B
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$3,400
$3,400 -- monthly ai tools spend for mid-market marketing teams (Q1 2026)
The median mid-market marketing team spent $3,400 per month on AI tools in Q1 2026.
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$3,400
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Currency Usd
Data Vintage
Q1 2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
arvow.com
Primary
Tier C
https://arvow.com/blog/seo-agency-statistics-2026 ↗
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arvow.com
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Methodology
Up from $1,200/month in Q1 2025 (2.8x YoY)
Methodology documented
Segmentation
Industrymarketing
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mid-market marketing teams: $3,400 monthly ai tools spend. Source: arvow.com (Q1 2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/mid-market-ai-spend-2026
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