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86% -- advertisers using or planning generative ai for video ads for advertisers (2025)

2025  · Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB)

86% of advertisers are using or planning to use generative AI to build video ads.

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86%
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Data Vintage
2025
Entity
advertisers
Geography
Global
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Independence
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Methodology
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Freshness
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Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Primary Tier B
https://hellostarling.com/news-views/how-generative-ai-and-retail-media-are-reshaping-media-planning ↗
Confidence: 53/100 Vintage: 2025 Channel: Deep Crawl
Source Article
Hello Starling | Expert Insights: What’s In Store for Retail Media…
Generative AI Is Changing the Creative Game AI is becoming an increasingly powerful tool year-on-year, with generative AI tools aiding with the rapid production of content, including video, static, and text assets, which can be adapted for multiple platforms. In fact, according to the Interactive Ad…
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Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) · Original study ↗

IAB 2025 Digital Video Ad Spend & Strategy Full Report, as cited by Hello Starling

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advertisers: 86% advertisers using or planning generative ai for video ads. Source: Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/gen-ai-video-ads-advertisers-2025
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/gen-ai-video-ads-advertisers-2025" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>86%</strong> -- advertisers using or planning generative ai for video ads for advertisers<br><small>Source: Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/gen-ai-video-ads-advertisers-2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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