You should know how to calculate viewability when you have a situation to run a digital advertising campaign. Like Impressions, Clicks, and Conversions, viewability is also an important metric to analyze and understand the effectiveness of a campaign.
In this post, I will guide you to calculate viewability and understand the viewability results.
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How to calculate viewability? Here is the simple formula
Using the below simple formula you can calculate the viewability. Usually, viewability is calculated as a percentage and it shows the percentage of impressions seen by the users from overall delivered impressions.
Viewability(%)=Viewable Impressions/Measurable Impressions*100
To calculate the viewability, viewable impressions, and measurable impressions should be needed. Mostly, advertising platforms have partnered with third-party providers to calculate the viewability measurements. These third-party providers like IAS, track both viewable impressions and measurable impressions.
Measurable impressions – Impressions can be measurable for the third party provider
Viewable Impressions – Impressions seen by the users.
Conclusion
Using this simple formula you can easily calculate the viewability. Also, I have attached the viewability calculation sheet, so you can input the numbers and calculate the viewability.