Frequency Cap
A delivery control that limits how often the same user sees an ad within a given time period. Frequency caps help reduce ad fatigue and wasted impressions in display and paid social campaigns.
How Frequency Cap works in practice
Frequency caps matter most in campaigns with repeated exposure potential such as display, video, and paid social remarketing. Without a cap, platforms often continue serving impressions to the same small audience because it is easier than finding incremental reach, especially when targeting pools are narrow. That usually creates rising costs and weaker response because users stop noticing or start ignoring the ad. The correct cap depends on campaign objective, audience size, and creative strength, but the principle is simple: enough repetition to be remembered, not so much that additional impressions lose incremental value.
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Paid advertising on Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and the Meta Audience Network. Meta Ads leverage detailed demographic, interest, and behavioural data to reach and retarget audiences at scale.
The cost per one thousand ad impressions. Common in display and social advertising where brand awareness is the goal. CPM = (Total Spend ÷ Total Impressions) × 1,000.
Defining who sees your ads based on demographics, interests, behaviours, in-market signals, or custom data. Precise audience targeting reduces CAC and improves conversion rates by matching ads to high-intent prospects.
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