More or Less

Do we see 10,000 adverts per day?

Jan 13, 2024 · 8 min · 8.6 MB
0:00-8:58

Streams straight from the publisher. podnod never proxies or re-hosts episode audio.

How many adverts does the average person see in a day? If you search for this question online, the surprising answer is that we might see thousands – up to 10,000.

However, the idea that we see thousands of adverts is a strange and confusing one, without any good research behind it. We investigate the long history of these odd numbers, with the help of Sam Anderson from The Drum and J Walker Smith from Kantar.

Presenter: Tim Harford Series producer: Tom Colls Production co-ordinator: Brenda Brown Sound Mix: James Beard Editor: Richard Vadon