Programmatic Ad Spending Forecast H1 2024

Cookie Deprecation Has Begun. Now What?

Report by Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf  | Jan 19, 2024
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Executive Summary
Programmatic shoulders the digital display ad market
Cookie deprecation won’t change advertisers’ preferred transaction methods and devices
Walled gardens are in a deadlock against the open web
What’s next for programmatic advertising?
Insider Intelligence Interviews
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Programmatic will account for more than 9 in 10 display ad dollars this year. How it fares as the last legacy identifiers die out will make or break the future of digital advertising.
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Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Programmatic shoulders the digital display ad market
Cookie deprecation won’t change advertisers’ preferred transaction methods and devices
Walled gardens are in a deadlock against the open web
What’s next for programmatic advertising?
Insider Intelligence Interviews
Sources
Media Gallery

Programmatic advertisers face a yearlong road filled with potholes as Google slowly deprecates third-party cookies in Chrome. Some will continue hand-wringing; others will double down on new testing opportunities. But spending won’t let up.

Key Question: Will cookie deprecation disrupt long-standing spending dynamics in programmatic advertising?

Programmatic Display Ad Spending Will Grow 3 Times as Fast as Nonprogrammatic in 2024
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Key Stat: Although nonprogrammatic display ad spending growth will accelerate in 2024, it will be three times slower than that of programmatic, which closely aligns with growth of the overall display market.

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    Table of Contents

    1. Executive Summary
    2. Programmatic shoulders the digital display ad market
    3. Cookie deprecation won’t change advertisers’ preferred transaction methods and devices
    1. Walled gardens are in a deadlock against the open web
    2. What’s next for programmatic advertising?
    3. Insider Intelligence Interviews
    1. Sources
    2. Media Gallery

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    Programmatic Display Ad Spending Will Grow 3 Times as Fast as Nonprogrammatic in 2024US Programmatic Digital Display Ad Spending, 2019-2025 (billions, % change, and % of total digital display ad spending)
    In Less Than a Decade, the Open Exchange Went From Most to Least Popular Transaction MethodCTV Continues to Gain Share of the Programmatic Market at Desktop/Laptop's Expense
    In 2024, Advertisers Will Spend Over $1 Billion Less on Programmatic CTV Than Previously ExpectedWalled Gardens Started Slowly Losing Share of Programmatic Ad Spending in 2021
    Made-for-Advertising (MFA) Websites Accounted for More Than 1-in10 Open Programmatic Ad Dollars in Oct 2023

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    Interviewed December 18, 2023
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    Lead Director, Marketplace Innovation
    Interviewed December 22, 2023
    Nich Weinheimer
    Skai
    Executive Vice President, Strategy
    Interviewed December 18, 2023

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    Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf

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