The document provides insights into the state of mobile advertising in Q3 2015, highlighting that iOS has regained lead in revenue generation despite Android leading in traffic. It points out the lucrative nature of video advertising on tablets, particularly iPads, and notes significant shifts in traffic and revenue across different regions, particularly the Middle East. Emerging markets like Turkey and Saudi Arabia are gaining prominence in mobile ad engagement, showcasing varying consumer interests and the growth potential in mobile advertising in these regions.

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HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2015
iOS reclaims the lead for
revenue generation, though
still trails in traffic volume.
Video advertising on
tablets, particularly the iPad,
proves lucrative.
Led by Turkey and Saudi Arabia,
the Middle East now commands a
share of the mobile ad market.
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Android leads in traffic, but falls back behind iOS for revenue
generation and monetization
In Q1, we saw Android take the top spot for revenue generation across all platforms, the very first time
it had done so. Android kept this lead through the second quarter but has now fallen back behind iOS
for total revenue generation (44.4% vs. 52.1%). However, Android is still responsible for the majority
(65.4%) of traffic, as measured by ad impressions.
When it comes to monetization potential, or the ratio
between impressions and revenue, iOS continues to
lead all device platforms. Tablets generate the most
revenue per impression, with the combined Android
and iOS tablet market driving over 2X the revenue
potential over what we see from mobile phones.
We’ve also seen a jump in the volume of tablets over
the past quarter; Android more than doubled from
2.5% market share to now nearly 6%, and, in Q3 the
iPad accounted for 8.3% of ad impressions served,
up from 3.5% in Q2.
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Traffic and revenue share by device OS
Android
65.39%
Other
5.67%
iOS
28.93%
44.39%
Traffic
Revenue 3.55%52.05%
OS / device % of traffic % of revenue
44.39%
38.44%
5.94%
52.05%
30.52%
20.32%
1.21%
2.45%
0.40%
0.12%
Android
Phone
tablet
iOS
Phone
iPad
iPod
Other
BlackBerry
Windows
Symbian
65.39%
59.40%
5.98%
28.93%
19.44%
8.29%
1.21%
3.59%
0.72%
0.54%
0.82% 0.58%
2.0
1.8
1.6
1.4
1.2
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0.0
Ratioofrevenue(x)toimpressions(x:1)
Tablet Phone
1.84
0.86
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The State of Mobile Advertising

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Not only has the death of the tablet been highly exaggerated, its role within the mobile advertising
ecosystem is only becoming stronger, as video formats for mobile campaigns become more common
and demonstrate top performance in tablets. In fact, tablets have a revenue-to-impression ratio of
1.84, compared to 0.86 for smartphones.
Comparing tablet types, we found that iOS far outpaces Android tablets for monetization
performance. As shown on the chart below, iPads perform significantly better with video advertising
than the general market, while iOS outperforms Android by a significant margin regardless of the
device type.
Video ad performance by device/OS
1.4
1.2
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0.0
iPhone
AndroidiOS
iPad TabletPhone All video
1.20
1.00
1.22
1.16
0.80
MultipleofeCPM(indexed)
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The State of Mobile Advertising

4. Social leads all categories for traffic volume; Games jumps to no. 1
for revenue generation
Social Networking is still top dog in terms of total traffic across the Opera Mediaworks platform,
though the category’s share of impressions has dipped considerably. Its current share is 18.7%, a big
step down from the 31.5% (Q1) and 30.8% (Q2) it commanded in the first half of the year. News &
Information follows at nearly 17% – a big jump considering it has been hovering around 10% this year.
Sports, after reaching an all-time high of 14.6% in Q2 following annual cycles of sporting events, has
fallen back down to 8.2%, indicating a summer slowdown for major sports leagues other than Major
League Baseball (MLB) in the United States.
For revenue, the Games category finally took the lead, after flirting with the Social Networking and
Music, Video & Media for the top spot over the past few quarters. It now accounts for 23.6% of brand
advertising revenue on the ad platform.
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Social Networking
News & Information
Music, Video & Media
Games
Entertainment
Business, Finance & investing
Traffic and revenue share by publisher category
10%5%0% 20%15% 25%
% of impressions% of revenue
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The State of Mobile Advertising

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Games also has a relatively high monetization potential, as its share of revenue generated nearly 3X
that of its ad impression share. However, the Business, Finance & Investing category continues to
carry the highest-valued inventory, at a ratio of nearly 6:1 of revenue to impressions – albeit at traffic
volumes well below the top categories.
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6.0
5.0
4.0
3.0
2.0
1.0
0.0
Ratio of revenue to impressions (indexed)
Multipleofglobalaveragerevenuperimpression
Social
Networking
News &
Information
Shopping,
Mobile Stores
& Portals
Music, Video
& Media
Communications
Services
Games Sports Entertainment Tools &
Productivity
Business,
Finance
& investing
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The State of Mobile Advertising

6. Emerging markets mature into global players
As it has been since we began reporting on the state of mobile advertising in 2012, the United States
is the leader in terms of traffic and revenue generation. However, its leadership position, which
traditionally has had a clear margin over other regions, narrowed significantly this quarter.
A big factor for this change has been our own business expansion into the Middle East, but it is
coupled with continued growth in Europe and Latin America. These trends can be witnessed in the list
of top 25 countries in terms of traffic, as measured by impressions served.
Turkey jumped from no. 16 to no. 6, boosting the overall position of the Middle East in our rankings.
Argentina has continued its progress up our chart to the no. 5 spot. With the continued solid positioning
of Mexico and Brazil in the top 25, the Americas is a market we see as having long-term growth potential.*
Kenya entered the top 25 list for the first time, joining its continent bedfellows South Africa (no. 4), Nigeria
(no. 13) and Egypt (no. 21) and representing the industry’s current momentum in Africa.
Top 25 countries
United States
India
Indonesia
South Africa
Argentina
Turkey
Russian Federation
Brazil
Mexico
United Kingdom
Canada
Germany
Nigeria
Bangladesh
Italy
Pakistan
Spain
Japan
Australia
Vietnam
Egypt
Ukraine
France
Philippines
Kenya
*For more on our perspective on the Latin American market, please see our special report on the region.
34.69%
29.92%
11.56%
10.44%
8.33%
4.27% 0.78%
United States
APAC
Europe
Americas
Africa
Middle East
Oceania
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The State of Mobile Advertising

7. Ratiox:1(1:1=globalaverage)
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0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
Americas Middle East United States Global
0.70
0.75
1.92
1.00
Video advertising ratios by region
Australia, United States run the most video ads
One of the key indicators of a mobile ad market maturing is the ratio of the share of video advertising
impressions served to the share of banner and rich-media ad impressions. For instance, Oceania
leads the world in the use of video advertising, followed by the United States, where 61% of our video
advertising impressions are delivered compared to 32% for other formats.
As shown in the chart, both the Middle East and the Americas are still below the 1:1 ratio, but are
rapidly closing the gap with advanced markets in Europe and the United States.
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The State of Mobile Advertising

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Special focus: The Middle East
Device types
As we have discussed, one indicator of a maturing mobile advertising marketplace is the adoption of
mobile video as an advertising medium. This trend, however, relies heavily on the adoption of
advanced devices, or smartphones. As shown below, mobile users in the Middle East skew more
toward Android devices than the global average, and they trail in the adoption of iOS devices,
though just by a hair. More significant is the Middle East’s smaller share of “other” devices, which
both here and globally is dominated by the less-internet-capable Java devices.
Global
Middle East
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Android iOS Other
1.20
29.83%
10.73%
7.69%
63.42%
59.44%
28.89%
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The State of Mobile Advertising

9. Population in the Middle East
Region area heights are proportional
to % of total population in the Middle East
A closer look at Turkey and Saudi Arabia
Almost 70% of the Middle East’s population is contained within four countries: Turkey, Iran, Iraq and
Saudi Arabia. However, with Iran living under an economic embargo, and Iraq’s people and market
suffering from the effects of war, we will focus on two markets: Turkey and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
In these two countries, internet users’ capability to access the mobile web is as good as some of the
top countries in the world, with both at the 80% levels of mobile-capable internet users. However, in
the case of Turkey, this is with a much smaller percentage of the population having internet access.
% of regional
population1
% of regional
internet2
Internet
adoption
Mobile internet
penetration3
Opera reach of
mobile internet users
Turkey 24.84% 23.17% 49.71% 77.10% 88.01%
Saudi Arabia 8.35% 11.23% 59.25% 81.90% 78.13%
1. http://www.worldbank.org, 2014
2. http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats3.htm
3. Based on eMarketer estimates of smartphone users by country (2014), added to users of Opera Mini / Internet World stats estimate of internet users
2
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The State of Mobile Advertising

10. Turkey
Saudi Arabia
Music, Video
& Media
News & Information
Technology
Entertainment
Games
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Most popular mobile sites and apps
In these two markets, consumer interest in sites and apps is radically different. In Turkey, mobile users
gravitate toward News & Information, while showing a moderate interest in Entertainment and Games.
The Saudi Arabian audience is highly interested in Games and moderately interested in Music, Video &
Media, as well as Technology sites and apps. Gaming is the only category where the two countries’ top
three interest categories overlap.
This extreme difference in consumer
interests between the two countries is also
reflected in their relative use of apps vs
mobile websites. As shown in the chart
below, Saudi Arabia’s high interest in games
drives a significantly greater percentage of
impressions being displayed in apps than we
see in Turkey. The Turkish market is heavily
influenced by news and information services
where there is a greater use of mobile
websites for content delivery. 0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Saudi Arabia Turkey Middle East United States
App
Web
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Comparison of the top 3
interest categories
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The State of Mobile Advertising

11. Top monetization categories
To assess the monetization potential for these five app categories (the top three in each market), we
compare the relative impression volume, cost-per-thousand impressions (eCPM) index and the
audience size for each of the categories. The Games category has the highest combined eCPM
rates, particularly in Saudi Arabia. However, in both countries, Games sites and apps fall far below
the other sites and apps for audience interest (as shown by bubble size) and therefore impression
volume.
The chart also shows that the Turkish audience is far more polarized than the Saudis’. Though it is
important to note that over half of impressions in Saudi Arabia are delivered to games, in order to
reach the full Saudi audience, advertisers must deliver their campaign across 3-4 different publisher
categories. In Turkey, however, it is clear from the chart that an advertiser can reach the majority of
the market by delivering ads on News & Information and Entertainment sites and apps.
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Sports
Games
Technology
& Games
Communications
Music, Video
& Media
News & Information
Entertainment
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0
Audience monetization by media category
(Bubble size is relative to audience size)
eCPM index
Turkey
Saudi Arabia
ImpressionVolume
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The State of Mobile Advertising

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Expanding connectivity with beacons
With a now-steadily growing economy and a young, urban and
ever-more-connected culture , the need for internet connectivity
while on the go has become more urgent in Turkey*. Seeing that
Istanbul metro stations had limited coverage, the country’s
leading mobile network operator, Turkcell, sought to offer mobile
users access to online content while traveling. Our local subsidiary, mobilike, worked with them to leverage
beacons within Metro stations to provide temporary connectivity to consumers – and prompt downloads
of Turkcell’s app for further engagement. See the results of this unique value-add campaign below.
71K daily user
-> 2.1M monthly
71,000
Daily users
23%
LIS app download uplift
82%
Success rate
2.6M+ news
~1.5M goal videos 685K+ songs
200 hours
of entertainment videos
6TB total data
per month
* The median age in Turkey is just over 29 years old, and nearly three-quarters live in urban areas. [Source: Mundi Index]
THE STARTING POINT
HOW IT WORKS
OUTCOME
23 minutes
(average journey time)
x =3 million people
(metro users daily)
1.2 million
offline hours/day
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The State of Mobile Advertising