In 2024, social media was the leading digital advertising format in India that accounted for nearly 145 billion Indian rupees of digital ad expenditure. It was closely followed by the online video format that contributed to 28 percent of ad spending that year. The overall digital ad expenditure in 2024 amounted to more than 400 billion rupees.
Digital advertising spending in India in 2024, by format
(in billion Indian rupees)
Characteristic
Spending in billion Indian rupees
Social media
144.8
Online video
137.56
Paid search
114.02
Display banners
79.64
Others including classifieds
16.49
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Spending in billion Indian rupees144.8144.8137.56137.56114.02114.0279.6479.6416.4916.49Social mediaOnline videoPaid searchDisplay bannersOthers including classifieds
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Slideshare. (February 3, 2025). Digital advertising spending in India in 2024, by format (in billion Indian rupees) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 29, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/258261/india-digital-ad-spending-by-format/
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