Adstats: Global adspend outlook
Total global adspend amounted to US$512.2bn in 2013, an annual rise of 2.1%. Warc forecasts adspend to total US$541.9bn this year, representing 5.8% growth. The United States accounted for the largest proportion of adspend in 2013 – some US$158.6bn – followed by China on US$44.8bn. Of the key markets monitored, Brazil will demonstrate the fastest growth in ad expenditure this year at 12.8%, followed by India (11.3%) and China (11.1%). In terms of media distribution, TV will see the greatest share of adspend in 2014 with 40.7%: a rise of 16.8 percentage points since 1980. In...