Weather Report
Current paid media benchmarks — low, median, and high ranges for CPM, CPC, CTR, CVR, CPL, CPA, and ROAS by industry, platform, and objective. Built to set expectations before launch and sanity-check live performance. Directional, not gospel.
Aggregated from public 2024 reports (WordStream, LocaliQ, Varos, Databox, platform-published averages). Use as directional reference — your account, vertical, geo, and creative will shift these materially.
Questions operators ask
Pick your industry and platform from the filters — the tool shows the low–median–high range for CPM, CPC, CTR, CVR, CPL, CPA, and ROAS. Ranges are aggregated from public benchmark studies (Wordstream, Databox, Meta benchmarks, LinkedIn marketing benchmarks, Search Engine Land), platform-published case studies, and operator-shared aggregates.
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