One year after launching NAS, measurement unlocks have rebuilt trust — and opened wallets

▶  KEY FACTS AT A GLANCE

Ad Platform

Netflix Ads Suite (NAS) — launched April 2025

Ad-Supported Viewers

57 million monthly active users in the U.S. (Nielsen)

Advertiser Spend

Up to 2x increase YoY for some; top brands up 50%+

CPM

Non-targeted in-stream: low $20s, sometimes sub-$20

DSP Integrations

The Trade Desk, Yahoo DSP and other third-party platforms

Next Frontier

Data clean room via Snowflake — currently in testing

Netflix has fundamentally changed the economics of its advertising business. Less than a year after replacing Microsoft’s ad technology with its own in-house platform — Netflix Ads Suite, or NAS — advertiser spending on the streaming service has doubled in some cases, and previously reluctant brands are buying in for the first time. The catalyst, executives across multiple agencies agree, is deceptively simple: for the first time, the measurement actually works.