Pathmatics is an advertising intelligence platform that captures ad data from real people in an opt-in panel across mobile, desktop, and connected TV. This privacy-safe approach ensures ads are actual exposures. The platform enriches each ad with advertiser, brand, category, channel, and creative details, then models impressions and spend.
Users can see top advertisers, channel breakdowns, creative assets, publisher spend, brand comparisons, and trend changes over time. The data reflects real market activity, not self-reported figures, providing a transparent view of digital advertising. Pathmatics helps advertisers understand competitor strategies, investment shifts, and creative testing.
TikTok is offering new advertisers up to $6,000 in ad credits through a tiered spend incentive ($100/$500/$1500) that includes 1-to-1 expert support at the top tier. However, eligibility is restricted to new SMB self-serve accounts, and credits expire. Alongside the offer, TikTok has rolled out several ad tech innovations—Symphony AI creative suite, Streaming Ads, Agentic Hub, Market Scope, and new MMM data—that provide actionable opportunities for testing and scaling performance. Ad ops teams should review eligibility criteria carefully and consider leveraging these tools to maximize ROI during the promotional window.
TikTok for Business is rapidly expanding its ad tech stack with AI-powered creative tools, new ad formats, and enhanced measurement. Key updates include the Symphony creative suite with Dreamina Seedance 2.5, the Agentic Hub for AI-managed campaigns, Streaming Ads for subscription growth, and GMV Max for TikTok Shop ROI. New analytics via Market Scope and the Attribution Portfolio promise deeper audience insights and full-funnel measurement. Salesforce CRM integration streamlines lead transfer. A limited-time offer provides up to $1500 in ad credits for new advertisers, incentivizing adoption of these advanced solutions.
The open internet presents unique challenges for performance advertising: fragmented identity, closed first-price auctions, and non-stationary supply. Moloco's CARA compound architecture tackles this with six integrated technical domains—Campaign Automation, Supply, Ad Recommendations, Bidding, Creative, and Signals—running on a unified ML infrastructure. Key insights for ad ops: the system continuously learns from every interaction, uses knowledge distillation to serve real-time predictions under 10ms latency, and validates improvements through rigorous live experiments. In 2025, 65 validated model updates reduced CPA by 17% and improved ROAS by 27%. The key takeaway: compound AI architectures that connect prediction, bidding, creative, and data can unlock measurable performance gains beyond walled gardens.
CTV has become performance-ready for app marketers. Recent acquisitions (Fox/Roku, Walmart/Vibe) signal a shift to self-serve, measurable channels. Marketers can reuse existing UA creative instead of producing TV ads. QR codes drive direct response, but halo effects often matter more. Start with small, additive test budgets and measure assists/incrementality to understand true impact. CTV offers a way to find incremental users and diversify beyond paid social.
Adjust now supports ChatGPT Ads measurement, enabling advertisers to attribute installs and post-install events from campaigns within ChatGPT. The integration provides URL templates for clicks and impressions, and uses the Conversions API to report conversions back to OpenAI. Advertisers can configure the module in Adjust by entering API credentials and mapping events. This allows tracking of key metrics like impressions, clicks, spend, CTR, CPC, and CPM, making ChatGPT Ads a measurable, data-driven channel for user acquisition.
Facebook offers two measurement options: using an MMP or Facebook's own tools. MMPs provide cross-campaign attribution, avoid double attribution, and grant user-level data access. Choosing an MMP is recommended for accuracy and independence.
Meta introduces the Holiday Insights Center, offering data-driven strategies for small businesses to maximize holiday sales. Key insights: 85% of shoppers buy in-store after seeing products on social media; 59% message businesses during holidays; AI adoption is rising among shoppers and can streamline operations; 94% of shoppers use creator content for guidance. Advertising ROI is strong: $4 back per $1 spent. Actionable steps include optimizing social profiles, enabling messaging tools, leveraging AI, collaborating with creators, and updating data setups like Meta Pixel and Conversions API. The free Holiday Playbook provides step-by-step guidance.
India's mobile app market hit record revenue of $345M in Q2 2026, with non-gaming up 50% YoY. For ad ops, key opportunities lie in short drama apps (Story TV tripled ad spend), AI subscriptions, and ad-supported games like arrow puzzles, which generate over 11% of global ad revenue from India. Gaming revenue grew 10% YoY, outperforming global decline. Hypercasual game ad revenue rose 180% QoQ. India is transitioning from an acquisition market to a monetization powerhouse, offering scalable ad inventory across entertainment, local commerce, and casual gaming.
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