Amazon Advertisers can now reach up to 50M monthly active users on Fire TV
21 December 2020
Since its launch six years ago, we’ve built Fire TV into an entertainment destination that provides immediate access to thousands of movies and TV shows, and makes it easy for customers to discover what they want to watch. This year, Fire TV exceeded 50 million monthly active users worldwide, who are streaming billions of hours of content every month.1
Fire TV advertising can help brands connect with this large, highly engaged audience to drive more effective advertising results. Here’s how.
Ad options to promote all types of content
According to eMarketer, there are now over 31.2 million US households that have cut the cord, a 27% YoY increase. This is predicted to rise to 46.6M by 2024. As cord-cutting continues at accelerated rates, Fire TV’s growth is keeping pace with media consumption trends taking place around the world. Consumers are using applications and watching more video content than ever before, especially as living rooms have been transformed into gyms, classrooms and entertainment hubs. Fitness applications alone have doubled in popularity.2
Fire TV can help content providers and brands reach potential customers effectively, especially today in a fragmented media landscape.
Fire TV advertising delivers an experience that optimizes for the in-home entertainment experience, offering ad options that look native to television, while serving to amplify your content. From sponsored screensaver to in-line display banners to sponsored tiles, we have six customer-facing display products that drive advertiser goals for awareness, conversion or re-engagement.
It’s not just about having options, though; it’s about driving meaningful results. Through internal analysis, we’ve found that the click-through rate on Fire TV’s Feature Rotator is 3X higher than the industry-standard banner advertisement.3
Growth in ad-supported video
Today there are 70MM US households using OTT services (also known as streaming TV), and they are watching an average of 102 hours per month.4 Further, Amazon Streaming TV ads on average deliver incremental reach to linear TV, with 70% of the audience being exclusive to Amazon Streaming TV ads5 – meaning, they’re not exposed to brands’ linear TV campaigns.
In line with the growth of OTT, there has also been an explosion of ad-supported video content – and Fire TV is no exception. Free content offers a great customer experience without the need for any additional costs or subscriptions, and 76% of consumers are willing to see ads in exchange for free streaming (apps such as IMDb TV, Pluto, Tubi and Crackle).6
Ad-supported content also offers new ways to experiment with viewing models. One example is our free News app, which aggregates content from dozens of top providers in an ad-supported experience. While this app has quickly become the leading news app on Fire TV, providers of content for News have also seen installations of their standalone news apps rise by an average of 4X.7
Inventing for the future of streaming
The breadth of content available today requires new ways to engage customers, especially as hundreds of new apps are added to Fire TV every month.8 To help customers get the most out of their Fire TV experience, we are continuously innovating to improve content discovery and the user experience.
Last week, we rolled out our biggest software update ever to Fire TV Stick (new generation) and Fire TV Stick Lite devices globally. The new experience is more personal and intuitive with user profiles, improved content discovery and Alexa voice navigation. For advertisers, new discovery features will help drive higher engagement and surfacing of content, while keeping our ad placement types consistent. The experience will continue to be rolled out across Fire TV versions and Fire TV Edition in the coming year.
This year, we’ve also introduced new ways to manage your campaigns with cost-per-click pricing and self-service, increasing both flexibility and optimization of your Fire TV campaigns.
We are always working hard on behalf of our customers, listening to feedback, and improving. Stay tuned for more features, more global reach and new advertising opportunities in the coming year.
1–3 Amazon internal data, 2020
4 ComScore State of OTT, 2020
5 Amazon internal data, 2020
6 US Integral Ad Science survey, March 2020
7–8 Amazon internal data, 2020