How much should I spend a day on Pinterest ads?
Short answer
Pinterest has no minimum budget, so you can start with any amount. If you judge results on cost per action, Pinterest recommends a daily budget of at least 5 times your cost per result goal.
How Pinterest spends a daily budget
- Pinterest tries to spend no more than 125% of your daily budget in a single day.
- The Learning indicator on Performance+ campaigns takes about two weeks on average to clear, depending on spend, conversions and engagement.
- Pinterest advises 50 or more conversion events a week for Performance+ Leads and Sales campaigns. Below that, it suggests starting with the Consideration objective.
Worked example
If your target cost per sign-up is $20, Pinterest’s guidance points to at least $100 a day for that campaign.
Note for app marketers
Pinterest removed mobile app install ads in 2021. To drive app activity, you can use mobile deep links that send people to a specific page in your app, with a website fallback. That makes Pinterest a fit for apps with web or shopping journeys, not for pure install campaigns.
See where Pinterest fits an app media mix on our Pinterest ads page.
Sources checked 4 October 2026
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