SEA Digital Ad Spend to grow 13% in 2018

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Digital ad spend in South East Asia is set to grow 13% in 2018, accounting for 21% of total regional media budget. That’s up from just 13% of regional ad budgets in 2015.

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Growth will then slow to 5% YOY by 2020 as the market matures and digital hits a 25% share of total ad budgets in South East Asia.

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Grab the spend data for yourself on the Digital in Asia public Google Sheets below:

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Tom Simpson

Tom Simpson

Tom Simpson is an operator, investor and writer working where AI, media, gaming and culture meet. He is the founder of AK3R, a boutique venture fund and advisory business backing and building companies in AI, agents, gaming, advertising and digital marketplaces, and writes the Hyperfuture Memo on how AI is reshaping markets, media and culture. He has spent around 20 years building media, advertising and gaming businesses across the UK, the US and Asia, including building AdColony’s Asia business through its exit, and founded Digital in Asia in 2013.

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