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Hardcore Audience Segment

Audience dedicated to video games, investing significant time and money, preferring depth and complexity, and often participating in competitions and communities.

$0.75CPM
Interests & HobbiesCategory
SyndicatedType
74 Platforms →Available On
Skydeo Audience ManagerSelf-Service
USGeography

How advertisers use this segment

  • Prospecting: reach net-new customers who match this profile across display, video, CTV, and audio.
  • Suppression: exclude this audience from acquisition campaigns to reduce wasted spend.
  • Lookalike seeding: use it as a seed to model expanded reach audiences.
  • Cross-sell and retargeting overlays: layer it on existing campaigns to sharpen relevance.

Frequently asked questions

What is the Hardcore audience segment?

Audience dedicated to video games, investing significant time and money, preferring depth and complexity, and often participating in competitions and communities. It is part of the CognitiveIQ Interests & Hobbies taxonomy (full path: CognitiveIQ > Interests & Hobbies > Gaming > Hardcore).

Who is included in this audience?

Audience dedicated to video games, investing significant time and money, preferring depth and complexity, and often participating in competitions and communities. The segment is built from deterministic and modeled consumer signals and is refreshed continuously to stay accurate.

Where can I activate the Hardcore segment?

It is available in the third-party data catalogs of The Trade Desk and 70+ DSPs and social platforms, and self-service in Skydeo Audience Manager (sam.skydeo.com). Search for “CognitiveIQ” in your platform's audience marketplace, or email cognitiveiq@skydeo.com and we will push it directly to your seat.

How much does this segment cost?

The data rate is $0.75 CPM, billed through your activation platform alongside media. Volume and custom pricing are available on request.

Can I get a custom or lookalike version of this segment?

Yes. CognitiveIQ builds custom variations, lookalike expansions, and combination audiences on request, typically live in your DSP seat within days. Email cognitiveiq@skydeo.com with your campaign goal.

Activate this audience

Get “Hardcore” live in your DSP seat, or build it yourself in Skydeo Audience Manager.

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