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September 2024 Online Market Overview

Welcome to UKOM's Online Market Overview for September 2024. Using UKOM endorsed data from Ipsos iris, the OMO provides a top-line snapshot of the UK population’s online behaviour across computers, tablets and smartphones.

Governance: It's what we do

Defining the G in ESG. By Ian Dowds

Ipsos iris Ace awards: winners for Q3 2024

Congratulations to our winners from Ofcom and Carat

Oasis mania drives spectacular audiences for Ticketmaster

UKOM-endorsed Ipsos iris reveals that on Saturday August 31st Oasis reunion mania drove Ticketmaster.co.uk’s audience up by 1,234%

UKOM’s view on Google’s shift to keeping third-party cookies

Google has decided to retain third-party cookies in its Chrome browser following feedback from industry stakeholders.

Ipsos iris Ace Awards: winners announced for Q2 2024

The Ipsos iris Ace Awards for Q2 2024 was a high summer hit with our winners celebrating on July 23 at UKOM HQ in front of the traditional forest garden (aka office) wall.

June 2024 Online Market Overview

Welcome to UKOM's Online Market Overview for June 2024. Using UKOM endorsed data from Ipsos iris, the OMO provides a top-line snapshot of the UK population’s online behaviour across computers, tablets and smartphones.

Takeaways from the Reuters 2024 Digital News Report

Do the findings chime with the UK online audience for news media?

UKOM unveils white paper to explain approach to synthetic data

The white paper, published today, is titled “Synthetic Data Gets Real” and explains UKOM’s mission as the governance body for the Ipsos iris digital audience currency for PC/laptop, tablet and smartphones in the UK.

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WATCH: What is UKOM and how does the data we endorse - Ipsos iris - measure and report online audiences in the UK?

“UKOM’s governance of Ipsos iris continues to drive the industry forward, allowing for an audience-first view of the UK’s online behaviour. Their revolutionary approach has led to industry firsts for insight and reporting. Client trust in media planning is further enhanced with the ability to account for the likes of Sky’s off-platform video and the addition of richer YouTube data.”

Barry Walsh, Digital Strategy Partner, Havas Media

“With its single source panel of 10,000 people and 25,000 devices, Ipsos iris is a great step forward in online audience measurement for UKOM as it pushes the reset button from January 1st 2021.”

Steve Chester, Director of Media, ISBA

“With Ipsos iris now as its endorsed provider of the UK industry standard for online audience measurement, UKOM is in the best place to face the future. The flexibility of iris to support cross media measurement is a great step forward.”

Jon Mew, CEO, IAB UK

“UKOM provides necessary governance of an industry standard for UK online audience measurement across PC, tablet and smartphone. UKOM’s flexibility has paid off with advances including the inclusion of YouTube data at organisation level and Ipsos iris data now available for the activation of audiences in the programmatic space.”

James Chandler, Chief Marketing Officer, IAB UK

“UKOM-approved data is an important part of the IPA’s TouchPoints Channel Planner, the UK’s only industry-available cross-media channel planner. UKOM’s governance is relied upon for transparency and quality – and as reporting evolves further the data from Ipsos will provide even greater comparability with other data sources.”

Belinda Beeftink, Research Director, IPA

“UKOM’s governance of an industry standard for UK online audience measurement across PC, tablet and smartphone is a key foundation for AOP publishers. Having UKOM-endorsed data from Ipsos iris now available with Ozone in the programmatic space demonstrates how UKOM has remained true to its ambition to evolve with the UK market and allow transparent, objective and agreed audience standards to be applied.”

Richard Reeves, Managing Director, AOP

“With the UK on track to be the first market in the world to exceed 70% of total spend via digital media, UKOM's appointment of Ipsos is a positive step towards measurement of this tremendously complex area.”

Dominic Carter, Group Chief Commercial Officer, News UK

Tag Up And Be Counted

A key part of online audience measurement is tagging. Tags ensure that online assets are measured across all devices.

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New White Paper

Synthetic Data Gets Real 

UKOM's first white paper explores the origins, applications and development of synthetic data sets and examines their use in audience measurement within Ipsos iris. It focuses on the importance of people-centric measurement to drive actionable insight. Understanding synthetic is a high priority for marketers, agencies and publishers - this paper shows that panel representation is a critical factor.

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