Saved Audiences
By the AdFlint research team · Last reviewed July 2026
A reusable Meta targeting definition - locations, ages, detailed targeting, and included or excluded custom audiences - stored so ad sets can apply it without rebuilding it.
It is a saved configuration, not a fixed list of people; membership is recalculated at delivery every time it is used. Teams create them for consistency across many ad sets and for exclusion sets applied everywhere. The recurring problem is drift: a saved audience edited months ago silently propagates into new campaigns, and under Advantage+ audience its interest criteria act only as suggestions.
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