Top Media Buying & Planning Agencies

Researched by:Goodfirms Research TeamUpdated:September 7, 2026

Goodfirms has reviewed 3,816 Media Buying & Planning Agencies as of September 2026 across 103 countries. The top-ranked firm is SmartSites (4.9 stars, 16 verified reviews, $100 - $149/hr, founded 2011, Jersey City). Across the category, the median hourly rate is $37, median client rating is 4.8, and 17% of firms employ 50+ members. Explore the vetted Media Buying & Planning Agencies companies below, compare their strengths, and connect with the provider best suited to your requirements.

Buying media without the right strategy can drain budgets fast. That’s why top media buying agencies focus on precision, performance, and constant optimization across digital and traditional channels. Goodfirms makes this process easier by curating a vetted list of trusted media buying and planning agencies, evaluated on market presence, client feedback, and proven results. With detailed profiles, verified reviews, and smart filters, Goodfirms helps businesses confidently compare media buying companies that align with their goals, budget, and target audience.

3,816Verified firms
$37/hrMedian hourly rate
4.8 ★Median rating
103Countries
17%Have 50+ members

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List of the Best Media Buying Companies & Planning Firms

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  • Who are we? We’re a hardworking, fun loving team of strategists, artists, planners, writers, researchers, digital gurus, producers, editors, photographers, media magicians, musicians, and all around friendly Fothies who wow clients every day across the country and around the world. Even though our moms still don’t get exactly what we do.

    NA
    10 - 49
    Columbus, United States
  • FISTASHKI`s team have big competence in creative with such clients like Microsoft, Renault, Lego, Samsung, Royal Canin, Hochland and etc.Monitoring, SIM score measurement, content or subject area research, content analysis, closed groups research (online focus groups), trends watching, key opinion leaders detection, target audience interests verification, best dialogue practices search, competitors activities monitoring.Creative and strategy ... read Fistashki reviews & insights

    $25 - $49/hr
    10 - 49
    2009
    Moscow, Russia
  • Goldfish Media is an independently run multi-media company based in Oxford. We specialise in creating bespoke high-end packages for businesses like you that need help with design, social media, web content, PR, events, photography and video production.

    < $25/hr
    2 - 9
    2016
    Moscow, Russia
  • We must do the things we think we cannot do. Our first goal is to go beyond the pure advertising business and communication conventions, beyond what has already been seen and heard. Beyond “the impossible to do better”. Every day we ask ourselves what can involve people and by what means. Our answer is always ... read TBWA \ Italy reviews & insights

    < $25/hr
    50 - 249
    1971
    Milan, Italy
  • We're Redonk, a NO-BULL digital marketing agency. We help brands map and understand the broader context of their customers’ journey. We use this insight to design experiences that build brands, deepen customer relationships and grow business.

    $50 - $99/hr
    2 - 9
    2002
    Plano, United States
  • Cobblestone Media Group is a Memphis, TN based, full service digital marketing agency that helps attract valuable website traffic, leads, and customers to our client's websites through proven internet marketing strategies. Looking to get your marketing strategy back on track? Like to get more customers? Our expert team of digital marketing experts are here to ... read Cobblestone Media Group reviews & insights

    < $25/hr
    2 - 9
    2011
    Memphis, United States
  • MGA Media Group is a public relations consultancy with a mission to identify and elevate positive environmental practices. We help clients give voice to and fine tune their core values and vision. We are sustainability experts and want to share your organization’s positive environmental practices with the world. Being true partners to our clients is ... read MGA Media reviews & insights

    $25 - $49/hr
    2 - 9
    2014
    NYC, United States
  • Great media planning is much more than just negotiating low rates. Brant Media Group believes it is first and foremost about understanding a client’s unique set of circumstances, including: the industry, the market, prospective clientele, position within the marketplace/industry, advertising landscape, past-experience, future expectations, etc. At Brant Media Group, we pride ourselves on drilling down ... read Brant Media Group reviews & insights

    < $25/hr
    2 - 9
    Minneapolis, United States
  • Bell Media creates content and builds brands that entertain, inform, engage, and inspire audiences through the platforms of their choice. Bell Media is Canada’s leading content creation company with premier assets in television, radio, out-of-home advertising, and digital media. Bell Media owns 30 local television stations led by CTV, Canada's highest-rated television network; 30 specialty ... read Bell Media Canada reviews & insights

    $100 - $149/hr
    1,000 - 9,999
    2000
    Montreal, Canada
  • Top Brand Worldwide™ is a full-service Event Production and Experiential Marketing Agency operating in the U.S. and LATAM. We specialize in Event Marketing, Large-Scale Public Events, Corporate Events, Conferences, Trade shows, and Brand activations, delivering innovative and cost-effective solutions for government and private sectors.

    $50 - $99/hr
    50 - 249
    2008
    NYC, United States
  • The Generalist is an Auckland based PR company that specialises in lifestyle products including beauty, homewares and food products. Based in Grey Lynn we are just a stone’s throw away from all the key media houses. We have been in media and PR for more than 17 years and we know what works from a ... read The Generalist PR reviews & insights

    NA
    10 - 49
    2012
    Auckland, New Zealand
  • We believe in understanding and connecting people by making sense of data in the digital world. We combine the use of data, creativity, past learning & behavioral science to ensure that we deliver optimal results for businesses.

    NA
    2 - 9
    2014
    Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
  • At RDW Group, we create positive change for our clients by integrating our 30+ years experience in brand research, marketing and media strategy, creative concepting and testing, and PR.

    NA
    50 - 249
    1986
    Providence, United States
  • Atom Media Group is the basic building block of success … a full-service advertising agency offering public relations, media buying, web, digital and multi-media services, and strategic creative and business counsel.

    < $25/hr
    10 - 49
    2014
    Providence, United States
  • We combine big agency experience with a boutique’s agile attitude. In a world of commoditized services, bicom takes a high-touch, relationship-based approach to connecting leading brands with target audiences through media and influencer engagement, digital content and engaging experiences.

    NA
    10 - 49
    2006
    Montreal, Canada
  • Founded in 2000 by Maria Varvarikos, ZOÏ (‘life’ in Greek) was established with the vision to help bring brands to life in creative ways. With offices in New York, Montreal and Toronto, our boutique agency offers each client full North American support and global public relations services.

    NA
    10 - 49
    Montreal, Canada
  • Keeping the pace with the ever-changing landscape of the music and entertainment industry, our creative, professional team lends expertise in marketing, communications, new/artists/career development and management, branding, public relations, social media campaigns, event coordination and production. Setting itself apart from many larger PR firms, Music City Media is a specialty boutique that prides itself on ... read Music City Media reviews & insights

    NA
    10 - 49
    2018
    Nashville, United States
  • We are Gloocal Communications, one of the Top PR Agency in Ghatkopar, Mumbai! Started in 2014 as a startup with small-scale clients, Gloocal Communications has evolved into the best PR & Digital Marketing agency that handles renowned brands across pan India in various niches. Our sub-vertical GC Digital LLP, offers comprehensive digital solutions, perfect for ... read Glocal Communications reviews & insights

    < $25/hr
    10 - 49
    2014
    Mumbai, India
  • Founded in 2009, Innocean Worldwide Canada is a full-service advertising agency headquartered in Toronto, Ontario with a sister office in Montreal, Quebec. We are part of the Innocean Worldwide network made up of 23 offices in 19 countries and over 2000 employees.For the last ten years, Innocean Worldwide Canada has been servicing the needs of ... read Innocean Worldwide Canada reviews & insights

    $25 - $49/hr
    250 - 999
    2005
    Toronto, Canada
  • Bite-Size is a multidisciplinary passionate and creative team that provides original ideas, solutions, and executions. We love innovative marketing. As a standalone agency, we develop ground-breaking experiences that drive brand engagement and ROI by immersing consumers in our clients’ brands. We believe that brands and consumers themselves are the best media. With the concept of ... read Bite Size Entertainment reviews & insights

    $25 - $49/hr
    10 - 49
    2009
    Montreal, Canada
  • Seattle Advertising offers brand development, SEO, copywriting, mobile advertising and more. Push your brand to the top of search engines with our digital marketing services.

    $50 - $99/hr
    10 - 49
    1989
    Bellevue, United States
  • Harmelin Media specializes in strategic media solutions, and has more than 38 years of experience helping clients navigate a rapidly changing media landscape across digital, traditional and lifestyle forms. The firm has grown with a diverse client roster including many Fortune 500 companies across an array of industries, and is now one of the largest ... read Harmelin Media reviews & insights

    $25 - $49/hr
    2 - 9
    1982
    Philadelphia, United States
  • Introducing Next Level Media, your go-to social media marketing agency that knows how to make your brand speak out loud! We specialize in the hottest social media trends & channnels right now: Influencer, TikTok, Xiaohongshu, and Lemon8 marketing! With our expert strategies and creative ideas, we power up your brand stories and bring them to ... read NLevel reviews & insights

    NA
    10 - 49
    2020
    Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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    Big AL Consulting is a performance marketing agency based in Dubai and a Google Partner. We help businesses across the UAE, Saudi Arabia and the wider GCC grow with paid advertising that pays for itself. We run Google Ads and Meta Ads, plus SEO and conversion tracking, in both English and Arabic. Our focus is ... read Big AL Consulting reviews & insights

    NA
    2 - 9
    2020
    Dubai, UAE

    Why Big AL Consulting?

    • Google Partner with real ad data
    • We turn wasted ad spend into revenue
    • Native Arabic and English across the GCC
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    Be Loud is a marketing agency based in Marbella, on the Costa del Sol. We take a brand from strategy to results: positioning and content strategy, on-location video shoots and editing, social media management, paid campaigns on Meta and Google, websites and landing pages, and clear monthly reporting on reach, leads and revenue. One team ... read Be Loud Marbella reviews & insights

    $50 - $99/hr
    2 - 9
    2021
    Estepona, Spain

    Why Be Loud Marbella?

    • One team from strategy to results
    • In-house video, social and paid media
    • Monthly reports on leads and revenue
  • We are Otey White & Associates. At this point you’ve likely come to that conclusion though. If you really want to know who we are we’d first like to begin with who we’re not. Well we’re not gurus, masters or the leading authority on all that is marketing. This isn’t karate. Belts aren’t awarded for ... read Otey White & Associates reviews & insights

    $25 - $49/hr
    50 - 249
    2000
    Baton Rouge, United States
  • With over a decade of experience in the Asia-Pacific region, we have successfully integrated over 5,000 businesses with leading digital platforms and tools, helping brands increase revenue, reach new audiences, and grow their teams. Our mission is to democratize the digital economy, enabling every individual and business to succeed in the platform age.

    NA
    2 - 9
    Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • 97 Degrees West is an agency created for modern marketing challenges. We believe in outbound communications when they make sense as well as utilizing the power of inbound techniques to create a hybrid model that provides a complete solution for our clients. We are a collective of talented professionals dedicated to the art and science ... read 97 Degrees West reviews & insights

    $25 - $49/hr
    2 - 9
    2004
    Austin, United States
  • A creatively led brand engagement agency. Take decades of digital experience. A deep understanding of human psychology. Powerful, real-time social insights. And voila. Beautiful, effective solutions driving engagement across the entire user journey - from love at first sight to partners for life.

    < $25/hr
    10 - 49
    2002
    Leeds, United Kingdom
  • At The Republik, "Boldly Go"​ is more than our purpose, it is our promise. We are dreamers, thinkers and doers united under a shared mindset to stand out and stand apart. Transforming client challenges into opportunities. And bold ideas into actions. Beyond the norm. We are prepared for anything. And will stop at nothing. When ... read THE REPUBLIK reviews & insights

    $50 - $99/hr
    2 - 9
    2001
    Raleigh, United States
  • Specialist.PH helps leaders scale their marketing team. We are a supplemental end-to-end HR team for world class marketing talent in the Philippines.

    $25 - $49/hr
    2 - 9
    Idaho Falls, United States
  • U&I was born from a desire to help brands unlock their full potential in the digital world. I believe that every business has a story worth sharing, and our mission is to bring that story to life with creativity, strategy, and impact. Success, to us, isn’t just about metrics—it’s about building connections and helping our ... read U&I Resources PVT reviews & insights

    < $25/hr
    10 - 49
    2002
    Surat, India

    Why U&I Resources PVT?

    • Premium quality at affordable prices
    • Latest trends with stylish designs
    • Fast delivery and easy returns
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    How Digital Marketing Helps Brands Reach the Right AudienceDigital marketing has become an important part of how businesses build visibility and connect with customers. Whether a company is launching a new product, trying to generate leads, or looking to strengthen its online presence, having the right digital strategy can make a significant difference.A good digital ... read Fourth Dimension reviews & insights

    $50 - $99/hr
    50 - 249
    2020
    Indianapolis, United States

    Why Fourth Dimension?

    • Proven Digital Marketing Expertise
    • Customized Marketing Strategies
    • Results-Driven Approach
  • Welcome to ZIGT Media. We are an independent, no-nonsense and full-service media agency with a passion for freedom to grow. Our services consist of media strategy, planning and buying for any type of media (TV, radio, print, out-of-home, and digital). Our goal? Supplying you with the best and most transparent media selection for your brand!

    $25 - $49/hr
    2 - 9
    Zaventem, Belgium
  • We all know the right agency should increase sales, strengthen your brand, and poise you for future success. To do that in today’s market, the agency you hire must get your customers actively involved in your business. Ignore the fluff, the philosophy, or how different an agency claims they are. Results are all that matter. ... read The Group Advertising reviews & insights

    $25 - $49/hr
    10 - 49
    2006
    Orlando, United States
  • Our story basically is a long long friendship that turned into a never-ending adventure and even a professional relationship as partners at EPIC. Miro and Elena (the core team of the agency) met at The Sofia University, in the Faculty of Journalism & Mass Communication back in 2004. Ever since we create together and are ... read EPIC reviews & insights

    < $25/hr
    2 - 9
    Sofia, Bulgaria
  • OCTA helps businesses attract target customers and save media budget through digital transformation of the approach to analytics and advertising inventory procurement.Media agency Okta was founded in New York in 2012, the Moscow office was opened in 2018.The OCTA team consists of communication experts, experienced technologists and analysts, media planning, SMM and programmatic procurement specialists. ... read OCTA reviews & insights

    $25 - $49/hr
    10 - 49
    2012
    Moscow, Russia
  • Innovative Advertising is an award-winning, full-service advertising agency that customizes our approach to each client based on their unique needs.

    < $25/hr
    2 - 9
    199
    New Orleans, United States
  • DMI is purpose-built to reinvent business for a connected world. Customer-centric and agile in all that we do, we drive modern transformation through a unique, integrated approach to innovation, UX, web, and app development, omni-channel commerce, analytics and machine learning, IoT, and secure device and app management.

    $150 - $199/hr
    1,000 - 9,999
    2002
    Bethesda, United States
  • Media Link, Inc., has been providing advertising and strategic communication services for over 20 years. With 20+ years of knowledge and experience, we know how to connect the spots for each and every platform. We provide the research and data you need. After that, we create your message and make a fast delivery, from advertising ... read Media Link Inc. reviews & insights

    $150 - $199/hr
    2 - 9
    2001
    Rock Island, United States
  • With a powerhouse team trained in different skillsets and a performance-based background, our goal is to help your brand reach its fullest potential through proven and tested marketing methods under the umbrella of our ethos: strategize, optimize, and maximize. We help companies and influencers: Attain and exceed your growth targets Uncover massive opportunities hidden in ... read Media Burn reviews & insights

    < $25/hr
    10 - 49
    2018
    Montreal, Canada
  • Three Box Strategic Communications is a Dallas-based marketing, PR and strategic communications agency named one of Forbes' Best PR Firms in America. Since 2000, we've been the team trusted by brands across the country to tell their stories. The world has changed a lot since then, but strategic communication stands on a consistent blueprint – ... read Three Box reviews & insights

    $25 - $49/hr
    2 - 9
    Dallas, United States
  • Skillplus Technologies is a results-driven digital solutions company specializing in web development, branding, and performance marketing for growing businesses. We help startups, SMEs, and eCommerce brands build strong digital foundations through strategy-led design and scalable technology solutions. Our approach combines creativity, data, and business insight to deliver measurable growth — not just beautiful visuals. From ... read SkillPlus Technologies reviews & insights

    $50 - $99/hr
    10 - 49
    2017
    Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Adsyndicate is a leading 360-degree communications agency with Pan – India footprint and brand custodians to a slew of bluechip clients. We've been in the business of growing our client's businesses, since 1997. Happily busy building brands and creating space for them in the minds and hearts of consumers, by deploying conventional, unconventional and any-ventional ... read Adsyndicate reviews & insights

    $100 - $149/hr
    250 - 999
    1997
    Mumbai, India
  • We are Rare, Western Australia’s largest, fully integrated, independent creative agency. Every day we work our wonder for clients large and small, local and national as we go about affecting positive change in the world. Whether it’s a shift in business performance, an increase in brand awareness or a change in attitudes or consumer behaviour, ... read Hello Rare reviews & insights

    $25 - $49/hr
    10 - 49
    11
    Perth, Australia
  • Rose PR is a full-service Canadian public relations agency specializing in media relations, brand consulting, influencer marketing, social media management, experiential events and corporate communications We work at the cutting edge of a range of industry sectors that includes; Fashion & Design, Food & Service, Cannabis, Travel & Hospitality, Technology, Real Estate, Retail & E-Commerce, ... read Rose PR reviews & insights

    < $25/hr
    2 - 9
    Montreal, Canada
  • With more than two decades of experience in strategic communications across mediums, Simulations PR has pan-India operations. We offer services in Public Relations, Media Management, Social Media Management, Content Development, Corporate Communications, Crisis Communications, Media Training, Corporate Event management, Creative Design services and Special Event Promotions. We help you tell your story and build your ... read Simulations India reviews & insights

    NA
    50 - 249
    1998
    Ahmedabad, India
  • CROS was established in 1995 and lists among the world’s top PR consultancies, (according to authoritative PR industry publications 'PRWeek' and 'The Holmes Report'). In 2019 CROS was named Russia and CIS Consultancy of the Year (The Holmes Report's Agency of the Year 2019). Today, CROS is a group of companies, each having a unique ... read CROS reviews & insights

    NA
    10 - 49
    1995
    Moscow, Russia

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Algorithm at a glance
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X-axis (Core Competencies): Service Focus Ratio + Portfolio Depth + Quality + Experience
2
Y-axis (360-Performance): Client Reviews + Market Presence + Goodfirms Score
3
Missing signals are excluded from a firm's score, not substituted with defaults - weights redistribute across remaining inputs
4
Recency decay over the last 18 months keeps stale reviews from dominating
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Eligibility floor: ≥ 1 published review in this category scope

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Bubble size shows how many firms each country has; colour shows its average hourly rate. Tap any country for its firm count, average rate, rating, and Value Score.

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Average hourly rates by region.

Where you hire affects what you pay by up to 3×. Comparable quality is available across regions - the rate gap between the priciest and cheapest is the single biggest lever on a project budget.

Average hourly rate · USD

AUOceania$88/hr$88
ZAAfrica$79/hr$79
USNorth America$71/hr$71
GBWestern Europe$70/hr$70
SGAsia Pacific$69/hr$69
UAEastern Europe$58/hr$58
MXLATAM$55/hr$55
INSouth Asia$47/hr$47

What the gap actually buys you

The rate gap between the highest- and lowest-cost regions is largely a cost-of-living and labor-market gap - not a quality gap. Top-tier firms in lower-cost regions routinely deliver work competitive with premium markets at a fraction of the cost.

That said, time-zone overlap, language alignment, and IP protection vary by region. Eastern Europe and LATAM hit a sweet spot: meaningful cost savings with same-day overlap for US/EU clients.

~70%

Typical cost savings when moving a $100K/year dev contract from a premium market to a top value destination - comparable skill, comparable delivery quality.

All countries ranked by Value Score.

Every country with 100+ vetted firms in this category, ranked by Value Score.

CountryFirmsAvg RateAvg RatingValue ScoreAction
INIndia780$48/hr4.983View firms
CACanada185$69/hr577View firms
USUnited States1,273$71/hr4.775View firms
GBUnited Kingdom140$76/hr575View firms
AEUAE117$68/hr4.975View firms
INIndia
780 firms$48/hr4.9
Value Score83 / 100
CACanada
185 firms$69/hr5
Value Score77 / 100
USUnited States
1,273 firms$71/hr4.7
Value Score75 / 100
GBUnited Kingdom
140 firms$76/hr5
Value Score75 / 100
AEUAE
117 firms$68/hr4.9
Value Score75 / 100

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If you're in US (PT/ET)Recommended

Look for nearshore LATAM partners - same-day collaboration, similar time zones, and 50-60% cost savings vs domestic.

MXMexico~7h overlap
ARArgentina~6h overlap
BRBrazil~5h overlap
CACanada~8h overlap
If you're in Europe (CET/GMT)Recommended

Eastern Europe is your sweet spot - 1-2h time zone shift, EU GDPR alignment, and 40-50% lower rates than Western Europe.

PLPoland~8h overlap
UAUkraine~7h overlap
RORomania~7h overlap
ZASouth Africa~8h overlap

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Algorithm at a glance
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X-axis (Core Competencies): Service Focus Ratio + Portfolio Depth + Quality + Experience
2
Y-axis (360-Performance): Client Reviews + Market Presence + Goodfirms Score
3
Missing signals are excluded from a firm's score, not substituted with defaults - weights redistribute across remaining inputs
4
Recency decay over the last 18 months keeps stale reviews from dominating
5
Eligibility floor: ≥ 1 published review in this category scope

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Countries with the best Value Score for digital marketing hiring.

Ranked by a composite score blending firm count (supply), average rating (quality), and median hourly rate (cost). Affordability is weighted highest (50%), so this list surfaces actually affordable destinations rather than just-big markets.

Budget leader
United States · $0-24/hr

187 firms in this tier - more than any other country, averaging 3.7 ★. Top picks: Pure Design Solution, Renoun Creative, Boss Creative.

Mid-tier leader
United States · $50-99/hr

186 firms in this tier - more than any other country, averaging 4.9 ★. Top picks: Corecentrix Business Solutions, Venture Aviator, Disrupt Minds.

Top tier leader
United States · $150+/hr

77 firms in this tier - more than any other country, averaging 4.7 ★. Top picks: Colormatics, Cultivating & Marketing Professionals, ArtVersion.

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Best Value marks the densest, highest-rated, most-affordable cell per row

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Every cell in the grid above is the count of firms in (place × hourly-rate tier). Firms are placed by their published hourly rate; those without a disclosed rate are not plotted.

Top company names per cell are surfaced by Value Score - a weighted blend of affordability (50%) + rating (35%) + review volume (15%).

The "Best" ribbon marks the cell in each row where firm density, ratings, and affordability line up best - the densest, highest-quality combination.

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Value Score · per firm
ValueScore = 0.50 × Affordability
+ 0.35 × Rating
+ 0.15 × Review Volume
// All sub-scores normalized 0-100
// Affordability = (1 - rate/$200) × 100
// Rating = (rating - 3) / 2 × 100
// Volume = log10(reviews+1)/log10(200) × 100

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