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Monthly market pulse

November 2025 Google Ads Market Benchmarks:
Highlighting the biggest KPI shift in the market.

Illustration of smec Market Observer - the Google Ads Benchmarks

undefinedundefinedThe biggest movers

Highlighting the biggest KPI shift in the market last month.


Metric

Value

Trend

Context

Amazon Impr. Share

42.24%

+47%

Massive growth in Nov (Temu dropped to 17%)

Standard Shopping CPC

€0.34

+17.2%

YoY increase vs €0.29 Nov 2024)

PMax CTR

1.47%

 +20%

Reaching an all-time-high in November


​​​​​undefined Black Friday recap: More squeeze, less juice

undefined Spend: +31.4% YoY
 

undefined CPC:  + 23.6 YoY

undefined AOV: -6.6% YoY
 

undefined Extra Insight: The most expensive time to advertise was mid-day. Early birds (researchers) and late birds (evening browsers) offered better value.

 

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 undefined Industry watch

Q4 Ad Spend per industry (Median)

undefined Sporting Goods: +4.29% 

undefined Home & Garden: +0.92% 

undefined Electronics: -1.97% 

undefined DIY / Powertools: -8.07%

Want to see how these trends impacted your specific industry?

Check out the live data in the smec Market Observer.