Amazon Marketing Cloud · Metric lexicon
CTR (Click-Through Rate)
Share of impressions that lead to a click.
Formula
CTR = clicks / impressions x 100
Interpretation
CTR is a relevance signal for creative, offer, keyword and placement. It measures interest, not purchase quality, and should be read together with purchase rate and sales.
Benchmark context
Helium 10 (citing WebFX/Sellermetrics) gives about 0.4 % as the average PPC CTR, 0.5-1 % as strong and above 1 % as highly engaging.
Source / as of: Source: Helium 10, Amazon PPC CTR classification citing WebFX/Sellermetrics (source checked as of 2026-05-06).
Matching AMC query
AMC query library: Sponsored Ads Traffic
sponsored_ads_traffic (clicks, impressions)
Clicks and impressions must be aggregated in the same scope and period.
This site links the public library landing page. The verified query documents and SQL files live in the vault project project-analysis/amc-insights-queries/.