Chitika: iPad users most likely to engage with mobile ads

Consumers who own Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad tablet are more likely to click mobile advertisements than subscribers accessing other iOS and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android devices, according to new data published by digital ad network Chitika.

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Based on hundreds of millions of mobile ad impressions recorded during the week of April 9, ads served to iOS devices generate an average click-through rate of 0.72 percent, compared to 0.60 percent on Android. iPad users lead with an average click-through rate of 0.80 percent, followed by the iPhone (0.67 percent) and the iPod (0.62 percent).

Mobile advertising now accounts for 5 percent of all digital ad revenues, up from 2.5 percent a year ago, the Interactive Advertising Bureau reported last week. Mobile ads raked in 2011 revenues of $1.6 billion, an increase of 149 percent compared to 2010 totals, the IAB notes. Total digital advertising revenues reached a new high of $31 billion last year, up 22 percent year-over-year.

For more:
- read this Chitika Insights blog entry

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