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Scottish Government Social media advertising: FOI release

Published
2023-07-18
Received
2023-06-26
Responded
2023-07-07
Directorate
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic
Public sector
Exemptions
None detected

Information requested

The total digital advertising spend by the Scottish Government, in each of the last three years, on platforms owned by Meta (Facebook, YouTube and Instagram). The total digital advertising spend, in each of the last three years, on Twitter. Please break down the advertising spend by year and platform (Facebook, Twitter, etc).

Response

The following table sets out digital advertising expenditure on Meta (Facebook and Instagram), YouTube and Twitter for the last three full calendar years and year to date in 2023.

Supplier 2020 2021 2022 2023 (YTD) Meta £ 1,297,951 £ 2,303,016 £ 1,180,210 £ 349,548 YouTube £ 484,384 £ 747,432 £ 324,665 £ 101,494 Twitter £ 455,795 £ 1,013,506 £ 377,704 £ 9,621

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Contact Please quote the FOI reference Central Enquiry Unit Email: ceu@gov.scot Phone: 0300 244 4000 The Scottish Government St Andrews House Regent Road Edinburgh EH1 3DG

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