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CPV (cost per view)

CPV is the cost paid per counted video view. Its meaning depends entirely on the platform's view definition - two seconds, six seconds, thirty seconds or completion - so CPV comparisons across platforms without normalising the definition are comparisons of different things.

In practice

For video campaigns, decide which view standard matters for the objective (often completed or 15-second-plus views for storytelling) and plan against that consistently.

Completion rate alongside CPV shows whether cheap views are cheap because the audience is engaged or because the count triggers early.

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