Frequency Calculator

Calculate your advertising frequency, which can be defined as the average number of times your audience sees your ad. This metric helps you optimize campaign exposure and avoid ad fatigue.

When calculating frequency always consider your end goal/KPI. If you are running upper funnel awareness activity, a lower frequency is fine to reinforce your message without overwhelming new audiences. If you are running lower funnel conversion activity, a higher frequency can be better to guide those users familiar to your brand to finally purchase!

Calculate Your Frequency

Your Frequency Result

Enter your impressions and reach to see your frequency

What is Ad Frequency & how is it calculated?

Frequency measures how many times, on average, each person in your target audience sees your advertisement during a specific time period.

Calculation

Frequency = Total Impressions ÷ Unique Reach

Understanding frequency and hows it calculated is key to pushing your message towards your target audience without overwhelming them.

We want to serve our message without the audience getting bored or annoyed. This is a fine line to walk, and it varies by industry, audience, and campaign objectives.

Frequency Guidelines

1-2:Ideal for awareness campaigns and new audiences

Show your ad enough times without bombarding a new audience not familiar to your product or service. Don't scare them off.

2-4:Good for consideration and engagement campaigns

We might finally get the user to click through and explore our website/offering for the first time in this space.

4-6:Effective for conversion and retargeting

Let's get them to purchase, they know our brand by now.

7+:High risk of ad fatigue and wasted spend

Abort Mission...Kidding, but be careful about a rising frequency.

A reminder to you, frequency can vary by channel, objective and campaign, the figures are a guide and nothing more.