Media Buying Briefing: Back-to-school brand spending on TikTok rises

September 07, 2026

By Sam Bradley Advertisers bumped up their TikTok spending 20-40% over the summer months as they worked to tempt consumers to open up wallets during the annual back-to-school sales period.

“From July and August year over year, TikTok spend is up about 20%,” said Jack Johnston, vp, social innovation and growth at Tinuiti, without providing exact figures. TikTok’s share of overall social spending by Tinuiti clients increased 55% between July and August, he added.This is a member-exclusive article from Digiday. Continue reading it on digiday.com and subscribe to continue reading content like this. …read more

Source:: Digiday