Facebook Is Removing The 20% Rule
An important change for everyone working with Facebook ads is about to hit the marketing industry. The 20% text rule will no longer be the criteria during the ad verification process. See more!
About the 20% Text Rule
Up until now, we needed to keep our thoughts concise in terms of what we put on the ad image for the Facebook ads campaign. The policy, commonly known as a 20% text rule, was limiting the amount of text that could be included in the advertisement. The campaigns where text coverage would exceed the magic 20% wouldn’t be approved by the Facebook team. But that’s about to change!
Facebook is getting rid of the 20% Text Rule
Previously, any violation of the rule would result in rejecting your Facebook or Instagram Campaign now you can relax a bit. While ads containing the minimal text are still being preferred & the company recommends sticking to the rule, Facebook implemented a new system that won’t be so strict with text coverage. The ad Images with higher text coverage will not be, from now on, rejected, however, the ad reach may be significantly lower.
This is what you’ll see in Facebook’s check tool when your text coverage is correct and you’re good to go with the campaign.
New text tool to be launched
Facebook, along with updating its Ad policy will introduce a new text overlay tool. The previous version of the tool would determine whether the image uploaded by the user contains an adequate percentage of text. Now, when uploading your campaign image you’ll get the result in which of four categories your visual belongs and what results can you expect. Here’s how the categories will look like:
Piece of advice
While the freedom of choice is great to have in terms of what you want to put on an ad image, we recommend sticking to the old habits and keeping it short. At the same time, some A/B testing can be helpful here. This will ensure that your campaign will be the most effective. After all, the Facebook team had their reasons when creating the initial 20% text rule and it was based on (probably) solid UX related grounds, but images with more text can attract people as they’ll be something new on the Facebook feed. One thing is sure – don’t go for a sudden change but test new possibilities instead! Good luck!
