Viewability is an online advertising metric that aims to track only impressions that can actually be seen by users. For example, if an ad is loaded at the bottom of a webpage but a user doesn’t scroll down far enough to see it, that impression would not be deemed viewable.
Viewability is a key currency in digital advertising that measures whether or not an ad had a chance to be seen by a user.
The definition of viewability for video advertising: a minimum of 50% of the ad is in view for a minimum of two continuous seconds. For example, if a video ad is playing but the user is browsing on another tab, that impression wouldn’t be considered viewable.
If you want to get technical – here is a great infographic about it:
https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/marketing-resources/data-measurement/5-factors-of-viewability/
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