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Online Ad Spending in 2024 Election Totaled at Least $1.9 Billion

From The Pennsylvania Independent

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May 1, 2025

Online Ad Spending in 2024 Election Totaled at Least $1.9 Billion

Online Ad Spending in 2024 Election Totaled at Least $1.9 Billion

A Brennan Center analysis reported in May 2025 that political advertisers spent at least $1.9 billion on online ads for the 2024 election across Meta, Google, Snap, and X. The report highlighted the scale of digital political messaging by partisan and advocacy groups, including state-branded progressive news networks such as the American Independent Media outlets, in competitive states.

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