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Consumer trust in different types of advertising worldwide 2007-2015

Consumer trust in advertising worldwide from 2007 to 2015, by ad format

This chart shows how much consumers trust different kinds of advertising. In 2015, personal recommendations were the most trusted form of advertising with 83% of respondents stating that they somewhat or completely trusted recommendations they got from friends and acquaintances.

Trust in advertising – additional information Advertising is responsible for delivering a message to existing and prospective customers on behalf of a company. If customers do not trust the message or indeed the messenger, then advertising will likely fail.

Recommendation from people I know 78 92 84 83
Branded websites 60 58 69 70
Consumer opinions posted online 61 70 68 66
Editorial content such as newspaper articles 58 67 66
TV ads 56 47 62 63
Brand sponsorships 49 47 61 61
Newspaper ads 63 46 61 60
Magazine ads 56 47 60 58
Billboards and other outdoor advertising 53 47 57 56
E-mails I signed up for 49 50 56 56
Product placement on TV 40 55 55
Cinema ads 38 41 56 54
Radio ads 54 42 57 54
Online video ads 36 48 48
Search advertising 34 40 48 47
Social media advertising 36 48 46
Display ads on mobile devices 33 45 43
Online banner ads 26 33 42 42
Text ads on mobile phones 18 29 37 36