The Future of Measurement 2026

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Part of WARC’s Evolution of Marketing programme, The Future of Measurement highlights emerging trends in media and creative measurement.

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06 May 2026

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The Future of Measurement 2026

Part of WARC’s Evolution of Marketing programme, The Future of Measurement highlights emerging trends in media and creative measurement.

  • Legacy media are investing in measurement to prove business impact and win a greater share of performance budgets. 
  • Platforms are moving from measuring outcomes to optimising for them in real time, using predictive AI models. 
  • Outcomes measurement is advancing across the media ecosystem but is held back by a lack of trust and transparency in data and attribution, particularly within digital platforms. 
  • Agentic AI brings a new ‘intelligence layer’ to measurement, enabling marketers to interrogate models, run scenarios, and surface near-real-time insights that reach a broader audience.

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06 May 2026

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