Overview
Pathmatics reports OTT creatives sourced via a panel of Connected TV users and our industry leading Desktop Panel. Our CPM, impression and spend estimates are extrapolated to represent all OTT ad activity regardless of how the user is consuming content.
What we capture
Regions
| Region | Data collection start date |
|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 United States | October 1, 2021 |
OTT Services
- At this time, our technology allows us to report down to nine individual streaming services: Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, HBO Max, Hulu, Netflix, Peacock, Paramount+, tubi and PlutoTV. All other OTT campaigns outside of these services are grouped into a single OTT Streaming Services (General) bucket.
- Hulu, Netflix, Peacock, Paramount+, tubi and PlutoTV data is broken out from October 1, 2021.
- Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, and HBO Max are broken out from November 15, 2024.
Insights reporting
Metrics (quantitative data points)
- Creatives
Number of estimated unique ads served or loaded on a page - Impressions
Number of estimated impressions for a particular creative or set of creatives - Spend
Estimated dollars (or local currency) spent on a particular creative or set of creatives
Dimensions (qualitative data points)
- Advertiser
Company that paid to place the creative online; the first (and top) level of our brand hierarchy. Sometimes this is a parent company (e.g., PepsiCo, Inc.) - Brand
Companyʼs subdivisions, goods, and / or services beneath the Advertiser (e.g., Mountain Dew and Mountain Dew Major Melon are examples of brands / sub-brands beneath PepsiCo, Inc.) - Category
Distinct industries, products, and / or services that each creative is marketing (e.g., Mountain Dew Major Melon is classified into the Regular Soft Drinks, Sodas & Colas category) - Creative dimensions
Size (width and height) of the creative - Creative ID
Unique Pathmatics ID for each creative - Creative text
Text captured from a creative (e.g., “Tweet us the exact # of MAJORMELON bottles in this spot & you may win...”) - Creative type
Type of creative (e.g., album, carousel, event, Flash, HTML5 animation, image (JPG & GIF), in-banner video, link, note, offer, page skin, photo, status, story, etc.) - Date
Date creative was observed - Device/Format
ʻFormatsʼ refer to the kinds of ads we collect (e.g., display, video, social), while ʻdevicesʼ refer to the devices on which ads were served (e.g., desktop, mobile, etc.). Together theyʼre the ʻchannelsʼ we report (e.g., desktop display, mobile video, Facebook, etc.) - Landing page
URL of landing page for the creative (e.g., lifechangingdew.com) - Link to creative
URL to the creative asset of the creative - Region
Country from which the creative was observed - Site
Used interchangeably with ʻpublisherʼ, itʼs the domain / URL or social platform from which the creative was observed
Methodology
Panel-based data collection
Our Connected TV panel and desktop panel allow us to track OTT ads served to real users in the US.
Our panels are 100% opt-in, and adhere to rigorous privacy terms and a transparent opt-in process.
OTT data leverages our global panel of hundreds of thousands of users. Panelists represent a diverse set of demographic and user characteristics, enabling our panel to have the scale and coverage that represents the US OTT user population in terms of geo, gender, and age.
Impression, spend, and CPM estimation
Each quarter we project total US OTT spend, impressions and CPM based on third party data sources and industry reports. We then use the sample ad data collected from our panelists to extrapolate to market estimates of spend and impressions for each advertiser or brand.
Data and estimates will be extrapolated to represent all ad activity for these services regardless of how the user is consuming content.