Australian digital ad wastage up $50 million from last year

Australian advertisers are losing record amount of money into digital black holes, with digital ad wastage up $25 million in just three months.

According to Next&Co’s quarterly Digital Media Wastage report, advertisers wasted $123.1 million in digital advertising dollars in the second quarter of 2024, up from $98 million during the first three months of 2014 – and close to $50 million higher than wastage for the same period in 2023.

This latest ad wastage figure represents an average of 44% across total audited digital media spend, and marks one of the highest quarterly amounts recorded – with wastage usually sitting between $70-110 million.

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