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Measurement & Attribution

View-Through Conversion

A conversion that happens after someone saw an ad but did not click it.

By Brandon MinaCEO, BrandPilot AIUpdated November 2026

Appears in Lesson 8 of Programmatic 101

Short answer

A view-through conversion is a conversion that occurs after a person saw an ad but did not click it, within a defined lookback window such as one day. It helps credit display, video, and CTV ads that influence behavior without clicks. Because some of these conversions would have happened anyway, view-through counts can overstate impact.