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Special ad categories

What are special ad categories and why they matter.

Updated over 8 months ago

Special ad categories help prevent discrimination in advertising and are an important step in advertising with Roku.

Why are they important?

Declaring your category ensures your ad will be served correctly and improves the likelihood your creative will pass the 2-3 day manual creative review


If your ad mentions or promotes credit, housing, and/or employment, you’ll check all that apply when creating a new campaign or uploading a new creative here:

Targeting options may be affected

Depending on your special category selection, some targeting won't be available.

  • Political will not be able to target by income.

  • Credit, Housing, and Employment will not be able to target by income, age, gender, or zip-code.

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