• by Wayne Friedman , September 23, 2020

Global content marketing growth is projected to rise just 1.9% this year. The U.S. accounts for 43% of worldwide revenues.

The U.S. decline comes after a 13.2% spike to $17.94 billion revenues in 2019.

PQ Media, a marketing and media research company, says strong U.S. growth came from business-to-consumer (B2C) digital content marketing channels, including branded mobile, social and online video, apps and games.

While the coronavirus pandemic significantly dinged advertising and marketing media worldwide, analysis showed that the hit to content marketing was “relatively moderate compared to most other media segments.”

It is estimated that the second half of 2020 is already seeing a strong recovery in content marketing revenues.

A year ago, global content marketing grew 14.4% in 2019 to $42.15 billion.

In the U.S., PQ Media says print branded magazines & advertorials was the largest category at $3.79 billion.

The fastest individual gainers in 2019 were in digital -- branded mobile content and apps, rising 30.3%, with branded games and content tools 27.7% higher and social media and visual content, adding 24.1%.