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9% -- click through rate change for Digital advertising overall (Q4 2025)
Meta ad click-through rates (CTRs) overall decreased by 9% during the second half of December 2025.
- Specific to Meta ad platform, represents a 9% decrease
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9%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
Q4 2025
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95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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GeistM
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Tier A
https://geistm.com/blog/meta-rate-trends-q4-2025 ↗
Source Article
Q4 2025 Digital Ad Rate Trends: Insights to Maximize Your Year-End Campaigns - GeistM
Q4 2025 Digital Ad Rate Trends: Insights to Maximize Your Year-End Campaigns
As we move into Q4, marketers face a pivotal moment; this isn’t just “the season of sales,” it’s the season of?decisive impact. After the momentum built in Q3, consumers are gearing up for final?year decisions, including gi…
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Methodology
Second half of December 2025
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Trend Over Time
| Period | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2025 (current) | 1% | |
| Q4 2025 (current) | 14% | +1300.0% |
| Q4 2025 (current) | 9% | -35.7% |
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Digital advertising overall: 9% click through rate change. Source: GeistM (Q4 2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ctr-decrease-end-dec-2025
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ctr-decrease-end-dec-2025" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>9%</strong> -- click through rate change for Digital advertising overall<br><small>Source: GeistM (Q4 2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ctr-decrease-end-dec-2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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