People are more likely
to click on ads while watching video on smartphones and tablets than on the desktop, according to new findings from video ad provider
TubeMogul.
Click-through rates for pre-roll ads shown on mobile
devices were 4.9%, on average, compared to 0.6% on PCs, based on
second-quarter data from the company’s media-buying
platform spanning millions of mobile ad views in the U.S.
David
Burch, communications director at TubeMogul, suggested that the higher
engagement rate in mobile stems from people being in more
of a casual mindset than on the desktop since they are less likely to be
at work when seeing the ads, especially on a tablet. TubeMogul’s
research showed tablet ad viewing peaks during prime
time (8 p.m. to midnight), while the pattern for phones was steadier
throughout the day.
Looking at tablets by operating system,
viewing on Android and iOS was similar, reaching highs during
morning and prime-time hours. The absolute peak for iPad users, however,
was a bit later -- from 10 p.m. to midnight -- when Android tablet
owners tailed off. There was more of a contrast between
mobile platforms on the phone side.
Ad viewing among iPhone
users peaked from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m., while Android phone users tend to
come alive at night, watching ads mainly during prime-time
hours. The lone exception for iPhone owners is at midnight, when they
switch back on to watch videos before going to bed.
The
TubeMogul data also showed that most mobile video ads viewing
takes place late in the week, with nearly half (49%) of ads watched
between Thursday and Saturday. The peak is Thursday, when 17% of views
take place, followed closely by Saturday, at 16.7%.
Similarly, ad completion rates are highest on the weekend, likely
reflecting the greater amount of leisure time that people have during
that time. That rate averages 52.2% on the weekend, compared
to 44.4% during the week. Completion rates tend to spike during the
morning and afternoon hours on the weekend rather than in the evening.
Comparing
interaction by country, completion rates
were highest in Canada at 64.1%, followed by the U.K. (56.3%), the U.S.
(53.2%), Singapore (46.9%), and New Zealand (34.4%). TubeMogul said the
U.S. rate has increased 7.1% on a monthly basis.
Singapore had the highest mobile click-through rate, at 7.6%), trailed
by the U.S. (4.9%), Canada (3.4%), New Zealand (3.1%), and the U.K.
(1.5%).
In its latest cross-platform report,
Nielsen said 45.3 million people watched video on a mobile phone in the
first quarter, up from 36 million in the year-earlier period. Time spent
viewing mobile video also increased to five hours, one
minute a month, from four hours, 29 minutes a year ago.-MediaPost
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