for the Digiday Programmatic Marketing Summit, May 6-8 in Palm Springs.
No process takes as much time with as uncertain a result as responding to an RFP. Publishers said as much as 40 percent of their revenue comes from responding to RFPs, but they sink 1,600 man hours on average every month processing these requests.
What does that amount to in dollars? Take a look at the graphic below, then download the State of the Industry Report from Adslot and Digiday to find out more.
More from Digiday
Digiday+ Research: Agencies punt budget growth expectations to 2027 — while AI worries intensify
Agencies’ top concerns this year are client spending and the effects of AI, according to a Digiday+ Research survey conducted in the fourth quarter of 2025 among 62 agency professionals.
Why Mondelez is hiring a global lead to solve for AI-driven shopping bots
Agentic commerce has moved from hype to reality, prompting Mondelez to hire a global lead focused on the shift.
From page views to propensity: How the Daily Mail is retooling for a zero-click world
The pressure of zero-click underpins a wider product overhaul: games upgraded from sideshow to front door, new hubs like Crime Desk designed to keep niche communities coming back, an AI-powered dynamic paywall tuned to user behavior; a bigger bet on personalization and the app as a primary destination.