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Facebook Revenue “Likes” Sky-High CPMs

By August 10, 2021November 15th, 2021No Comments

Facebook advertising revenue (YoY growth):
1) 
2015-Q2 – $3.8B
2) 
2016-Q2 – $6.2B (↑ 63%)
3) 2017-Q2 – $9.2B (↑ 47%)
4) 2018-Q2 – $13.0B (↑ 42%)
5) 2019-Q2 – $16.6B (↑ 28%)
6) 2020-Q2 – $18.3B (↑ 10%)
7) 2021-Q2 – $28.6B (↑ 56%)

Facebook advertising revenue per user in the U.S. and Canada (YoY growth):
1) 
2015-Q2 – $8.63
2) 
2016-Q2 – $13.74 (↑ 59%)
3) 2017-Q2 – $18.93 (↑ 38%)
4) 2018-Q2 – $25.43 (↑ 34%)
5) 2019-Q2 – $32.60 (↑ 28%)
6) 2020-Q2 – $35.58 (↑ 9%)
7) 2021-Q2 – $51.58 (↑ 45%)

Facebook daily active users in the U.S. & Canada (YoY growth):
1) 2015-Q2 – 164M
2) 
2016-Q2 – 175M (↑ 7%)
3) 2017-Q2 – 183M (↑ 5%)
4) 2018-Q2 – 185M (↑ 1%)
5) 2019-Q2 – 187M (↑ 1%)
6) 2020-Q2 – 198M (↑ 6%)
7) 2021-Q2 – 195M (↓ 2%)

Big question: If daily active users are down (↓ 2%) and time spent is flat, how does Facebook’s ad revenue grow (↑ 45%) so rapidly?

 

Quick answer: CPMs on Facebook were up 89% YoY and 30% since Q1, according to Measured.

 

More #1: Instagram Has Become SkyMall

More #2: The death of the newsfeed

More #3: Facebook Users Said No to Tracking. Now Advertisers are Panicking

Michael Beach

Michael Beach is the Chief Executive Officer of Cross Screen Media, a media analytics and software company that enables marketers to plan, activate, and measure CTV and linear TV at the local level. Michael is also the founder and editor of State of the Screens, a weekly newsletter focused on video advertising that is a must-read for thought leaders in the advertising industry. He has appeared in such publications as PBS Frontline, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Axios, CNBC and Bloomberg, and on NPR’s Planet Money podcast.