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Creative Performance

What's a good Winning Ad Percentage?

Karbon Agency's target for Winning Ad Percentage is 25.0% or higher. That is Karbon's own grading target, not a published industry average. Percentage of ads performing above target CPA/ROAS. Excellent is 40.0% or higher (Karbon target), and the minimum acceptable tier is 10.0% or higher (Karbon target).

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The three tiers Karbon grades against — and where each comes from

TierValueWhat it meansBasis
Minimum10.0%The floor. Below this, something is broken.Karbon target
Recommended25.0%The tier a healthy campaign should hit.Karbon target
Excellent40.0%Top-tier performance worth defending.Karbon target

Higher is better for this metric.

Why Winning Ad Percentage matters

Indicates creative team effectiveness. If only 10% of ads win, 90% of creative effort is wasted. High winning percentage means your creative process is dialed in.

Karbon target

No independent public benchmark exists for Winning Ad Percentage as Karbon measures it. The tiers above are Karbon Agency's own grading targets for local-business campaigns, not an industry average, and we don't cite one we haven't found.

Related benchmarks

Ad Fatigue Score

Karbon target: 3 or lower

Creative Diversity

Karbon target: 5 or higher

Hook Rate (3s)

Karbon target: 35.0% or higher

Cost Per Click

Good: $1.80 or lower

Where does your Winning Ad Percentage land?

Karbon Agency grades every client campaign against these exact tiers, live on a dashboard — no guessing, no quarterly PDFs.

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