Ad Revenue Decline

The cluster discusses the declining effectiveness and revenue of online advertising, including advertisers pulling back spending, an impending advertising bubble burst, and challenges faced by ad-dependent platforms.

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Sample Comments

NelsonMinar Feb 11, 2023 View on HN

The problem is the ads aren't high value anymore.

VHRanger Mar 20, 2023 View on HN

Enjoy your ad revenue not coming back!There's one thing most ad money cares about: brand management. If you can't answer questions to the client they'll happily find other places to advertise.

nostrademons Nov 4, 2011 View on HN

Is this why the ad industry is getting eaten for lunch by Google/Facebook?

jondubois Jul 29, 2017 View on HN

I think other companies might come to the same conclusion and also reduce their ad spending.We're in an advertising bubble just like the dot com bubble except this time it's not stock prices that are frothy, it's the advertising revenue itself.

irascible Mar 20, 2016 View on HN

The answer is for advertisers to die in a fire. There is no content I need from the web that is worth the cost.

antihero Jan 19, 2017 View on HN

Because it fundamentally breaks their advertising model?

duped Sep 13, 2022 View on HN

Which companies were killed by ads?

ColinFCodeChef Mar 26, 2018 View on HN

This seems a pretty accurate guess. Many of the major advertisers (Proctor & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, Unilever) have already pulled back on spending with the platform as an ineffective use of advertising budget [0].[0] https://www.wsj.com/articles/p-g-cuts-more-than-100-million-...

drivebyhooting Mar 1, 2025 View on HN

Ads are waning. Due to ATT and centralization.

apl002 Apr 15, 2020 View on HN

maybe the advertisers are hurting and pulling their money? idk probably not but just a guess