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40% -- branded search activity lift for out-of-home advertising (billboards) (2025)

2025  · Nielsen

Exposure to out-of-home advertising drives up to a 40% increase in branded search activity according to Nielsen studies.

  • Source states 'up to a 40 percent increase', representing an upper bound rather than an average or precise figure.
  • Cites unspecified Nielsen studies without direct citation or study date.
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40%
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2025
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out-of-home advertising (billboards)
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Nielsen Primary Tier C
https://billboardbuzz.blogspot.com/2025/10/billboards-in-omnichannel-era.html ↗
Confidence: 51/100 Vintage: 2025 Channel: Deep Crawl
Source Article
Billboards in the Omnichannel Era: Connecting Offline Impressions with Online Conversions
Billboards in the Omnichannel Era: Connecting Offline Impressions with Online Conversions Understanding the New Role of Billboards in a Connected Marketing Mix Marketers once measured billboard success by impressions and visibility. In 2025 and forward, the omnichannel era, every offline impression …
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Attributed to Nielsen studies on out-of-home advertising effectiveness; 'up to' phrasing indicates this is the ceiling of observed branded search lift, not a precise average. The specific Nielsen study and its field date are not identified in the source. Low-authority republished blog (billboardbuzz.blogspot.com syndicating Whistler Billboards content) citing third-party research.

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out-of-home advertising (billboards): 40% branded search activity lift. Source: Nielsen (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ooh-branded-search-lift-40-percent
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