US Total Media Ad Spending Benchmarks: Q4 2025

Forecast and Insights for Total Media

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This benchmark covers how ad buyers can calibrate their total media ad spending and budget allocations against the market, and how publishers and solution providers can assess whether their ad revenues align with industry trends.

Welcome to our latest edition of “Ad Spending Benchmarks.” This series provides marketers with critical data to help them benchmark their budget allocations against the market. In this deck—one of six in the series—we cover our latest forecasts for total media ad spending.

This deck covers:

  • An overview of our total media spending forecasts for Q4 2025

This deck can help you:

  • Allocate budget for campaigns, develop media strategy (brands)
  • Showcase opportunities to customers (media platforms, solution providers)
  • Benchmark marketing performance (media platforms)

authors

Yoram Wurmser

Contributors

Rahul Chadha
Director, Report Editing
Zach Goldner
Senior Forecasting Analyst
Kyndall Krist
Senior Copy Editor
Penelope Lin
Director, Data Visualization
Emma Noyes
Graphic Designer, Data Visualization
Oscar Orozco
Senior Director, Forecasting
Matt Torpey
Senior Chart Editor
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