Glossary/AI Search & Emerging/Agentic Audiences
AI Search & Emerging
Agentic Audiences
An IAB Tech Lab standard, formerly User Context Protocol, for how advertising agents exchange identity, contextual, and intent signals about audiences.
By Brandon Mina·CEO, BrandPilot AI·Updated November 2026
Short answer
Agentic Audiences is an IAB Tech Lab standard, formerly known as User Context Protocol, that defines how advertising agents exchange identity, contextual, and intent signals about audiences. It gives buyer and seller agents a common way to describe who an ad should reach, supporting interoperable, automated audience targeting in agent-driven media buying.