Super Bowl LIX Ad Buys Slide 2% To $800M


Total day “Super Bowl LIX” advertising revenues on the Fox Television Network tallied $801.9 million, according to EDO Ad EnGage.

A year ago, CBS pulled in $819.5 million -- a 2% decline. 

Some Super Bowl 30-second commercial time spots were sold for $8 million this year, according to media-buying executives. Top pricing a year ago was around $7.5 million.

For the game itself this year, an estimated $652.2 million in national TV advertising was spent -- coming from 70 airings of commercials that yielded 9.0 billion impressions.

A year ago, CBS was at $708.2 million for in-game placements for 80 commercial airings and 9.6 billion impressions.

This year, pre- and post game Super Bowl programming totaled $149 million -- coming from 190 airings.

The biggest advertising category for the entire Super Bowl Day was beer/cider/hard seltzer at $56.7 million, from nine airings.

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Auto/home insurance has the most airings for the entire day -- at 18, while sports leagues (including the NFL) came in at 17 and theatrical movie studios were at 15.

For the game itself, beer/cider/hard seltzer were the leading spender -- with 5 airings, and a $55.7 million spend.

Streaming platforms aired 4 spots, at $26.8 million, and snack brands and AI services each had 4 spots, with $35 million in spend.

The mobile/wearable devices and social media categories each had three spots, at $28 million and $21 million, respectively.

This story has been updated.

 

2 comments about "Super Bowl LIX Ad Buys Slide 2% To $800M".
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  1. Ed Papazian from Media Dynamics Inc, February 10, 2025 at 4:43 p.m.

    Wayne, where does EDO get its ad spend figures---certainly not from the TV network I would think. So are these just  guesstimates? Also, it used to be said that the networks which aired the Super Bowl usuually made public comments about the pricing of their commercials that implied that it was about 5% higher than most advertisers actually paid as a promotional ploy  suggesting that those who paid slightly less got a good "deal". I don't know if this practice still applies---but?

  2. Amy Mckeever from Criterion Global, February 10, 2025 at 6:33 p.m.

    Same question here: back of the napkin Super Bowl math is that 63 national advertisers paid $8M per 30-second ad slot which would be $504M USD? 

    Where's the other $300M?

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