Meta Ads 7 min readMarch 2025 By OwlClaw Team

Meta Ads Targeting in 2025: What's Working Right Now

With broad targeting becoming the norm, here's how smart advertisers leverage first-party data to stay profitable.

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Key Takeaways

  • Lean Into Broad Targeting with Strong Creative
  • First-Party Data is Your Competitive Advantage
  • Advantage+ Shopping Campaigns for E-commerce
  • Retargeting with First-Party Signals

Meta's targeting capabilities have shifted dramatically since iOS 14. Detailed interest targeting has become less reliable, and Meta recommends broader audiences to give its algorithm more room to optimize.

Lean Into Broad Targeting with Strong Creative

Meta's algorithm is remarkably good at finding the right people with broad audiences. Use Advantage+ Audience and let creative do the targeting work.

First-Party Data is Your Competitive Advantage

Customer Match lists uploaded to Meta create the foundation for your best audiences. Use these to build 1–2% lookalike audiences — they consistently outperform interest-based targeting for conversion campaigns.

Advantage+ Shopping Campaigns for E-commerce

ASC campaigns automatically test and allocate budget across prospecting and retargeting, often outperforming manually structured campaigns.

Retargeting with First-Party Signals

Retargeting based on video views, Instagram engagement, and lead form opens is the most reliable way to build warm audiences without depending on third-party cookies.

Quick Facts

3–6 mo
Avg. time to see results
150+
Clients helped
3x
Average ROI improvement
98%
Client retention rate
10+
Years combined expertise
Free
Initial strategy audit
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Meta Ads FAQs

Interest targeting still works but its accuracy has declined since iOS 14. It is most effective for top-of-funnel awareness campaigns. For conversion campaigns, first-party data and lookalike audiences consistently outperform interest targeting.

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