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Reminder for Meta Ads’ daily budgets how they actually work

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Meta doesn’t spend your daily budget exactly every day.

Instead, it plays with flexibility to get you better results.

Here’s how:

→ On some days, Meta can spend up to +75% more than your set daily budget.
→ On other days, it’ll spend less.
→ Over the week? Never more than 7x your daily budget.

Example:

Daily budget = €100
Max spend in a day = €175
Max weekly spend = €700

It’s not new but worth remembering when performance or spending fluctuates.

Meta’s trying to optimize within the ad auction, not overspend.

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