Digital pure player ad revenue in France 2019-2025

In 2024, digital advertising in France was estimated at **** billion euros and the source projected, the expenditure would increase approximately *****percent to reach **** billion in 2025. 

A thriving industry with new ideas…

As we spend more and more time online, companies adapt their strategy to reach new customers through new channels. Online marketing is varied and includes social media marketing, display advertising, email marketing and mobile advertising. The number of French internet users amounted to ** million people in 2024 and that number is projected to reach ** million individuals by 2029. Digital advertising expenditure doubled between 2019 and 2024. 

… and new challenges

However, if digital advertising manages to attract advertising agencies and in-house marketers thanks to its low price and highly focused and targeted approach, customers are much less convinced. Some practices have indeed been criticized by internet users in recent years. Many of them stated that they were annoyed by it. A quarter of internet users went as far as installing ad blockers in an attempt to circumvent the necessity to view online ads at all.