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Targeting Guide

How Topple
Audience Targeting
Works.

A plain-language explanation of Topple’s targeting capabilities — what they are, how they work, and how to use them effectively.

Interest-based audience targeting

Topple’s primary targeting tool is a library of 103 AI-powered interest categories. Each category represents a defined audience segment — groups of users identified by their demonstrated browsing behavior and content consumption patterns.

When you select an interest category, Topple uses programmatic targeting to help your campaign reach audiences with those demonstrated interests across the premium publisher network. You are reaching the audience, not just the content — so ads can appear across a range of publishers whose readers match your target profile.

Examples of Topple interest categories include Firearms & Shooting, Hunting, Fishing & Marine, Automotive & Powersports, Finance & Wealth, Outdoor Recreation, and more. The full category library is available within the Topple advertising platform.

Geographic targeting

Topple supports geographic targeting at the country, region, and state level. Geographic targeting narrows ad delivery to audiences in locations relevant to your business — ensuring budget reaches people where you can actually serve them.

Country

Target audiences within a specific country. Most Topple campaigns run in the United States.

Region / State

Target audiences within specific states or regional groupings. Useful for businesses with defined service territories or market-specific campaigns.

Combining audience and geography

The most useful targeting setups combine interest categories with geographic parameters. This allows you to reach audiences with specific interests in specific locations — not just one or the other.

For example: a firearms retailer operating in the Mountain West could select relevant interest categories (Firearms & Shooting, Hunting) and layer in state-level geographic targeting to reach those audiences specifically within their service region.

Be mindful that adding too many restrictions — very narrow interest categories combined with very small geographic areas — can limit the available audience size and reduce campaign delivery. Start with a reasonable scope and narrow from there based on results.

What Topple targeting does not claim to do

Topple’s targeting is interest-based and geography-based. We do not claim individual-level targeting by name, address, or personal identifier. We do not target by demographic characteristics such as age or gender. We do not claim precise household-level targeting.

What Topple delivers is programmatic reach across a highly curated network of premium publisher inventory, to audiences defined by their interests and location — with the transparency and campaign controls available through the platform dashboard.

Questions

Questions,
answered.

How many targeting categories does Topple offer?
103 AI-powered interest targeting categories are available within the Topple advertising platform. These categories represent defined audience segments identified by interest and browsing behavior.
Can I target by city or ZIP code?
Topple supports geographic targeting at the country, region, and state level. City-level or ZIP-code-level targeting is not a currently documented capability of the platform. For precise local targeting needs, contact the Topple team to discuss options.
Can I target by age or gender?
Topple targeting is interest-based and geography-based, not demographic. Age and gender targeting are not documented capabilities of the Topple platform. The interest category system is designed to reach relevant audiences by what they care about rather than who they are.
What happens if I choose too narrow a target?
Very narrow targeting — a small interest category combined with a small geographic area — can limit the available audience and reduce campaign delivery. If your campaign is underdelivering, broadening the targeting parameters is usually the first adjustment to try.
Reach Your Audience

103 categories.
Millions of
relevant readers.

Use Topple’s interest-based targeting to reach the audiences most relevant to your brand — across a highly curated network of premium publisher inventory.