Planned changes to ad and targeting tactics due to COVID-19 in the U.S. 2020

Share of advertising professionals planning to make changes to their advertising and targeting tactics in response to the coronavirus outbreak in the United States as of March 2020

CharacteristicIncreaseNo changeDecrease
Audience targeting 38% 46% 15%
OTT/CTV device targeting 35% 50% 15%
Mobile/tablet device targeting 34% 55% 11%
Programmatic buying 29% 52% 18%
Demo targeting 28% 55% 17%
Desktop/laptop device targeting 27% 59% 14%
Local geotargeting 23% 57% 20%
News publishers and/or news content targeting 18% 55% 27%
Direct buys with premium publishers 13% 58% 30%
National geotargeting 9% 71% 20%
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Release date

March 2020

Region

United States

Survey time period

March 18 to 24, 2020

Number of respondents

164 respondents

Special properties

among media buyers, planners, and brands

Supplementary notes

Original questions: Are you making any short-term advertising TACTICAL changes as a result of Coronavirus?
Please indicate whether you plan to increase, decrease or make no change regarding usage of any of the following tactics.

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