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How Much Do Facebook Ads Cost? (+9 Ways to Stretch Your Budget)

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A long running, frequently updated benchmark piece with cost per click broken out by industry, so you can sanity check whether your own early numbers are normal or a sign something's broken.

  • Average CPC across industries cited at $0.70 for traffic objective, $1.92 for lead generation.
  • Costs swing hugely by category, from around $0.34 CPC in Shopping/Gifts to over $1.20 in Finance/Insurance.
  • A low daily budget directly slows how fast you exit the learning phase, since fewer impressions mean fewer chances to gather signal.
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The question it answers

  1. How much budget do I actually need to start Meta ads for my brand in India?

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