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Reddit Ads Cost Calculator

Estimate what a Reddit ads campaign costs and returns: spend, impressions, clicks, conversions and cost per customer.

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The starting numbers are examples, not Reddit averages: Reddit does not publish typical prices, and the auction sets what you pay. Replace them with numbers from your own campaigns or ads dashboard.

Total ad spend

$1,500

A single day can cost up to $60: Reddit may overspend a daily budget by up to 20%

Cost per conversion

$50.00

30 conversions

Impressions

300,000

$5.00 per 1,000

Clicks

1,500

$1.00 per click

Conversion value

$3,000

Return on ad spend

2.00×

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Why use it

Know the cost before you spend

Plug in your numbers and see the whole funnel.

The full funnel

From daily budget to impressions, clicks, conversions, cost per customer and return on ad spend.

Built on Reddit's rules

Flags budgets under Reddit's $5/day minimum and shows the 20% overspend Reddit allows.

Your numbers stay yours

Everything is calculated in your browser. No signup, nothing stored.

How it works

Your estimate in three steps

1

Set your budget

Daily budget and how many days the campaign runs.

2

Add your rates

Your CPC or CPM, click-through rate, conversion rate and what a conversion is worth.

3

Read the cost per customer

See spend, clicks, conversions and whether the ads pay for themselves.

The guide

What Reddit ads really cost

The price of a Reddit ad is set by an auction, so the honest answer to "how much" is "it depends". Here is what it depends on, and how to work out your own number.

How Reddit ads pricing works

You set a budget and choose how to pay: per click, or per 1,000 impressions. Reddit then runs an auction for every ad slot, and your targeting (subreddits, interests, locations) and the competition for that audience set the price. The minimum budget is $5 a day. Reddit recommends at least $50 a day per ad group, and spend on a given day can run up to 20% over budget.

The number that matters: cost per customer

A cheap click is worthless if nobody converts. Multiply your cost per click by the number of clicks it takes to win one customer, and compare that to what a customer is worth. That is what the calculator does with your inputs. If you do not have conversion data yet, run a small test campaign first and use its numbers.

Why Reddit users treat ads differently

Redditors come for discussion and recommendations from other people, and they can tell an ad from a comment. Write ads that read like a post and invite discussion rather than polished banner copy, expect comments under them, and answer those comments.

Ads versus organic replies

Ads buy attention for as long as you pay. Replies in the right threads reach people who are already asking for a solution, and a good answer in a thread that ranks on Google keeps being read after you post it. Many teams use both: ads for reach, organic replies for the high-intent conversations.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can't find what you're looking for? Feel free to reach out.

Reddit ads run on an auction, so there is no fixed price: you set a budget and a bid, and what you pay per click or per 1,000 views depends on your targeting and competition. The minimum budget is $5 a day, and Reddit recommends at least $50 a day per ad group for campaigns to deliver well. Use the calculator with numbers from your own ads dashboard to see what a campaign costs end to end.

Reddit's billing help says campaigns need a budget of at least $5 per day. Its campaign guide recommends at least $50 per day for each ad group, and notes that a campaign can spend up to 20% more than its daily budget on some days because delivery runs through a live auction.

Pay per click (CPC) when you want traffic or signups: you only pay when someone clicks. Pay per 1,000 impressions (CPM) when the goal is awareness and you are confident in the creative. Run both small and compare cost per conversion, the number that actually matters.

They can be, if your cost per conversion is below what a customer is worth to you. Put your real click-through and conversion rates into the calculator: if the return on ad spend stays under 1x, the ads cost more than they bring in. Many B2B products do better on Reddit by joining conversations organically, where buyers already ask for recommendations.

Ads appear because you pay, and stop when you stop paying. Organic marketing means answering the threads where people ask for a product like yours; a useful reply keeps being read for as long as the thread is visited. Bazzly automates the organic side: it finds those threads, drafts the reply and posts it.

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