Google AdsPaid AdvertisingImpression Share Lost to Budget
Impression share lost to budget measures the percentage of eligible impressions your Google Ads did not receive because your daily or campaign budget was exhausted. It quantifies the opportunity cost of budget constraints and indicates where additional investment could capture more conversions.
Google Ads metric
IS Lost (Budget) = (Impressions Lost to Budget / Total Eligible Impressions) x 100
Impression share lost to budget measures the percentage of eligible impressions your Google Ads did not receive because your daily or campaign budget was exhausted. It quantifies the opportunity cost of budget constraints and indicates where additional investment could capture more conversions.
Full guide: definition, formula, and benchmarksHow to calculate Impression Share Lost to Budget
IS Lost (Budget) = (Impressions Lost to Budget / Total Eligible Impressions) x 100
Why Impression Share Lost to Budget matters for Google Ads users
A high-performing campaign that runs out of budget daily is leaving conversions on the table. Impression share lost to budget quantifies exactly how much potential reach you are missing and provides the evidence needed to justify budget increases for your best campaigns.
Positioning this metric in your tree alongside ROAS and CPA reveals whether increasing budget on constrained campaigns would generate profitable incremental conversions. This is one of the most actionable metrics for scaling paid search efficiently.
Driver
Conversion rate
Outcome · 58% contribution
Revenue
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