Agencies Name Client Budgets and AI Effects as Top 2026 Concerns, Digiday+ Survey Finds
A Digiday+ Research survey of 62 agency professionals conducted in the fourth quarter of 2025 found that agencies cite reduced client spending and the effects of AI as equal leading concerns for 2026, each selected by 38% of respondents.
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AI-assisted summary of the linked sourceIn a late‑2025 Digiday+ Research poll of 62 agency professionals, 38% of respondents identified reduced client budgets as the industry’s biggest challenge for 2026 and an identical 38% pointed to the effects of AI; the survey continues a trend of spending pessimism from 2025, when 47% named reduced client budgets the top concern.