DoubleVerify (“DV”) (NYSE: DV), a leading software platform to verify media quality, optimise ad performance, and prove campaign outcomes, today released 2025 Global Insights: How Consumers and Marketers Use Walled Gardens – a comprehensive report based on a global study of 22,000 consumers and 1,970 marketing and advertising decision-makers worldwide. The report reveals how social platforms are shaping digital advertising, commerce and news consumption — and the key opportunities and challenges that walled gardens present to marketers worldwide.