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CTR Calculator

Impressions in, clicks in, click-through rate out, benchmarked against typical search, social, display, and email ranges.

Free toolsPaid MediaReviewed September 2026

Impressions and clicks

Times the ad or listing was shown. For email, use delivered emails.

Clicks on the ad, link, or listing.

Only affects the benchmark note. Ranges are rough and vary widely.

TargetClicks you would need at a target rate on the same impressions.

See how many clicks you would need at this rate on the same impressions.

Click-through rate

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Clicks ÷ impressions

Clicks per 1,000 impressions
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Gap to target
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Percentage points
Clicks needed at target
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On the same impressions
Additional clicks needed
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To reach the target

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What click-through rate measures, and what it does not

CTR is a measure of relevance between an audience and a message. It answers one question: of the people who saw this, what share acted on it? That makes it the fastest available signal about creative, targeting, and offer, and the reason it is the first number most teams look at when a new ad goes live.

It is also the number most easily gamed. Sensational headlines, broad targeting, and misleading thumbnails all lift CTR while sending you visitors who never intended to buy. On search, CTR feeds into quality score and lowers what you pay per click, so it carries real economic weight. On social and display, a high CTR is only worth having if the landing page converts the traffic it brings.

Benchmarks are useful for orientation and dangerous as targets. The right CTR for a retargeting campaign to recent cart abandoners is many times higher than for cold prospecting, and both can be correct. Compare your rate to your own history in the same placement before you compare it to an industry range.

Formulas

CTR
= Clicks ÷ Impressions × 100
Clicks per 1,000
= CTR × 1,000
Clicks needed at target
= Impressions × Target CTR
Additional clicks
= Clicks needed − Current clicks

Frequently asked questions

How do you calculate click-through rate?

CTR is clicks divided by impressions, expressed as a percentage. 2,100 clicks on 250,000 impressions is a 0.84% click-through rate. For email, use delivered emails in place of impressions and the result is your click rate. The same arithmetic applies to organic search listings, where impressions come from Search Console.

What is a good click-through rate?

It varies widely by channel, and within a channel by audience, offer, and placement. As rough guides: search ads often land somewhere around 3% to 6% because the person typed the query, paid social is often below 1.5%, display frequently sits below 0.5%, email click rates are often around 1% to 3% of delivered mail, LinkedIn ads tend to be under 1%, and video is in a similar range. Treat those as orientation, not targets. The better question is whether the clicks you get go on to convert.

Why does a higher CTR not always mean a better campaign?

Because CTR only measures the ad, not the outcome. Clickbait creative, broad match keywords, and curiosity hooks all raise click-through rate while lowering conversion rate, and you pay for every click. On search, a high CTR does also lower your CPC through quality score, so it is worth pursuing there, as long as the landing page converts. Read CTR together with conversion rate and cost per acquisition before you call a campaign a winner.

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