India ad market to scale from $21B to $33B by 2030 as AI shifts marketers to advertising-led growth: Redseer

Redseer report sees AI-driven retail media and agentic commerce reshaping India's ad ecosystem, with Meesho piloting agentic models and InMobi, Affle scaling adtech. Programmatic now 80-85% of digital spend; closed ecosystems hold 70-80% share, delivering 10-20% eCPM uplift and 10-30% conversion gains.

— Source publishedWed, 20 May, 2026, 17:32 IST·First seen Thu, 21 May, 2026, 10:21 IST·Source ET Brand Equity

What happened

Redseer Strategy Consultants · Redseer report projects India's ad market to grow from USD 21B to USD 33B by 2030, as AI shifts marketers from sales-led to

Key facts

  • USD 21 billion to USD 33 billion by 2030
  • 10% YoY global ad growth
  • 76% digital ad spend
  • 80-85% programmatic
  • 70-80% closed ecosystem share
  • 10-20% eCPM uplift
  • 10-30% conversion increase
  • 2.4x better targeting
  • 5-10% marketing share growth since 2023

Why this matters

Evaluate acquisitions or partnerships in agentic commerce and retail media adtech to position for the $12B incremental spend pool by 2030.