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$8 million for 30-seconds?

By Brian St. Cyr on Thu, Feb 05, 2026 @ 10:55 AM |

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With the “Big Game” set for this weekend, it’s an annual tradition to eagerly anticipate the advertising we’ll see – and also analyze what else you would buy with that media spend.

As Digiday writes, “With the broadcast appearing on NBC, Peacock, Hulu, YouTube TV, DirecTV, and NFL+, and other major cultural moments waiting in the wings, some may question whether an $8 million opportunity to get in front of 127 million viewers simultaneously is worth it.”

According to Digiday’s analysis, with an $8 million budget, marketers could buy:

🏈Nearly five years on a wallscape on Interstate 95 in Miami

🏈667 million impressions in an airport terminal takeover

🏈A prime-time spot on network TV every single night for four months

We would add that you could also buy full-page ads in more than 1,400 major daily newspapers in every single U.S. DMA - twice!

As Digiday writes, “The Super Bowl may be one of the last monocultural moments, but there are other ways to spend that money.”

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