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STATS
Share of global adspend
Source: ZenithOptimedia
| Medium | 2015 | 2017 |
| Television advertisement | 37.7% | 34.8% |
| Desktop online advertising | 19.9% | 18.2% |
| Newspaper Advertising | 12.8% | 10.1% |
| Mobile advertising | 9.2% | 18.4% |
| Outdoor advertising | 6.8% | 6.6% |
| Magazines | 6.5% | 5.3% |
| Radio advertisement | 6.5% | 5.9% |
| Cinema | 0.6% | 0.7% |
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