Video Makes Up 9.9% of Google Ads vs 70.2% for Plain Text Ads

    Video accounts for 9.9% of the ads US businesses run on Google, while plain text ads still make up 70.2%. Two in three Google advertisers have no video ad at all, and the advertisers with the largest ad libraries are more than twice as likely to use video as the rest.

    Share of ads by format
    Text
    70.2%
    Image
    19.9%
    Video
    9.9%

    Source: Suff Digital analysis of 70,003 ads from 5,919 US advertisers · Google Ads Transparency Center, September 23, 2026

    Median days live by format
    Text
    370
    Image
    92
    Video
    76

    Source: Suff Digital analysis of 70,003 ads from 5,919 US advertisers · Google Ads Transparency Center, September 23, 2026

    Source: Video Makes Up 9.9% of Google Ads vs 70.2% for Plain Text Ads - Suff Digital