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CPV

CPV, or cost per view, is an advertising metric that measures the amount of money spent or charged for each view of a video or video advertisement.

In plain English

It shows the cost attached to one view. The number expresses how much money is spent or charged each time a video or video advertisement is viewed.

In context

Here, CPV labels the metric that reports the amount of money spent or charged for each view of the video advertisement.

Situation
Reading creator, advertising, monetization, reach, eligibility, and payout dashboards
What it communicates
labels a video-ad metric in the results table.

Meaning limits

By itself, this term does not state the total amount spent, the total number of views, or how a view is counted.

Examples

“Although both video ads cost $200, the one with 10,000 views had the lower CPV.”

Core meaning

“The weekly report recorded a CPV of $0.02 for the video advertisement.”

In context