Media Rating Council accreditation

The Media Rating Council (MRC) accredits certain metrics that meet the industry standard.

Accredited metrics report

To download an Impressions & Clicks report—

  1. Click Campaigns (megaphone icon). 

  2. Click the Export dropdown. 

  3. Select Impressions & Clicks from the dropdown menu. 

  4. Click Export PDF to download the report.

All accredited metrics are listed at the bottom of the report as MRC Accredited Metrics

Learn more about how we measure clicks and impressions. All MRC-accredited metrics have an Accredited by the Media Rating Council note and display the MRC logo—

If the metric isn’t notated with Accredited by the Media Rating Council, the MRC logo, or isn’t listed, it’s not MRC accredited. 

Accredited environments and format types

Not all metrics are MRC accredited. MRC accreditation applies to—

  • Desktop: Sponsored Product, Display, and Shoppable Display

  • Desktop: Shoppable Video

  • Mobile Instacart app: Sponsored Product, Display, and Shoppable Display

  • Mobile Instacart app: Shoppable Video

  • Mobile Instacart web: Sponsored Product, Display, and Shoppable Display

  • Mobile Instacart web: Shoppable Video

Formats not included—

  • Display Reservation

  • Formats rendered on Provi.com

Instacart platforms not included - 

  • Storefront 

  • Storefront Pro 

  • Caper

  • Rosie 

  • Shoppable Recipes  

Accredited metrics 

Sponsored Product, Display Banner, Shoppable Display, and Shoppable Video accredited metrics—

  • Gross Impressions (Begin to Render)

  • Gross Clicks

  • Net Impressions

  • Net Clicks

  • Net Viewable Impressions

  • Net Non-viewable impressions

Sponsored Product, Display Banner, Shoppable Display, and Shoppable Video calculated accredited metrics—

  • Measured rate

  • Viewability rate

  • Click through rate

  • View through rate