The top advertising agencies are making big bucks on advertising in the U.S., according to a new study from Re/code.
The study shows that the top 10 agencies accounted for a staggering $2.5 billion in revenue in the first half of this year.
Re/code: Top advertising agents in the United States, 2016A total of 527 agencies made money from advertising in 2016, according to Re/Code’s research.
The top five advertisers are Allergan, Amazon, Comcast, Disney, and Microsoft.
The four largest agencies were the likes of Google, Apple, Facebook, and Yahoo.
The top 10 ad agencies in terms of revenue generated in the year were:Allergan: $2,868,853Amazon: $1,933,837Comcast: $826,093Disney: $805,846Microsoft: $703,921The top five ad agencies with the highest revenue from ad placement in 2016 were:Google: $7,865,543Amazon:, $7.2 billionDisney:,$6.9 billionMicrosoft:,($6.6 billion)Amazon:($6 billion, $5 billion)Facebook:$4.6 Billion, $4.3 billionYahoo: $4 billion,$3.6billionThe top six ad agencies accounted in 2016 for a total of $2 billion in ad revenue.
Google, Facebook and Microsoft led the pack with more than $2 million each.
The bottom five ad agents accounted for $2 on ad placement revenue in 2016.
Amazon:$1.8 billionApple:$6 millionMicrosoft:$5 millionApple: $5 millionMicrosoft and Google each accounted for less than $300,000 in ad revenues in 2016 according to the study.