The outlook for U.S. ad spending has improved considerably for this year, as have estimates for 2020, which included a recession attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a mid-year update released this morning by GroupM's Business Intelligence unit.
Mediapost reports GroupM now projects U.S. ad spending will expand 16.5% -- 22.3% if the incremental impact of 2020 political ad spending is removed -- a marked improvement from estimates it released in its last update in March (+9.1% and + 14.9%, respectively for total U.S. ad growth and excluding political ad spending).
GroupM's update brings Madison Avenue's Big 4 ad forecaster consensus growth projection for 2021 to +7.5% from +5.1% in March, with others expected to release upward revisions in the next few weeks.
GroupM's update also reduces the severity of the 2020 ad recession, which according to the WPP unit is now estimated to have declined less than a percentage point (-0.8%), vs. a 2.0% decline estimated in March and a 3.9% decline projected in its original December 2020 outlook for 2021.
That revises the current Madison Avenue consensus for 2020 to -3.3%, with other adjustments expected to come.
Meanwhile, GroupM is projecting more sustained growth for the next several years, with 2022 U.S. ad spending now projected to rise 12.4%.
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