
The affinity index shows whether an audience is over or under represented in a medium. It is the audience's share among the medium's users divided by its share in the total population, times 100. Values above 100 mean an above average fit.
We use affinities when selecting environments, for example for our premium whitelists by industry. That way a campaign runs where the audience is over represented.
Women aged 30 to 49 make up 15 % of the population but 30 % of a family portal's readers. The affinity index is 30 divided by 15 times 100, i.e. 200.
Related terms: Wastage, targeting, premium environments. To the glossary