Meta to Dethrone Google as Top Ad Business — Here’s Why | Behind the Numbers

About this episode

The episode discusses the potential for Meta to surpass Google as the leading digital advertising business this year.

In today’s podcast episode, we discuss why we think Meta will surpass Google to become the world’s leading digital advertising business this year, whether Google can wrestle back control in the following years, and how close Amazon is to getting a shot at the title. Join Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, along with Senior Forecasting Analysts Zach Goldner and Drew Spink. Listen anywhere, or watch on YouTube or Spotify. Subscribe to EMARKETER's newsletters. Go to https://www.emarketer.com/newsletters Follow us on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/emarketer/ For sponsorship opportunities, contact us: advertising@emarketer.com For more information, visit: https://www.emarketer.com/advertise/ Have questions or just want to say hi? Drop us a line at podcast@emarketer.com For a transcript of this episode, click here: https://www.emarketer.com/content/podcast-meta-dethrone-google-top-ad-business-here-s-why-behind-numbers © 2026 EMARKETER

People in this episode

Host: Marcus Johnson

Guests: Zach Goldner, Drew Spink

Topics covered

• digital advertising
• Meta
• Google
• Amazon
• market competition
• forecasting

Keywords

• Meta
• Google
• Amazon
• digital advertising
• market competition
• forecasting

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Organizations: Meta, Google, Amazon, EMARKETER

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