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Viewability Calculator

Calculate ad viewability rate to measure impression quality

Viewability Calculator
Enter your viewable and total impressions to calculate viewability rate

Number of impressions that met viewability standards

Total number of ad impressions served

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Frequently Asked Questions

What's a good viewability rate?

Industry standard is 50-60% for display ads and 60-70% for video. Anything below 50% indicates significant waste in ad spend.

How is viewability measured?

It track whether at least 50% of an ad's pixels are in the viewable area for the required time (1 second for display, 2 seconds for video).

Should I pay for non-viewable impressions?

Many advertisers negotiate to only pay for viewable impressions (vCPM pricing) to ensure they only pay for ads that had a chance to be seen.

What is Viewability?

Viewability measures whether an ad had the opportunity to be seen by a user. According to the Media Rating Council (MRC) and IAB standards, a display ad is considered viewable when at least 50% of its pixels are visible on screen for at least 1 second (2 seconds for video ads).

How to Calculate Viewability

Viewability Rate = (Viewable Impressions / Total Impressions) × 100