Facebook Is More Popular For Native Advertising Than Twitter

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According to a new report from Hexagram, Facebook is the third most-popular channel for native advertising, following blog posts and articles. Twitter still lags as a native ad platform.

In a survey of 1,000 publishers, brands, and agencies:

• 62% of publishers currently offer native advertising, followed by 41% of brands and 34% of agencies.

• 66% of brands say they create their own content for native ads.

• The most popular forms of native advertising are blog posts (65%), articles (63%), and Facebook (56%); however, brands are most likely to use Facebook.

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