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About Campaign Objectives

One of the first steps to building a new campaign is choosing a campaign objective. A campaign objective optimizes your ads based on your campaign's goal. It also affects your ad group, ad setup, and bidding structure.

ObjectiveDescriptionPost types availableWhat you optimize and pay for
Brand awareness and reachIncrease awareness of your brand or product.
  • Free-form
  • Image
  • Video
  • Carousel
  • Optimize for: Impressions
  • Pay for: Cost per thousand impressions (CPM)
TrafficDrive redditors to your website or post on Reddit.
  • Free-form
  • Image
  • Video
  • Carousel
  • Optimize for: Clicks
  • Pay for: Cost per click (CPC)
ConversionsDrive redditors to perform valuable actions on your website based on the conversion goal you set.
  • Image
  • Video
  • Carousel
  • Optimize for: Conversions
  • Pay for: Cost per click (CPC)
Video viewsIncrease views of your video on Reddit.
  • Video
  • Optimize for: Views
  • Pay for: Cost per view (CPV)
App installsDrive redditors to install your iOS or Android mobile application. Requires separate ad groups for Android and iOS users. Only shown on mobile devices.
  • Image
  • Video
  • Carousel
  • Optimize for: App installs
  • Pay for
    • Lowest cost: Optimized cost per mille (oCPM)
    • Cost cap: Cost per click (CPC)
Catalog sales (beta)Drive sales to your retail products and services. Requires setting up a catalog.
  • Image
  • Video
  • Carousel
  • Optimize for: Catalog sales
  • Pay for: Cost per click (CPC)
Lead generation (beta)Capture valuable leads with forms on Reddit.
  • Image
  • Video
  • Optimize for: Clicks
  • Pay for: Cost per click (CPC)

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