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Meridian

Google's open-source Bayesian marketing mix modeling framework, released in 2024–2025 as the successor to LightweightMMM, supporting geo-level data and experiment calibration.

By Brandon MinaCEO, BrandPilot AIUpdated November 2026

Short answer

Meridian is Google's open-source Bayesian marketing mix modeling framework and the successor to LightweightMMM. It estimates how each marketing channel contributes to outcomes, supports geo-level data for more granular estimates, and allows models to be calibrated with experiment results. Its open code lets advertisers and analysts inspect and customize the methodology.