Custom Audiences

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Custom Audiences

Definition

Audiences created from your own data - website visitors, customer lists, app users, or engagement with your content.

How to Calculate Custom Audiences

N/A - Audience Targeting Method

Example

Scenario: Website visitors in last 30 days who viewed product pages

Calculation: Retargeting audience of ~5,000 warm prospects

What's a Good Custom Audiences?

Custom audiences typically have 2-5x higher conversion rates than cold audiences

Common Mistakes

  • Not excluding purchasers from prospect retargeting
  • Using audiences that are too small (<1,000 people)

💡 Expert Tip

Layer custom audiences with exclusions. Retarget cart abandoners but exclude recent purchasers to avoid wasted spend.

— Based on $100M+ in managed ad spend

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By Kristijan Arapov • Based on $100M+ in managed ad spend • Updated 2026

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