- Conference Article
- 10.46254/in05.20250468
Ad Fatigue and Its Operational Consequences in Youtube Advertising Management
- Nov 06, 2025
- D Ganesan + 1 more +1
Ad Fatigue And Its Operational Consequences In Youtube Advertising Management 1. Dr.D. Ganesan, Assistant Professor Senior Grade II, VIT Business School, VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India – 632014 email: ganesan.d@vit.ac.in (Primary Contact, Corresponding Author) 2. S. Pragadeesh, Research Scholar, VIT Business School, VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India – 632014 email: pragadeesh.2025@vitstudent.ac.in ABSTRACT In the hectic digital environment of today, YouTube has become a top content platform for video streaming. With almost 2 billion users worldwide, YouTube boasts an active following. India is a major participant in this user base as of 2025, 1.4 billion internet users are there, many are daily users. For non-premium users YouTube has caused a common problem of Ad fatigue, on one hand it has managed to revolutionise content streaming. This study seeks to explore the impact of Ad fatigue on consumer engagement, especially in the Indian context where the number of non-premium users is significant. Ad fatigue is the phenomena whereby consumers become overwhelmed, annoyed, and progressively disengaged from the overabundance of advertisements, so losing interest in the content as well as the ads. This paper aims to focus in the Indian setting where fast internet penetration is leading to a saturation of digital space with advertising in YouTube. Users are thus left without options and fed up with intrusive and repetitive ads. From skipping ads to shortening attention span, this study shows how consistent exposure to ads influences user behaviour and how these behaviours finally compromise the efficacy of digital ads. Due to more screen time and high social media usage, Gen-Z cohorts are chosen as samples for the study. This study uses exploratory research design, purposive sampling technique and primary data were collected from 325 samples from Gen Z cohorts by structured questionnaire. Analysed by using suitable statistical tests and identified repetitiveness, irrelevance, frequency, intrusiveness of the ads are causing more fatigue. Keywords: Ad fatigue, social media marketing, customer engagement, Mental wellbeing, Conversion rate I. Introduction The digital advertising landscape has been witnessing an enormous growth in recent years, owing to the sheer existence of social media platforms like YouTube that offer highly targeted and hyper personalized ads. In the digital world, video has become a popular tool to grab people’s attention (Coker et al., 2017). This growth has brought its own set of challenges, with reference to the users who aren't paying for premium access and are constantly bombarded with ads.
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