FCA alone in top 10 radio advertisers

July 10, 2017 01:00 AM

GM was No. 3 in total U.S. ad spending.

Automakers' rankings

Comcast ranked No. 1 and Procter & Gamble No. 2 in total U.S. advertising spending in 2016. GM, which has led the list 16 times since Advertising Age first compiled it in 1956, was No. 3, the same spot it held last year. Here is where other auto companies ranked in the latest list.
Rank/Company	Total U.S. ad spending
3. GM	$3.77 billion
9. Ford	$2.34 billion
12. Fiat Chrysler	$2.17 billion
15. Toyota	$2.00 billion
34. Honda	$1.38 billion
38. Nissan	$1.19 billion
48. Volkswagen	$912.2 million
70. Kia	$671.2 million
72. Daimler	$616.2 million
77. Hyundai	$543.5 million
91. Subaru	$486.5 million
125. BMW	$349.6 million
144. Mazda	$310.4 million
169. AutoNation	$255.0 million
176. Tata Motors*	$234.9 million
*Jaguar Land Rover brands
Source: Advertising Age, 200 Leading National Advertisers 2017

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles was the only automaker to rank in the top 10 national advertisers on radio in 2016.

That was one of the nuggets in Advertising Age's "2017 Leading National Advertisers Fact Pack," an annual compendium of advertising data. Advertising Age is a sister publication of Automotive News.

In total U.S. advertising spending, General Motors was No. 3, again, while Comcast Corp. moved past Procter & Gamble Co. for the top spot.

Here are other details from the report.

Spending does not always line up with market share. Volkswagen outspent Kia, which outspent Hyundai.

Automotive is still the largest single category of ad spending nationwide, at $15.2 billion. Retail was second at $13.3 billion, and medicine and remedies third at $10.0 billion.

Automakers like broadcast spot TV. In broadcast network TV, Ford and GM were Nos. 2 and 3 in spending, after P&G, but no other automaker made the top 10 list in spending in that medium. GM was the only automaker to crack the top 10 in spending on cable TV. But in broadcast spot TV, GM, FCA, Nissan, Toyota, Ford and VW all made the top 10 in spending.

No automaker made the top 10 in spending on either magazine ads or search marketing.

In Internet display spending, GM was No. 6 with $126.0 million and Toyota was No. 8 with $109.2 million. Both were outspent in the category by the American Red Cross, at $135.2 million.