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|X Ads|Apr 7, 2026

X Ads in New Zealand: Audience Size Estimates for Planning

X Ads in New Zealand: Audience Size Estimates for Planning

X Ads provides a built-in forecast of how many accounts you can potentially reach in New Zealand based on your targeting selections. Unlike most ad platforms, X does not let you target any arbitrary age band. Instead, you can select from fixed options such as 18+, 18-24, 25-49, 35-49, 35-54, and 50+.

To make the dataset usable for planning, we compiled two views. The first is the forecasted audience size for the age ranges that are actually available for targeting in X Ads.

Audience size available for targeting in X Ads in New Zealand

Age ranges available for targeting 18+ 18-24 25-49 35-49 35-54 50+
Woman 233,500 66,700 134,600 39,400 46,800 32,100
Men 451,000 93,600 290,300 108,900 126,300 67,000
Total 684,500 160,300 424,900 148,300 173,100 99,100

The second is our estimated gender and age structure by generations, derived by matching and reconciling the available age ranges. That second view is useful for understanding distribution, but it cannot be targeted directly on the platform (for example, 25-34 is not an age option in X Ads).

Estimated gender and age structure by generations in X Ads in New Zealand

Estimated data Affect by generation 18-24 25-34 35-54 55+ Total
Woman 66,700 95,200 46,800 24,700 233,400
Men 93,600 181,400 126,300 49,600 450,900
Total 160,300 276,600 173,100 74,300 684,300

Methodology. The analysis is based on the X Ads forecast tool and uses the minimum available 30 day audience estimates. The data reflects only users with a specified gender and age range, excludes overlap with other targeting layers, and does not include unknown gender or unknown age. Treat these numbers as technical reach in unique users. Converting accounts into an estimate of real people requires additional calibration. The generation-level estimates can be slightly higher or lower due to rounding in the forecast tool, and the deviation should remain within 4-5% inside each stated segment.