Snapchat Advertising in India: What You Should Know

Based on thorough insights and statistics, the article explores if Indian brands should dive head first in Snapchat Advertising

Short answer;
If your product/service appeals to the urban 13-34 year old then you must, otherwise, you can wait, for now.
Examples-
  1. Dating apps, online grocery, electronics, education products, gaming products should totally do it.
  2. Real estate, Investment companies, pension funds, golf courses maybe should wait.
You get the point, Urban, young – Hell yes!; everyone else – Not so much.
Long answer below;
Why advertise on Snapchat? Because it still commands a lot of attention.
  1. An average Snapchatter spends about 25-30 mins using the app daily.
  2. More importantly, 60% of them are creating new stories rather than consuming their friends stories, the content creation on Facebook is dropped while consumption has gone down.
  3. An average Snapchatter opens the app more than 18 times a day.
Those are impressive figures after Instagram copied them and delivered a punch to the gut.
Snapchat India Statistics
  1. Total advertisable audience size in India is 7,050,000. The United States is at 92M.
  2. 2,475,000 males and 2,025,000 females. Snapchat couldn’t determine gender for the rest.
  3. One in every 4th user on Snapchat is on iOS.
  4. 94% of users are between 13-34.
  5. The 18-20 age category is the most populated with 1.75M people.
  6. The audience is highly urban and has high disposable income.
The population of Snapchat users in the Indian States.
Only state level targeting is available for now, city and pin code targeting would be available in India soon.
Note – Treat the below data as

relative because as the number of Snapchat users grow these numbers would

change

Location

    Audience Size

      MAHARASHTRA

        1,325,000

          DELHI

            1,200,000

              CHANDIGARH

                625,000

                  GUJARAT

                    550,000

                      KARNATAKA

                        425,000

                          TAMIL NADU

                            225,000

                              MADHYA PRADESH

                                200,000

                                  UTTAR PRADESH

                                    175,000

                                      RAJASTHAN

                                        150,000

                                          PUNJAB

                                            100,000

                                              ASSAM

                                                75,000

                                                  HARYANA

                                                    75,000

                                                      BIHAR

                                                        50,000

                                                          KERALA

                                                            50,000

                                                              ANDHRA PRADESH

                                                                25,000

                                                                  CHHATTISGARH

                                                                    25,000

                                                                      JAMMU AND KASHMIR

                                                                        25,000

                                                                          JHARKHAND

                                                                            25,000

                                                                              PUDUCHERRY

                                                                                25,000

                                                                                  TELANGANA

                                                                                    25,000

                                                                                      ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS

                                                                                        < 1,000

                                                                                          ARUNACHAL PRADESH

                                                                                            < 1,000

                                                                                              DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI

                                                                                                < 1,000

                                                                                                  DAMAN AND DIU

                                                                                                    < 1,000

                                                                                                      GOA

                                                                                                        < 1,000

                                                                                                          HIMACHAL PRADESH

                                                                                                            < 1,000

                                                                                                              LAKSHADWEEP

                                                                                                                < 1,000

                                                                                                                  MANIPUR

                                                                                                                    < 1,000

                                                                                                                      MEGHALAYA

                                                                                                                        < 1,000

                                                                                                                          MIZORAM

                                                                                                                            < 1,000

                                                                                                                              NAGALAND

                                                                                                                                < 1,000

                                                                                                                                  ODISHA

                                                                                                                                    < 1,000

                                                                                                                                      SIKKIM

                                                                                                                                        < 1,000

                                                                                                                                          TRIPURA

                                                                                                                                            < 1,000

                                                                                                                                              UTTARAKHAND

                                                                                                                                                < 1,000

                                                                                                                                                  WEST BENGAL

                                                                                                                                                    < 1,000


                                                                                                                                                      How are Snapchat ads different from Facebook or Insta ads?
                                                                                                                                                      1.       Two-thirds of all Snap ads play with audio on
                                                                                                                                                      2.      Truly vertical video format optimised only for the phone
                                                                                                                                                      3.      5x swipe up rate vs average CTR on comparable platforms
                                                                                                                                                      4.      Audio on by default, this is a big upside against Facebook where most ads have audio off.
                                                                                                                                                      5.      100% native, no browser, preloaded mobile websites, instantaneous use leading to an 80% lift in on-site time
                                                                                                                                                      6.      App Install ads actually install the app in the background without leaving Snapchat
                                                                                                                                                      What are the advertising options?
                                                                                                                                                      Snapchat has the following three advertising options. Out of these three Lenses and Filters are not yet available in India, only Snap ads are available. Snap ads are not yet out on a self serve model in India so you have to contact a Snapchat Agency to run the ads.
                                                                                                                                                      Ad Objectives available in India

                                                                                                                                                      Targeting Options available in India
                                                                                                                                                      1.       Age targeting
                                                                                                                                                      • 13-17
                                                                                                                                                      • 18-20
                                                                                                                                                      • 21-24
                                                                                                                                                      • 25-34
                                                                                                                                                      • 35+


                                                                                                                                                      2.      Languages – Major languages of the world, hindi not available
                                                                                                                                                      3.      Custom audiences – upload the email IDs of people you want to target
                                                                                                                                                      4.      OS – Android, iOS
                                                                                                                                                      5.      Device make – The exact phone you want to target
                                                                                                                                                      6.      Gender – Male, female or both
                                                                                                                                                      7.      Interests – Similar to Facebook but not too accurate I believe. How would Snapchat know if I am interested in entrepreneurship if that sort of content is not consumed by me on Snapchat?
                                                                                                                                                      Hope this information gives you an understanding of the ad formats and options available.
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