CANnual Report 2022
CANnual Report is the annual publication of weCAN, which includes the most comprehensive data and consumer trends of the advertising markets of the CEE region. It reveals how each country’s political, economic and social processes affect the local advertising industry, examines the sector in the light of diverse financial data, and introduce key marketers.
The CANnual Report 2022 follows a slightly different editorial concept than before. Since 2016, the publication featured one central topic which all creative agencies wrote about. This year however, weCAN experts write about twelve of the hottest topics in communication across the region. Five of the most influential consumer trends are also featured in the country chapters along with the articles about TikTok, e-commerce, Gen Z – and the war-torn Ukrainian market.


Media and advertising trends in CEE
In our regional summary chapter, we show you how the CEE ad market performed over the last year, highlighting the biggest changes in each segment (TV, digital, print, OOH and radio). In this chapter we also gather the most prominent post-COVID trends from the region, which not only shape advertising and consumption, but other areas of life.
weCAN Ranking
Thanks to the weCAN Ranking, you can get an even more comprehensive view of the region examining the level of development of the local media and advertising markets. The weCAN Ranking percentage figures show how the ad markets of the diversely-sized countries with otherwise hardly comparable economic performance – compared to each other in the CEE region.
Guest author
Our guest author is Dr. Árpád Rab, digital culture expert and futurologist, who gives an overview of how technological advancements changed all aspects of our lives, and what further part digitalization plays in this. He lists the most important trends in the field of digital services, which will shape the decade ahead of us.
Unique topics and consumer trends
Beside the variety of the hottest topics in our industry, our experts created country-specific lists of the 5 most important consumer trends. These trends span from actions supporting sustainability and post-COVID work arrangements to even changing attitudes in marriages.
Country chapters
The CANnual Report the market analysis of 14 countries written by local media and advertising experts. Each year, these chapters include an article about the local market with the recent changes of the media and advertising industry, and this year, instead of one central theme, we have many: he country chapters feature an overview of the hottest topics in marketing and communication.
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Editors made every effort to ensure that all data in the report is correct but do not take responsibility for them. All data in the Report is free to be cited, copied and distributed, indicating the CANnual Report and the original source as well.
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CANnual Report 2021
The CANnual Report 2021 showcases the impacts of the coronavirus on the CEE media markets, while our experts analyse parallel phenomena from previous crises on a global or local scale, including not only financial-economic events, but also major changes in legislation, political turmoil, natural disasters, etc.
weCAN experts demonstrate how the unfolding COVID-19 crisis affected advertising spending over the past year in the CEE countries, taking different media types and sectors into consideration.


Media and advertising trends in Central and Eastern Europe
In our regional summary chapter, we show you how the CEE ad market performed over the last year, highlighting the biggest changes in each segment (TV, digital, print, OOH and radio). The initial halt and sudden shift to online solutions induced by COVID-19 impacted the markets deeply and we are displaying how it was mirrored in adjusting marketing budgets and media consumption, too.
Gov't spending on COVID communication
The pandemic-induced lockdowns brought about a critical situation: above all, it was the government’s task to inform, educate and calm the public. We analyzed how certain countries tackled this problem, what communication strategies they chose and how much they spent on conveying these messages.
weCAN Ranking
Thanks to the weCAN Ranking, you can get an even more comprehensive view of the region examining the level of development of the local media and advertising markets. The weCAN Ranking percentage figures show how the ad markets of the diversely-sized countries with otherwise hardly comparable economic performance – compared to each other in the CEE region.
Guest author
Our guest author Dr. Mária Törőcsik, Economist and Professor at University of Pécs shows us how the major crises in the past 30 years formed consumer behaviour. She outlines five consumer-archetypes since the change of regime and describes their change in attitude caused by the changes in economy.
Country chapters
The CANnual Report the market analysis of 15 countries written by local media and advertising experts. Each year, these chapters include an article about the local market with the recent changes of the media and advertising industry, but this year we also added a chronology of recent crises in each country. Our experts show, what these critical situations did to the respective markets, and what they learned from it.
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Editors made every effort to ensure that all data in the report is correct but do not take responsibility for them. All data in the Report is free to be cited, copied and distributed, indicating the CANnual Report and the original source as well.
Note: Temporary problems might occur during the payment process. Please choose “Pay in merchant’s currency” before completing the purchase in PayPal.
In case you experience any difficulty, please contact us at info@wecan.net!
CANnual Report 2020
Awareness on social and environmental issues is on the rise, and this puts and increasing amount of pressure on companies, who are expected to give answers to contemporary problems. In this year’s publication weCAN experts share how businesses in the CEE region react in the field of CSR, and how agencies can shape communication on sustainability.
Beside the extensive summary on how each CEE media market performed in the past year, we also included a special section about the recent impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the advertising sector.
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CSR in the CEE region
weCAN experts show how businesses incorporate the modern concept of CSR into their activity, and whether the historical difference from the West also means a different approach in social responsibility. In each country chapter we also include a case study of an outstanding awareness campaign.
Special section about Covid-19
Though the publication provides an extensive market analysis of 2019, and the corona virus appeared after this period, we included a market overview on the March-May period of 2020 in each country chapter and a summary of effects of the lockdown on the regional advertising market.
Media and advertising trends
in CEE in 2020
We not only show you, how local markets perform individually, but we give our readers a comprehensive overview of the regional advertising market. Besides highlighting the major trends and comparing them with Western tendencies we shed light on the most peculiar phenomena in the CEE region each year.
Country chapters
The CANnual Report the market analysis of 15 countries written by local media and advertising experts. Each year, these chapters include an article about the local market with the recent changes of the media and advertising industry, another article featuring the main topic of the given year, and graphs showing the most important data from each country’s media market.
weCAN ranking
Thanks to the weCAN Ranking, you can get an even more comprehensive view of the region examining the level of development of the local media and advertising markets. The weCAN Ranking percentage figures show how the ad markets of the diversely-sized countries with otherwise hardly comparable economic performance – compared to each other in the CEE region.
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CANnual Report 2019
The CANnual Report 2019 focuses on the past five years of media markets in the region. Our experts provide an extensive analysis of the most important advertising trends of each CEE country, along with forecasts for the future. Guest authors from Google and Facebook share their thoughts on industry-shaping phenomena, and as usual in the weCAN ranking we reveal how each country’s ad market performed in comparison with its whole economy.
How have ad spendings altered since 2014? What were the most disruptive changes in Central Eastern European media markets? How do tech companies see the future? And what does it look like for the CEE region?
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Regional analysis of the past 5 years
The CANnual Report is being published for the 5th time, so we thought it is the perfect time to give an overview of the most important advertising and media trends in the past 5 years. We gather which political and economic developments shaped the markets the most, and whether we follow Western trends in advertising.
Guest authors
Our guest authors are Dr. Ákos Kozák, Director of GFK Hungária Market Research Institute, Illés Vadász, Industry Manager at Google Hungary, Agnieszka Kosik, Head of Poland at Facebook and Mojca Briščik, President of the Golden Drum Festival and CEO of the Slovenian Advertising Chamber, who share their views on industry shaping phenomena and the future direction of advertising in the region.
Media and advertising trends
in CEE in 2019
We not only show you, how local markets perform individually, but we give our readers a comprehensive overview of the regional advertising market. Besides highlighting the major trends and comparing them with Western tendencies we shed light on the most peculiar phenomena in the CEE region each year.
Country chapters
The CANnual Report presents 13 country chapters written by local media and advertising experts. Each year, these chapters include an article about the local market with the recent changes of the media and advertising industry, another article featuring the main topic of the given year, and graphs showing the most important data from each country’s media market.
weCAN ranking
Thanks to the weCAN Ranking, you can get an even more comprehensive view of the region examining the level of development of the local media and advertising markets. The weCAN Ranking percentage figures show how the ad markets of the diversely-sized countries with otherwise hardly comparable economic performance – compared to each other in the CEE region.
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Send us an email with your datas and get the CANnual Report 2019 for free.
CANnual Report 2018
This year’s topic in focus is the coexistence of television and online videos that raises new questions and indicates new solutions, models, content, genres and players. As anywhere else in the world, we can observe this trend in Central and Eastern Europe as well, and the CANnual Report 2018 reveals the main aspects of this transformation throughout the region.
Do television and online videos take genres and players from each other? Are TV celebrities becoming online influencers or is this happening the other way round? Does the rising of online video viewing threaten the reach of television? In short: Does video kill the TV (Star)? Check out the report for the answers.


Media and advertising trends
in CEE in 2018
We not only show you, how local markets perform individually, but we give our readers a comprehensive overview of the regional advertising market. Besides highlighting the major trends and comparing them with Western tendencies we shed light on the most peculiar phenomena in the CEE region each year.
Country chapters
The CANnual Report presents 13 country chapters written by local media and advertising experts. Each year, these chapters include an article about the local market with the recent changes of the media and advertising industry, another article featuring the main topic of the given year, and graphs showing the most important data from each country’s media market.
weCAN ranking
Thanks to the weCAN Ranking, you can get an even more comprehensive view of the region examining the level of development of the local media and advertising markets. The weCAN Ranking percentage figures show how the ad markets of the diversely-sized countries with otherwise hardly comparable economic performance – compared to each other in the CEE region.
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Send us an email with your datas and get the CANnual Report 2018 for free.
CANnual Report 2017
CANnual Report 2017 is centered around CONTENT (in capital letters) and content marketing. weCAN experts analyze the latest trends of the CEE region and address topics in details like the spreading of online videos, the relationship of social media and politics, and networks specialized in influencer marketing.
Each country-chapter includes an article of a local content marketing expert and, following the tradition of the last years, an overview of the latest trends and major economic and legal changes that affect the media landscape and the advertising industry.
320 pages, created by 50 media and advertising professionals and 12 influencers from all over Center and Eastern Europe – that is CANnual Report 2017.


Media and advertising trends
in CEE in 2017
We not only show you, how local markets perform individually, but we give our readers a comprehensive overview of the regional advertising market. Besides highlighting the major trends and comparing them with Western tendencies we shed light on the most peculiar phenomena in the CEE region each year.
Country chapters
The CANnual Report presents 13 country chapters written by local media and advertising experts. Each year, these chapters include an article about the local market with the recent changes of the media and advertising industry, another article featuring the main topic of the given year, and graphs showing the most important data from each country’s media market.
weCAN ranking
Thanks to the weCAN Ranking, you can get an even more comprehensive view of the region examining the level of development of the local media and advertising markets. The weCAN Ranking percentage figures show how the ad markets of the diversely-sized countries with otherwise hardly comparable economic performance – compared to each other in the CEE region.
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Send us an email with your datas and get the CANnual Report 2017 for free.
CANnual Report 2016
CANnual Report 2016 gives a comprehensive overview of the advertising, media and social media market of 14 countries in Central and Easter Europe. The publication features 28 articles written by local experts, nearly 3,000 pieces of data and 130 photos taken by the region’s Instagram users.
The articles deal with recent changes of the local media and advertising industry and the updated weCAN Ranking shows how individual markets developed in one year, compared to other countries in the ‘New East’.
CANnual Report 2016 focuses on social media trends. Each country-chapter features an article that presents the most popular social media channels and their characteristics, and provide readers with useful insights for planning successful social media campaigns in the CEE markets.


Media and advertising trends
in CEE in 2016
We not only show you, how local markets perform individually, but we give our readers a comprehensive overview of the regional advertising market. Besides highlighting the major trends and comparing them with Western tendencies we shed light on the most peculiar phenomena in the CEE region each year.
Country chapters
The CANnual Report presents 13 country chapters written by local media and advertising experts. Each year, these chapters include an article about the local market with the recent changes of the media and advertising industry, another article featuring the main topic of the given year, and graphs showing the most important data from each country’s media market.
weCAN ranking
Thanks to the weCAN Ranking, you can get an even more comprehensive view of the region examining the level of development of the local media and advertising markets. The weCAN Ranking percentage figures show how the ad markets of the diversely-sized countries with otherwise hardly comparable economic performance – compared to each other in the CEE region.
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Send us an email with your datas and get the CANnual Report 2016 for free.
CANnual Report 2015
CANnual Report 2015 is the first extensive analysis that has been published about the advertising industry and media market of Central and Eastern Europe. The 200-page publication aims at presenting the regional communications field to an international audience that has less information about the marketers operating in former Socialist states than about those in the western half of Europe.
The editors of the report invited 12 experts from all around the region to present the most significant features of their respective markets, including latest trends and specific data. Many authors also give a brief overview of the history of local ad scenes from 1989 to the present day.
The 2015 edition introduced the so-called weCAN Ranking, an indicator that reveals whether the advertising market as an economic sector is stronger or weaker than what the overall economic performance of a country suggests.


Media and advertising trends
in CEE in 2015
We not only show you, how local markets perform individually, but we give our readers a comprehensive overview of the regional advertising market. Besides highlighting the major trends and comparing them with Western tendencies we shed light on the most peculiar phenomena in the CEE region each year.
Country chapters
The CANnual Report presents 13 country chapters written by local media and advertising experts. Each year, these chapters include an article about the local market with the recent changes of the media and advertising industry, another article featuring the main topic of the given year, and graphs showing the most important data from each country’s media market.
weCAN ranking
Thanks to the weCAN Ranking, you can get an even more comprehensive view of the region examining the level of development of the local media and advertising markets. The weCAN Ranking percentage figures show how the ad markets of the diversely-sized countries with otherwise hardly comparable economic performance – compared to each other in the CEE region.
Get the publication free
Send us an email with your datas and get the CANnual Report 2015 for free.