Business

Advertising on Snapchat

Snapchat Ads work for all advertisers, from global brands to small and medium businesses.
  • Snapchat Ads start at just $5 a day: Set your own budget and adjust as you go.
  • Connect with a highly-engaged audience: Reach an audience of 347 million daily active users.¹
  • Easily optimize your campaigns: Use the Snap Pixel and goal-based bidding to optimize your ad campaigns in real time.
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Why Advertise on Snapchat?

Create a single ad in minutes or launch full-funnel advertising campaigns on any budget with Ads Manager, Snapchat’s self-service platform.

Millennials and Gen Zs using Snapchat filters

Reach Millennials and Gen Z
Your business can join the conversation on the #1 platform where people share real-life moments.² Reach Snapchatters based on their interests, behaviors, location, and more.
Start advertising with a single photo or video
Upload a photo or video from your phone to create a Snapchat Ad in minutes. 
Optimize your marketing spend
Snapchat Ads start at just $5 a day. Businesses can scale up as they test, learn, and optimize their performance to meet their goals using Snapchat's optimization tools.
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Meet Your Objectives

Choose a campaign objective and optimize toward the events that matter most for your business.

Awareness

Increase awareness of your brand, app, products, or business location.

  • Introduce customers to your brand
  • Announce new products or launches
  • Drive foot traffic to your local storefront

Consideration

Help customers learn more about your brand, app, or products.

  • Generate new leads
  • Get Snapchatters to view your videos
  • Drive traffic to your website or app
  • Drive new app installs

Conversions

Automate product sales and drive desired website and app actions.

  • Increase sales with your product catalog
  • Drive specific actions on your website or app with goal-based bidding
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Impactful Ad Formats

Snapchat Ads are full-screen, immersive, and engaging ads that inspire action and drive results.

List of Snapchat Ad formats, find the best format for your brand
Try Snap Publisher, our free ad creation tool that lets you create Snapchat Ads in minutes.
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Advanced Targeting Capabilities

Our precise targeting tools help get your ads in front of the people you care about most. Reach Snapchatters by location, demographics, interests, devices, and more. Explore Snapchat’s advanced targeting capabilities to unlock more opportunities for your business.

Two Gen Zs using Snapchat on their phone
Custom Audiences
Upload customer lists to re-engage customers, or reach highly-targeted groups with third-party Custom Audiences.
Lookalike Audiences
Use Snapchat's Lookalike Audiences to identify Snapchatters who are similar to your existing customer base and expand your reach.
Retargeting
Reach Snapchatters who have visited your website, previously engaged with your ads, or have installed your app.
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Centralized Dashboard With Real-Time Reporting

In Snapchat Ads Manager, you can launch ads, build reports, and optimize toward your goals.

Screenshot of Snapchat Ads Manager report
Manage Ads: Use the default view of Ads Manager to manage your campaigns and view your performance metrics.
Reports: Create and schedule reports to keep track of performance.
Campaign Lab: Form hypotheses, identify what’s working, and take action. Discover effective strategies and maximize return with features like split testing.
Snap Pixel: Measure online conversion events across devices, optimize bids, and re-engage Snapchatters. Learn more.
App measurement: Track app installs and engagement in Ads Manager by working with an approved mobile measurement partner (MMP). See MMPs.
Conversions API: Snapchat’s Conversions API is a structured, privacy-centric interface that allows you to directly pass web, app, and offline events to Snapchat via a server-to-server integration. This helps improve Snapchat's measurement, optimization, and targeting. Learn more.
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Success on Snapchat

See how businesses like yours are finding success on Snapchat.

Ad for Star Wars the Mandalorian Socks on Snapchat

Rock 'Em Socks
Sock company Rock 'Em Socks saw tremendous growth and significant traffic and sales thanks to the combination of engaging ad formats, Custom Audience targeting, and a strong testing strategy, resulting in: 
5.5X increase in product sales
40% increase in ROAS compared to other platforms
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Two Ways to Create Your First Ad

Choose the one that fits your business goal.

Screenshot of Advance Create which is one way to create your first Snapchat Ad
Advanced Create
Do you want to drive purchases on a website or in an app? If so, you should choose Advanced Create, which allows you to enable the Snap Pixel. The Snap Pixel also lets you measure the impact of your campaigns and optimize toward your goals.
In addition, Advanced Create lets you build multiple ad sets with advanced targeting and bidding capabilities.
Screenshot of Instant Create which is one of two ways to create a Snapchat Ad
Instant Create
If your goal is simpler, such as driving website visits or promoting your business locally, you should choose Instant Create. You can build a single ad in a few minutes.
You’re also not locked into your choice and may switch to Advanced Create for future ads.
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1 Snap Inc. internal data Q2 2022. See Snap Inc. public filings with the SEC.
2 2022 Global Crowd DNA Study commissioned by Snap Inc.| Base: Daily Snapchatters = 8100 Daily TikTok = 6482 Daily Instagram = 7516 Daily Facebook = 7244 Daily Messenger = 6323 Daily Whatsapp = 6822 Daily Twitter = 5113 | Q: Which of the following moments do you enjoy sharing or celebrating on each app? Please select all that apply. (NET: Funny / random things that happen during my day, Moments that capture what my life is actually like)
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