U.S. Media Advertising Outlook Through 2029

PwC’s Entertainment & Media Outlook Report contains projections for U.S. advertising growth through 2029. Following are highlights for key media:

Digital Out-of-Home Advertising

  • Digital Out-of-Home (ex. billboard, DMV, elevator, gas station) maintains its status as the fastest-rising segment with a +5.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR)¹ through 2029, and its share of total OOH is forecast to overtake physical OOH spend, with this milestone taking place in 2029.

Online Advertising²

  • Online drops to a +8.5% CAGR.

Cinema Advertising

  • Cinema continues its rebound with a CAGR of +4.5%.

Radio Advertising*

  • Radio’s CAGR of +0.2% is down from last year, as is terrestrial online radio at +0.4% CAGR.

TV Advertising

  • TV declined to a -5.5% CAGR.

Newspaper Advertising*

  • Newspapers’ CAGR is expected to be -1.5%; print retains the majority share of ad revenues with a CAGR of -4.6%; digital remains steady with a +1.3% CAGR.

Magazine Advertising

  • Consumer magazines’ CAGR is expected to be -3.5%; digital stays consistent at +2.7% and print rises slightly with -10.5%.
¹The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) is the proportional growth rate from year to year for a business, used to calculate growth over a time period.

²Online’s category includes online TV and digital publishing.

Source: PwC’s Entertainment & Media Outlook, reported by Marketingcharts.com; *includes Canada.