Attention Metrics 2023

Big Questions Loom Over Attention’s Bid for Currency Status

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Attention metrics are moving beyond consumer research into programmatic bidding strategies. But a lack of measurement standards is preventing mainstream adoption, even as AI-generated content threatens to upend engagement rates.
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Attention metrics are buzzy, and more advertising players are getting in on the trend with each passing quarter. As advertisers wade through complicated attention methodologies and shiny new product pitches, doubts linger.

Key Question: How have attention metrics been integrated into digital advertising, and why aren’t advertisers using them as a currency yet?

KEY STAT: Attention adoption is high, with almost 96% of advertisers worldwide using attention metrics in at least some of their buys this year, according to a February 2023 survey from DoubleVerify.

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Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf

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Ross Benes
Senior Analyst
Tracy Tang
Senior Researcher
Paul Verna
Principal Analyst
Max Willens
Senior Analyst
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