AI Video Marketing Statistics
AI-powered video is reshaping marketing ROI, with adoption accelerating among enterprise marketers who report measurable gains in engagement and conversion.
Last updated: February 2026 · By AI-Ready CMO Editorial Team
Video remains the highest-performing content format for marketers, but AI is fundamentally changing how brands produce, personalize, and optimize it at scale. This collection synthesizes recent research from enterprise marketing studies, vendor-backed surveys, and independent analyst firms to show where AI video adoption stands in 2024 and what ROI leaders are seeing. While some statistics come from vendors with commercial interests in AI adoption, the broader trend is corroborated by independent sources like McKinsey and Gartner. The data reveals a clear pattern: early adopters are gaining competitive advantage in engagement metrics and production efficiency, while the majority of marketers are still in pilot or exploration phases. For CMOs building business cases, these statistics demonstrate both the urgency and the realistic timeline for AI video integration.
This stat conflates two different trends: the established dominance of video as a channel and the emerging role of AI in production. The 30% figure is forward-looking and vendor-influenced, but it reflects real momentum. The gap between 91% adoption and 30% AI penetration suggests most video is still human-created, leaving significant efficiency gains on the table for early movers.
This is a vendor-adjacent metric that reflects real efficiency gains, but the sample is self-selected early adopters. The 40% time reduction is meaningful for production teams but assumes existing workflows and skill levels. The 25% volume increase is the more actionable number—it suggests AI enables quantity without sacrificing quality, which is critical for personalization at scale.
These are strong performance gains, but they're measured against a low baseline (generic video). The real insight is that personalization—enabled by AI—drives measurable ROI. However, these metrics are from Salesforce, which has commercial incentive to promote AI adoption. Independent validation from Gartner and McKinsey would strengthen confidence, though early case studies support the direction.
This is the most sobering statistic for vendors but the most realistic for CMOs. It shows that despite hype, AI video adoption is still early. The 42% in pilots is encouraging—it suggests a pipeline of adoption—but the majority of enterprise marketers are still evaluating. This creates a narrow window for competitive advantage before adoption becomes table stakes.
This is a problem-solution alignment stat that validates the business case for AI video. The 67% figure shows strong perceived value, but it's forward-looking and aspirational. It doesn't measure actual cost savings or ROI yet, which means CMOs are betting on potential. The real test will be whether AI tools deliver on the promise of lower per-video costs at scale.
The 12x multiplier is well-established and credible. The 35% AI optimization boost is newer and less independently validated. This stat suggests that AI's role in video extends beyond production efficiency to content optimization—testing thumbnails, messaging, format, and distribution timing. This is where AI creates compounding value beyond just speed.
These are long-term metrics that suggest AI video's impact extends beyond immediate engagement to customer loyalty. However, causality is difficult to isolate—brands investing in AI video personalization may also be investing in other retention strategies. The 31% LTV improvement is significant enough to justify investment, but CMOs should expect a 6-12 month window to measure these gains.
This is a market size projection, not a usage stat, but it signals investor and vendor confidence in the category. A 28% CAGR indicates rapid growth, but it's also inflated by early-stage market dynamics. For CMOs, the key insight is that tooling will improve, competition will intensify, and pricing will likely decline—suggesting that waiting has a cost, but so does adopting immature tools.
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Analysis
The data reveals a market in transition. Video is already the dominant content format, and AI is accelerating its production and personalization at a moment when marketers are resource-constrained. The performance gains are real—2.5x CTR improvements and 35% increases in share rates—but they're concentrated among early adopters who are still a minority (18% in production). This creates a narrow competitive window: the next 12-18 months will likely determine which brands establish AI video as a core capability and which fall behind.
The adoption curve shows healthy pipeline momentum. With 42% of enterprise marketers in pilot phases, we're approaching an inflection point where AI video moves from novelty to necessity. However, the barrier isn't technology—it's organizational readiness. CMOs need to address three challenges simultaneously: building internal capability (or selecting the right vendor), establishing workflows that integrate AI into existing production, and measuring ROI in ways that justify continued investment. The 67% of CMOs who see AI as a solution to resource constraints suggests strong internal alignment on the problem, which is half the battle.
For business cases, focus on three metrics: production efficiency (40% time savings), engagement lift (2.5x CTR), and customer value (31% LTV improvement). Start with a pilot that measures all three, not just one. The most successful early adopters are likely those who treat AI video as a capability to be integrated into existing workflows, not a replacement for human creativity. AI excels at personalization, optimization, and scaling—not at strategy or storytelling. CMOs who use AI to amplify human creativity, not replace it, will see the strongest ROI and the fastest adoption across their teams.
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