate Of Non Skip-ableVs. Skip-able Video Ad

Video Ad Non Skip-able Skip-able
Less than 15 seconds 2.2% 1.4%
16-30 seconds 2.5% 1.8%
More than 30 seconds 1.3% 0.8%

 

75% of advertisers stated that online video ads were equally or more effective than traditional television ads.

Online video ads have a higher impact in Key Measurement Categories:

  • Message recall (40% online vs. 20% TV)
  • brand recall (50% online vs. 27% TV)
  • ad likeability (28% online vs. 17% TV)

56% of survey participants are likely to skip online video ads, while 46% said a video ad should be no more than 15 seconds in length

Optimal Length Of Video Ad

Length %age
1-15 seconds 46%
16-30 seconds 35%
31 seconds to 1 minute 13%
More than 1 minute 6%

 

Top U.S. Online Video Ad Properties Ranked by Percent Reach of U.S. Population (November 2014)

Video Property % Reach Total Us Population
AOL Inc 54.7%
Brightroll Platform 54.5%
Liverail 54.2%
SpotXchange 53.8%
Specific Media 51.4%
Q1 Media 47.6%
TubeMogul 46.1%
Tremor Video 40.5%
YuMe 37.2%
Google Sites 33.6%

 

 

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Ayat Shukairy

Ayat Shukairy

My name is Ayat Shukairy, and I’m a co-founder and CCO at Invesp. Here’s a little more about me: At the very beginning of my career, I worked on countless high-profile e-commerce projects, helping diverse organizations optimize website copy. I realized, that although the copy was great and was generating more foot traffic, many of the sites performed poorly because of usability and design issues.

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