Download Now: Mobile & Apps Ad Spend Hockey Stick Accelerates

Jack Myers TomorrowToday forecasts that total U.S. annual mobile & apps ad investment (excluding search) will grow rapidly between 2017 and 2020, adding 8 share points of annual total U.S. ad spend.  By 2020, mobile & apps' (excluding search) share of total advertising spend is expected to hit 23.1%.  By comparison, the annual spending total of $51.7 billion will near the $56.4 billion in annual national TV ad spend by 2020.  National TV includes total ad spend for cable & broadcast networks, national syndication, and VOD, addressable, and interactive TV.  The rate of year-to-year growth is expected to decline from 2017 to 2020 but remain above 20% through 2020. 

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Jack Myers

Media Ecologist, Founder: MediaVillage and Advancing Diversity Hall of Honors Jack Myers is a media ecologist and founder of MediaVillage, the media and advertising community’s leading resource for market intelligence, education, business connection… read more