AudienceScience was a pioneering enterprise advertising management system that integrated audience data management with programmatic media buying, enabling advertisers and agencies to create, target, and optimize digital advertising campaigns across various formats in real time. Founded in 2000, the company developed technologies that allowed advertisers to manage their data and media execution within a single, cohesive platform.
Key Features and Functionality:
- Integrated Data Management and Media Buying: AudienceScience combined audience data management with programmatic media buying, allowing advertisers to control every digital ad impression globally in real time.
- Extensive Reach and Relevance: With over 2.1 billion user profiles across 12 billion devices, the platform enabled advertisers to maximize reach and deliver relevant messages to consumers worldwide across all channels.
- High Viewability and Fraud Prevention: The system offered industry-leading viewability rates (over 80% and fraud prevention measures (less than 1% invalid traffic, ensuring that ads were seen by real users.
- Outcome-Based Optimization: Utilizing machine learning, AudienceScience optimized campaigns toward virtually any measurable outcome, including offline sales.
- Global Operations: The platform operated in over 50 countries, including China, providing advertisers with access to unique inventory and local data partners.
Primary Value and User Solutions:
AudienceScience addressed the complexities of digital advertising by offering a unified platform that streamlined data management and media execution. This integration reduced the need for multiple vendors, thereby decreasing fees and minimizing wasted impressions. Advertisers benefited from enhanced transparency, control over their data, and improved return on investment through precise audience targeting and real-time optimization. The platform's global reach and robust fraud prevention measures ensured that advertisers could effectively engage their target audiences across diverse markets and channels.