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What's the Deal With Ad Blocking? 11 Stats You Need to Know

What's the Deal With Ad Blocking? 11 Stats You Need to Know | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

It's no secret that internet users are no strangers to seeking out the information they need online -- in fact, Google now processes over 40,000 search queries every second.

And as the volume of search queries continues to climb, advertisers are recognizing an opportunity to introduce a number of different types of ads. (Think: pop-up ads, autoplaying video ads, and the dreaded mobile ad that takes up the entire phone screen.)
As a reaction to some of these disruptive online ads, internet users have started installing ad blocking extensions by the millions. In case you're wondering: Ad blockers scan websites for advertising code to prevent them from loading on a browser.

To help marketers get a handle on the state of ad blocking today, HubSpot Research dove deep into the issue to create this report. Below, we've outlined some of they most noteworthy statistics and takeaways from our research to get you up to speed quickly....

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Who Are the 198 Million Ad Block Users?

Who Are the 198 Million Ad Block Users? | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it
Popular wisdom says that everyone hates advertisements. It’s why Netflix is so popular, cable subscriptions are steadily declining, and ad blocking has grown from 21 million users in 2009 to 198 million in 2015.  

Via Brian Yanish - MarketingHits.com
Jeff Domansky's insight:

Interesting points of view on ad blocking. Maybe if the ad industry didn't create such terrible content, was less intrusive, more inclusive and actually produced valuable information, people wouldn't ad block? And I was a copywriter for many years! 

Michael Bani's curator insight, February 24, 2016 3:58 AM

Qui sont les utilisateurs d'ad-block