The Economist YouTube ads and video campaign examples

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The Economist is an international publication covering global politics, business, finance, science, and technology. Across 54 markets and 21.1M total views, its YouTube ads feature 40+ campaigns highlighting interpretive journalism, global affairs, and timely editorial topics ranging from artificial intelligence to economic trends.

Est. total spend
$42.2K – $1.1M
All-time, estimated range
Ads indexed
41
Total views
21.1M
Markets
54
Countries the ads ran in

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About The Economist

The Economist is an international news and current affairs publication covering global politics, business, economics, finance, science, and technology. Founded in 1843 in London, it delivers interpretive analysis, data journalism, podcasts, and digital content to a worldwide readership. The domain is operated by UK-based media company The Economist Group.

Company
The Economist Newspaper Limited
Category
News and current affairs media
Headquarters
United Kingdom
Advertises in
54 countries

The Economist YouTube ads — FAQ

The Economist is an international news and current affairs publication based in the United Kingdom. It provides analysis, data journalism, podcasts, and digital reporting on global politics, business, finance, science, and technology.
The Economist's YouTube ads focus on in-depth current affairs, analysis, and global issues. Featured topics include AI industry regulations, generational politics, international financial trends, and episodes from its Insider series.
The Economist runs a mix of horizontal videos and vertical Shorts-style ads. Most of its video creatives are standard spots lasting between 16 and 30 seconds.
The Economist advertises exclusively in English on YouTube.
AdSee has indexed 41 YouTube ads from The Economist, with 21.1M views in total, shown in 54 countries.
The Economist's YouTube ads in the AdSee library ran most often in the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Italy and Germany. In total they were shown in 54 countries.
AdSee estimates The Economist's YouTube ad spend at $42.2K – $1.1M. The estimate is calculated from the views of its indexed ads and typical cost-per-view rates in the countries where they ran; it is not spend reported by The Economist.
The most-viewed The Economist ad in the AdSee library is “The Economist — Beyond the Headlines”, with 5.9M views on YouTube.
The Economist's ads can be checked in the Google Ads Transparency Center, which lists the ads of the advertiser account behind them: https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR08143119179872993281?region=anywhere
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