This document provides key facts about Brazil's media market, including trends in advertising spend from 2005-2011 with internet and TV gaining share. It details penetration and usage of print, TV, internet, mobile and broadband in Brazil. Some key findings are that Brazil has 85 million internet users, 175 million watch TV regularly, and smartphones and tablets are growing rapidly. The document aims to provide an overview of Brazil's large and expanding media market for those looking to reach audiences there.
1. Your link to Brazil, Latin America and U.S. Hispanics
KEY FACTS ABOUT BRAZIL’S MEDIA MARKET
2. CONTENTS
• Ad Spend in Brazil, 2005-2011, including key trends
• 2011 Media Penetration Rates in Brazil
• Print Media in Brazil, including revenues and circulation figures for
newspapers and magazines in Brazil for 2012 and 2011
• TV in Brazil, including penetration of pay TV in Brazil, average amount of
TV viewership in Brazil and attitudes toward medium
• Internet in Brazil, including current amount of Internet users in Brazil,
top online activities among Brazilians, social media use in Brazil, e-
commerce in Brazil and favorite products among online shoppers in
Brazil, mobile penetration and usage in Brazil and online video
viewership in Brazil
• Fixed and mobile broadband penetration and growth in Brazil, including
projections for 2012 and 2013
4. Brazil Advertising Spend Growth Trends
•Growth has been strong throughout the 2000s as the Brazilian economy has
expanded
•Since 2006, Brazil has experienced an average growth of 10.4% per year in ad
spend*
•Even during the economic crisis of 2008-2009, ad spend grew 4% in Brazil*
•The strongest growth in ad spend in Brazil in recent years was between 2010
and 2011, 19.8%—probably due to World Cup advertising*
Sources: Projeto Inter-Meios, IBOPE Midia
5. Advertising Spend in Brazil 2005-2011
Ad Spend in Brazil (Billions of US Dollars)
14.4 15.3
11.7 12.2
9.5 10.4
8.7
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Source: Projeto Inter-Meios
7. Ad Spend Growth by Medium in Brazil,
2010 to 2011
19.60%
20.00%
17.80%
15.00%
12%
9.10%
10.00%
3.48% 3.80% 3.90%
5.00%
-6.30% -2.50%
0.00%
-5.00%
-10.00%
Source: Projeto Inter-Meios
8. Brazil Ad Spend Share by Medium, 2011
Source: Projeto Inter-Meios
9. Ad Spend Trends in Brazil
A Steady Drop in Print’s Share of Ad Spend*
2006: Newspapers 15.4%, Magazines 8.61%
2007: Newspapers 16.3%, Magazines 8.47%
2008: Newspapers 15.9%, Magazines 8.5%
2009: Newspapers 14.8%, Magazines 7.6%
2010: Newspapers 12.6%, Magazines 7.5%
2011: Newspapers 11.8%, Magazines 7.1%
Other Trends in Share by Media
Internet’s share steadily increasing: 2.77% (2006) to 5.1% (2011)*
This share only represents display ads, not search
Unlike Projeto Inter-Meios, IAB Brasil counts both search and display
ads so it calculates Internet’s share of ad spend in Brazil to be 11% in
2011**
TV’s share steadily increasing since 2009: 60.9% to 63.3% in 2011*
Pay TV’s share steadily increasing: 3.36% in 2007 to 4.19% in 2011*
Radio flat, OOH slight gain*
Sources: *Projeto Inter-Meios, **IAB Brasil
12. Key Facts and Figures for Print Media in Brazil
• Between January and June 2012, Brazilian newspapers grew by 2.3% in
circulation*
• Overall, Brazilian newspapers grew 3.5% in circulation in 2011 to reach
4.4 million copies, a new record*
• 21 million Brazilians—11% of the population—read the newspaper
every day*
• 73% of Brazilians prefer to get news from print media instead from
online sources**
• The top-selling newspaper in Brazil in 2011 was Super Notícia—it sold
300,000 copies per day, followed by Folha São Paulo, with 297,000
copies per day sold*
• Brazilian magazines took in 1.3 billion reais in revenue in 2011, a new
record***
• Average circulation for Brazilian magazines reached 13.7 million copies
between June 2010 and June 2011—a 5% increase compared to the
previous period and a new record*
Sources: *Instituto Verificador de Circulação, **Datafolha, ***Group M
14. Growth in TV in Brazil
• 175 million Brazilians watch TV regularly1
• The average Brazilian watches free TV 5 hours and 28 minutes per day2
• 90% of Brazilians say TV is their preferred source for news3
• 14.5 million households in Brazil subscribed to pay TV in June 2012, a
30% increase compared to June 20114
• Pay TV ad spend in Brazil went up 17% between 2010 and 20115
• Class C makes up 30% of the Pay TV subscriber base6
• Pay TV penetration among class C will be the same as it is among
classes AB in 13 years7
1 2 3 4 5
Sources: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, IBOPE, Datafolha, Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Anatel), Projeto Inter-
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Meios, Associação Brasileira de TV por Assinatura, Data Popular
16. The Internet Audience in Brazil
• There were 85 million Internet users in Brazil as of May 2012,
compared to 33 million in 2006: 157% growth1
• Brazil is the #5 market in the world in Internet usage2
• 63.5 million Brazilians are considered “active” Internet users—
accessing from either home or work3
• The rest access the Internet via mobile devices or Lan Houses3
• 58 million Brazilians are in households with Internet access—up 20%
compared to 20103
• Surveys suggest mobile devices are the #2 way for Brazilians to go
online4
• As of May 2012, there were 99 million computers in use in Brazil, so
the computer penetration rate in Brazil is 50%5
• 95% of Brazilian consumers look for information online before buying a
car6
• 67% of female shoppers in Brazil use the Internet as a source before
shopping for products or services7
1 2 3 4 5
Sources: comScore, Internet World Stats, IBOPE/Nielsen, F/Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi, Fundação Getulio Vargas
6 7
(FGV), Oh! Panel, IDG
17. Top Activities Among Brazilian Internet Users
1. Shop: 31 million Brazilians visit e-commerce sites every month*
2. Look for deals: Coupon sites in Brazil grew by 379% between May
2010 and May 2011**
3. Social Media: 97% of Brazilian Internet users are on social media***
4. Read blogs: Blogs have 96% penetration rate among Brazilian Internet
users*** and 91% penetration rate among Brazilian executives****
5. Play games: Brazilians spent $2 billion playing online games in
2011****
6. Watch videos: Brazil leads Latam in number of online videos watched
and in number of unique viewers***
Sources: *JWT, **IBOPE, ***comScore,****CDN, *****Newzoo
18. Brazilian Attitudes and Response to
Internet Advertising
• 68% of Brazilian Internet users say that online ads influence
their purchasing decisions*
• 79% of Internet users in Brazil search for products after
being impacted by offline media**
• Top offline media that drive Brazilians to search products
online are TV (51%), print (35%) and Out of Home (27%)**
• 57% of Brazilian Internet users say that Internet ads
motivate them to buy the products that are advertised***
• 56% of Internet users in Brazil say that Internet ads
motivate them to visit online stories***
Sources: *Deloitte Media Democracy, **Iprospect & Google Brazil, ***IAB Brasil
20. Overall E-Commerce Revenues in Brazil,
2011 and 2012
•In 2011 Brazil had US$11 billion total e-commerce revenue, a 26%
increase over 2010, when e-commerce sales in Brasil totaled US$8.4
billion
•In 2012, e-commerce in Brazil will grow by 25% to reach projected
US$12.7 billion
•Top categories with Brazilian online shoppers
Electronic appliances (15% of sales)
Computers (12% of sales)
Electronics (8% of sales)
Fashion & accessories (7%)
•January 2012 Brazilian e-commerce numbers 32% higher than January
2011
Source: e-bit
21. Key Facts about E-Commerce in Brazil
•79% of Brazilians surveyed by Mobile Entertainment Forum
in 2011 said they use their cell phones in some phase of
purchase process
•72% of Brazilians surveyed in 2011 by Associação Brasileira
das Empresas de Cartões de Crédito e Serviços had a credit or
debit card
•Same survey said nearly half of Class C had a credit/debit
card, up from 38% in 2010
•A 2011 survey from the Câmara Brasileira de Comércio
Eletrônico indicates that 70% of Brazilian Internet users feel
that online security has improved in recent years
23. Social Media Penetration and Growth in Brazil
•97% of Brazil’s online population is on social media*
•61% of Brazilians look for product information on social
media pages before buying**
•Facebook is the #1 social media site in Brazil: 42 million*
Brazilians were on Facebook in June 2012 and only the United
States has more Facebook users than Brazil***
•Brazilians spent 4.8 hours on Facebook in December 2011—
up from 37 minutes in Dec 2010*
•Social gaming site Vostu grew by 338% between Dec 2010
and Dec 2011*
•Blog/social platform Tumblr grew by 206% in Brazil between
Dec 2010 and Dec 2011*
•LinkedIn grew by 428% in Brazil in 2010, opened office there
in September 2011*
Source: *comScore, **Oh! Panel study, ***Socialbakers
25. The Online Video Audience in Brazil
• There are 42.9 million unique online video viewers in Brazil*
• 4.7 billion online videos were viewed in Brazil in 2011, a 74%
increase compared to 2010*
• There has been a 19% growth in online video viewers in Brazil
between 2010 and 2011*
• Between 2010 and 2011 in Brazil, there was a 46% growth in videos
per viewer*
• Brazil is the 6th biggest market in the world for YouTube based on
video views**
• As of December 2011, YouTube reached 79% of Brazilian Internet
users**
• In 2011, YouTube grew by 67% in video views in Brazil**
Sources: *ComScore, **YouTube
27. Mobile, Smartphone and Tablet Penetration and
Usage Patterns in Brazil
•In May 2012, Brazil had 254 million active mobile phone lines and 130% mobile phone penetration
rate1
•As of May 2012, smartphones have a penetration of 14% in Brazil2
•Brazilians bought 9 million smartphones in 2011 and smartphone sales will go up 73% in 2012 in
Brazil—15.4 million smartphones will be sold3
•In 2011, smartphone sales in Brazil went up 179%4
•In 2011, 450,000 tablets were sold in Brazil but it’s projected that 1 million tablets will be sold in
Brazil in 20125
•42% of non-computer web traffic in Brazil is from tablets, 54% from mobile phones5
•60% of class AB Brazilians access the Internet via mobile phones, while 36% of class C Brazilians do
this6
•In 2011, mobile Internet service subscriptions in Brazil increased by 99.8%7
•By 2016, 21% of all Internet traffic in Brazil will be from mobile devices like mobile phones and tablet
computers8
1 2 3I 4 5 6 7
Sources: Anatel, Google, DC, Navegg, comScore, IBOPE/Nielsen Online, Paulo
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Bernardo, Communications Minister of Brazil, Cisco
28. Broadband Penetration in Brazil
Fixed Broadband
•As of 2010 Brazil was ranked #9 in the world in total number of
broadband users*
•Brazil ranked #57 in broadband penetration among countries of
equivalent income levels*
•According to Nokia, Brazil’s fixed broadband penetration is 20 lines
per 100 households, fairly low**
Mobile Broadband
•Mobile broadband increased 26.2% worldwide in 2011 but in Brazil,
it grew by 99%***
•In April 2012, Brazil had 54 million mobile broadband connections
•By the end of 2012, Brazil will have 73 million mobile broadband
connections****
•Brazil should have 124 million broadband connections by 2014***
Sources: *The World Bank, **Nokia Siemens Networks (Connectivity Scorecard), ***Anatel and Teleco, ****Huawei & Teleco
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