Mumbai: Ad volumes of real estate category on television rose by 68 per cent during January-May'22 over January-May’20, while the growth was 42 per cent more than the corresponding period last year. According to a TAM AdEx cross media report on the real estates sector, advertising volumes for the category saw an increase of 2.8 times on radio during the period as compared to the same period in 2020, even as advertising space in print medium grew by two times during the same period. Ad insertions of the category on digital medium during the January-May'22 saw a rise of 5.5 times.  

On television the top 10 advertisers accounted for over 40 per cent share of ad volumes during the half-yearly period in 2022 with the advertiser Subha Gruha Projects (India) having the greatest ad volumes in the category, with 9 per cent, as per the report. 300 exclusive brands advertised under the category as compared to 2021. 20-40 seconds and greater than 20 seconds ads together added 83 per cent share of the category’s ad volumes, the data indicated.

News genre was the most preferred for the sector in the TV medium, with the genre alone hogging 82 per cent of the category’s ad volumes share followed by general entertainment category (GEC) in the second position. The best three channels got 97 per cent of advertisement volumes’ share for category in January-May '22.

News Bulletin was the foremost well-known program to advanced properties-real estate category brands on TV, with the top two program genres i.e. news bulletin and interviews/portraits/discussion together adding 66 per cent of the category’s ad volumes.

In the print medium, Kedia Real Estate was the best promoter within the categories with two per cent share of ad space during January-May '22. The top ten advertisers accounted for 15 per cent share of ad space. Over 6,000 brands were present in print during January-May’22 among which the top 10 brands had 9 per cent share of ad space. During the period, over 4,500 exclusive brands appeared under the properties-real estates category compared to Jan-May' 21. English dialect was on top with 37 per cent share of ad space with Hindi following close behind with a 31 per cent share.

Meanwhile, Kedia Real Estate was the top advertiser in radio too. The top ten promoters added 25 per cent share of ad volumes amid Jan-May '22. The top ten brands added 18 per cent to the overall advertising space of the category on radio. Over 590 brands advertised exclusively during January-May’22 over January-May’21.

In digital, the top ten advertisers had 42 per cent share of ad insertions during January-May’22 with Skandhanshi Infra Projects India being on top of the list adding 19 per cent share. Display Ads had more than 98 per cent share of category ad insertions during January-May’22.  Also, among the digital platforms, desktop display topped with 57 per cent share of ad insertions followed by mobile display with 39 per cent share, as per the report.