AdTech Market Report 2026

The adtech market size has grown strongly in recent years. It will grow from $791.95 billion in 2025 to $869.23 billion in 2026 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.8%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to growth of digital media consumption, expansion of social media platforms, rise of mobile internet usage, availability of third-party cookies, increased advertiser focus on measurable ROI.

The adtech market size is expected to see strong growth in the next few years. It will grow to $1.26 trillion in 2030 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.8%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to ai-driven audience targeting, phase-out of third-party cookies, growth of connected tv advertising, demand for real-time campaign analytics, increased investment in cloud-based adtech platforms. Major trends in the forecast period include privacy-first advertising strategies, growth of programmatic advertising, omnichannel campaign management, real-time bidding optimization, increased adoption of first-party data.

The rising demand for digital advertising is anticipated to drive the expansion of the ad tech market in the coming years. Digital advertising refers to the promotion of products and services through online channels such as websites, streaming content, and more. Ad tech in digital advertising involves software platforms that help brands and agencies purchase advertising space, allowing advertisers and agencies to plan and evaluate their campaigns more efficiently and effectively. For example, in August 2025, according to Eurostat, the Luxembourg-based official statistics office of the European Union (EU), approximately one-third (32.6%) of enterprises in the EU engaged in paid online advertising in 2024. Consequently, the growing demand for digital advertising is fueling the development of the ad tech market.

Prominent entities within the ad-tech market are adopting a strategic partnership approach to elevate their advertising solutions. Strategic partnerships involve leveraging mutual strengths and resources for collective benefits and success. For instance, in January 2023, MGID, a US-based ad-tech services provider, announced a strategic partnership with G/O Media Inc. This collaboration is designed to leverage MGID's multi-format upscale demand, brand-safety approaches, and award-winning technology. The partnership emphasizes MGID's commitment to enhancing advertising solutions, offering advertisers improved Return on Advertising Spend (ROAS) in a brand-safe environment. MGID's contextual intelligence audience segmentation service will be utilized across an expanding roster of premium publishers, including renowned publications such as Microsoft, Newsweek, Real Clear Politics, The Times of India, and more. G/O Media Inc., a US-based company overseeing several digital media outlets, joins hands with MGID in this transformative partnership.

In February 2023, Marketing Technology Solutions (MTS), a US-based marketing technology firm providing advertising services, acquired a 67% stake in Buzzoola Group, comprising Buzzoola Internet Technologies LLC and Buzzoola Advertising Technologies LLC, for an undisclosed sum. This strategic acquisition by MTS aims to bolster its ad tech development, expedite advancements in its ad tech business, and solidify its position within the advertising market. Buzzoola Group, a Russian-based advertising technology company, becomes an integral part of MTS, consolidating their strengths to drive innovations and capture a larger share of the advertising landscape.

Major companies operating in the adtech market are Google LLC, Meta Platforms Inc., Oracle Corporation, Criteo SA, Adobe Inc., Amazon.com Inc., The Trade Desk, Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Salesforce Inc., Telaria Inc., Mobvista Co. Ltd., Microsoft Corporation, WPP plc, Omnicom Group Inc., The Interpublic Group of Companies Inc., MediaMath Inc., 4INFO Inc., Adtile Technologies Incorporated, Xandr Inc., Media.net, Neustar Inc., OpenX Technologies Inc., Proxim.ai Inc., Quantcast Corporation, Magnite Inc., Taboola Inc., StackAdapt Inc.

North America was the largest region in the Ad tech market in 2025. The regions covered in the adtech market report are Asia-Pacific, South East Asia, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa. The countries covered in the adtech market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.

The Ad tech market consists of revenues earned by entities by providing advertising technology services such as display advertising, video advertising, mobile advertising, and native advertising technology services. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. The advertising technology market also includes sales of different types of devices such as computer, computer peripherals used in providing advertising technology services. Values in this market are ‘factory gate’ values, that is, the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods.

The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD unless otherwise specified).

The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.

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