The Podcast Impression Is Breaking Down: What Display’s Viewability Crisis Can Teach Buyers
This article examines the parallels between the viewability crisis in digital display advertising and the emerging challenges in podcast advertising, highlighting the need for greater transparency and more accurate measurement metrics in the podcasting industry. As podcasting matures, buyers must demand clearer data on impression delivery and audience engagement to ensure fair pricing and sustainable growth for the medium.
Original reporting · adexchanger.com
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Key points from AdExchanger’s report
- The podcast advertising industry is facing a viewability crisis similar to the one experienced by digital display ads in the early 2010s, where the distinction between ad serving and actual human consumption became increasingly important.
- Spotify's introduction of skippable podcast ads has sparked industry concerns about the value of impressions, as listeners may choose to skip ads, challenging the assumption that an impression equates to consumption.
- The podcasting industry needs to move towards transparency and more accurate measurement metrics, similar to the standards adopted in digital display advertising, to build a healthier marketplace and protect the value of advertising investments
From the source
Buyer beware: The sins of digital display and the reckoning of impression viewability are coming back to haunt the podcast advertising industry. I stopped buying display advertising in 2016, and viewability was a big part of why. Advertisers had spent years…