#gemiusAdReal TOP 10 advertisers in Germany in May
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#gemiusAdReal TOP 10 advertisers in Germany in May

Which brands were the most popular on the German market in May 2023? See Gemius analysis based on data from the gemiusAdReal study.

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In May’s ranking of Advertisers by Reach in Germany, leader position was occupied by o2 with 51,3 mln Real Users (Reach = 86,3%) and in April it was Lidl with similiar share. On 2nd place is located the same as in fourth month auction house and marketplace eBay (RU = 50,7 mln, Reach = 85,3%) and on 3rd position – online shop OTTO (RU = 49,6 mln, Reach = 83,4%).


In terms of industries from which the most of brands presented in Top 10 ranking, again similiar to April results based on gemius AdReal data, a lot of Brands from Trade industry – four of them are Supermarkets and stores - (Lidl, Rewe, OBI, Ikea). Usual representation of telecom segment. Also job platform – Stepstone.de and fast food giant – Mcdonald’s. Regular top-brand with the highest number of Ad contacts (2,9 billion) and frequency (56.39) - eBay. Next to it, OTTO and Ikea with a quite significant gap between each other and of course eBay. The longest ad contact time was recorded for Lidl (18.63 sec). On the 2nd place telecommunication Brand - o2 (15.76 sec) and on the 3rd - OBI (14.88 sec).

But in Top 10 ranking of Advertisers with Video-ads only, it is visible changes in Brand list that also includes RTL+, CandA and Milka. Reach-champion for Video-ads is the same as for All Ad types – o2 with coverage of 78.94% audience.

Source: gemiusAdReal, May 2023, Top 10 brands, All media types, Ad type: Video

It is interesting comparison among basic metrics for Ikea Group versus OBI Group that showed almost the same Real Users/Reach coverage for these two Brands. However, Ikea had 10% more Ad contacts, FRQ and GRP, but 22% less of Ad contact time.

Source: gemiusAdReal, Ikea Group vs OBI Group, May 2023, TG:ALL, Media Type: ALL, Ad Type: VIDEO only

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