"We are in the midst of a major shift in the media landscape that is being fueled by changes in technology, end-user behaviors and the response by brand marketers and communications companies," says James Rutherford, executive vice president and managing director at VSS.
At the same time, the consumer migration to digital media--which require less time investment than traditional media counterparts (think 3-minute YouTube clips versus 30-minute TV shows)--has spawned a year-over-year decline in the amount of time consumers spent with media, VSS researchers say. The tally came in at 3,530 hours in 2006, a per-capita decrease of 0.5%. It's the first time since 1997, researchers say, that such a behavior has occurred.
Consumers are also migrating away from ad-supported media and spending more time with media they support, according to the VSS Forecast. Consumers spent an average of 1,631 hours in 2006 with consumer-supported media, such as the Internet and video games--a gain of 19.8% compared to 2001. Time spent with ad-supported media, such as broadcast television and newspapers, has fallen 6.3% since 2001 to 1,899 hours per person.
"We expect these shifts to continue over the next five years," Rutherford adds," as time and place-shifting accelerate while consumers and businesses utilize more digital media alternatives, strengthening the new media pull model at the expense of the traditional media push model."
Total communications spending for 2006 increased 6.8% to a record $885.2 billion and the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.9% from 2001 to 2006 outpaced the nominal GDP, the VSS Forecast reports.
According to the VSS Forecast, which was prepared in part using proprietary data from PQ Media's Alternate Media Outlook:
INTERNET ADVERTISING BY CATEGORY
2006 | 2007 (Forecast) |
2011 (F) | CAGR 2001-06 | CAGR 2006-11 | |
National Internet Advertising Spending ($ millions) | 16,879 | 21,119 (+25.1%) | 38,897 | 18.8% | 18.2% |
Local Internet Advertising | 6,384 | 8,376 (+31.2%) | 19,200 | 38.3% | 24.6% |
Social Network Advertising* | 350 | 807 (+130.5%) | 2,745 | 411.5% | 51.0% |
Blog, Podcast & RSS Advertising* | 78 | 196 (+151.5%) | 1,138 | NA | 70.9% |
TOTAL
Internet Advertising Spending ($ Millions) | 23,691 | 30,498 (+28.7%) | 61,980 | 23.1% | 21.2% |
* Data licensed exclusively to Veronis Suhler Stevenson from PQ Media's Alternative Media Outlooks 2007.
NATIONAL CONSUMER INTERNET AD SPENDING BY TYPE
2006 | 2007 (Forecast) | 2011 (F) | CAGR 2001-06 | CAGR 2006-11 | |
Keyword Searches Spending ($ Millions) | 6,799 | 8,689 (+27.8%) | 16,744 | 86.7% | 19.8% |
Display Ads (Banner) | 3,685 | 4,536 (+23.1%) | 8,055 | 7.6% | 16.9% |
Classified | 3,059 | 3,876 (+26.7%) | 6,779 | 21.7% | 17.2% |
Rich Media | 1,192 | 1,432 (+20.1%) | 2,654 | 26.8% | 17.4% |
Referrals | 1,310 | 1,769 (+35.0%) | 3,573 | 54.3% | 22.2% |
Sponsorship | 496 | 415 (-16.4%) | 271 | -23.1% | -11.4% |
338 | 403 (+19.3%) | 821 | 8.9% | 19.4% | |
TOTAL Spending ($ Millions) | 16,879 | 21,119 (+25.1%) | 38,897 | 18.8% | 18.2% |
Source: Veronis Suhler Stevenson, PQ Media, Harris Nesbitt, Interactive Advertising Bureau
LOCAL CONSUMER INTERNET AD SPENDING
Year | 2006 |
2007 (Forecast) | 2011 | CAGR 2001-06 | CAGR 2006-11 |
Newspaper
Sites Spending ($ Millions) | 2,588 | 3,393 (+31.1%) | 8,058 | 39.3% | 25.5% |
Pure-Play + | 1,172 | 1,275 (+8.8%) | 1,730 | 16.8% | 8.1% |
Print Online Yellow Pages | 658 | 804 (+22.2%) | 1,621 | 85.4% | 19.8% |
Pure-Play Online Yellow Pages | 368 | 391 (+6.2%) | 458 | 22.4% | 4.5% |
Local Search | 938 | 1,476 (+57.4%) | 4,127 | 184.9% | 34.5% |
TV Sites | 521 | 829 (+59.2%) | 2,618 | 64.7% | 38.1% |
Local Magazines | 101 | 151 (+49.5%) | 418 | 48.5% | 32.9% |
Radio Sites | 38 | 56 (+48.5%) | 169 | 107% | 34.8% |
TOTAL Spending ($ Millions) | 6,384 | 8,376 (+31.2%) | 19,200 | 38.3% | 24.6% |