Broadcast insights (TV ad creative spend, effectiveness, impressions, and performance)
- YTD spend: Volkswagen spent nearly $53.6m on national TV ads YTD, a 33% decrease from $79.7m spent in this channel during the same time period of 2021.
- Last year: Full-year spend fell by 11% from $108.2m in 2020 to $96.8m in 2021.
- 2022 ad programming: It placed ads during programming such as NFL Football, NBA Basketball, 2022 Winter Olympics, MLB Baseball, and Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Digital and social insights (digital ad spend, effectiveness, impressions, and performance)
- YTD spend: Volkswagen spent around $18.2m on digital display ads YTD, a 35% decrease from $28.2m spent in this channel during the same time period of 2021.
- YTD data: 1.9b impressions via desktop video (41%), Facebook (25%), Instagram (19%), Twitter (6%), desktop display (6%), and mobile display (2%).
- Last year: Full-year spend increased by 29% from $27.3m in 2020 to $35.1m in 2021.
- Ad location: It placed 97% of these ads directly onto sites such as youtube.com, facebook.com, instagram.com, twitter.com, and amazon.com. It placed 3% of these ads through multiple indirect channels onto sites such as edmunds.com, zillow.com, ebay.com, cars.com, and motortrend.com.
Additional channel insights
- It also utilizes local broadcast.
Agency analysis:
- Opportunity: Start preparing your pitches so that you can reach out when the new CMO starts next year.
- Current roster:
- PHD USA: media AOR
- Johannes Leonardo: creative AOR
- CreativeOndemand: multicultural & creative AOR
- H&S Communications: PR
Insight Sources: Broadcast insights estimated by Kantar.