How often do ads differ from the offer after a click?
70%
70% have clicked an ad and found the offer differed from what they expected, at least sometimes.
n = 864 adults in the US and UK who had seen online advertising in the past month · Fielded September 2026 · Cherry Data Signals
Breakdown
Sometimes47%
Often23%
Rarely15%
I do not click online ads10%
Never5%
Not sure1%
0%50%100%
What it means
Only 5% of ad-clickers said the offer had never differed from what they expected.
Methodology
- Sample
- 864
- Population
- adults in the US and UK who had seen online advertising in the past month
- Country
- United States and United Kingdom
- Fielded
- September 2026
- Research by
- Cherry Data Signals
- Study
- Why Consumers Ignore Online Ads
Cite this statistic
Cherry Data Signals (September 2026). "How often do ads differ from the offer after a click?" Survey of 864 adults in the US and UK who had seen online advertising in the past month, United States and United Kingdom. https://cherrysignals.com/statistics/how-often-ads-differ-from-the-offer-after-a-click
Free to reproduce with attribution to Cherry Data Signals and a link to this page.
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