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PUBM in “The Web Loses Its Clicks”

PubMatic, Inc.

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Lower publisher traffic and ad impressions pressure the supply-side platform's transaction volumes.

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The Web Loses Its Clicks

AI answers and agents are replacing links, weakening the economics of search, marketplaces and the open web.

BEAR side — Lower publisher traffic and ad impressions pressure the supply-side platform's transaction volumes.

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  • Streaming Learns to Make Money

    PUBM in “Streaming Learns to Make Money”

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    Password enforcement, ad tiers and tighter content budgets are converting streaming scale into cash flow while linear television keeps shrinking.

    Growing connected-TV volumes provide a higher-value offset to slower segments of the open-web advertising market.

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  • PUBM in “The Web Loses Its Clicks”

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    AI answers and agents are replacing links, weakening the economics of search, marketplaces and the open web.

    Lower publisher traffic and ad impressions pressure the supply-side platform's transaction volumes.

  • AI Agents Tax the Open Web

    PUBM in “AI Agents Tax the Open Web”

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    Answers replace links, rewarding platforms with proprietary audiences while starving businesses built on search referrals.

    Zero-click AI experiences threaten the independent publisher inventory on which PubMatic's sell-side advertising business depends.