facebook ads freezing my other adsets??

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hey, i launched 5 different adsets in facebook ads to test new audiences. but for some reason, only 1 adset is spending the budget and getting all the reach. the other 4 are barely spending any cents, they are like totally frozen.

bids and budgets are same for all of them.

is this some fb glitch or am i doing something wrong? should i duplicate the frozen ones into a new campaign or just wait it out? let me know what u think.
 
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If budgets and bids are identical, the most likely explanation is that Facebook sees more delivery opportunities in that one audience. Check audience sizes, overlap, and estimated reach before assuming something is broken.
 
Check your audience targeting. facebook's algorithm is likely just finding that one audience more receptive. duplicate them into a new campaign if you're impatient, but honestly, just give it 24-48 hours. facebook can be slow to optimize.
 
fb system picks the best performing audience early on and dumps all budget there, duplicate the frozen ones into separate campaigns if u actually want to test them.
 
This happens a lot on Meta Ads, especially with new campaigns. usually Facebook quickly finds one audience it likes and starts pushing budget there while barely testing the others. i wait at least 24–72 hours before changing too much.
 
That’s typically due to Facebook optimizing delivery and pushing most of the budget into the “winning” ad set based on early signals, even if budgets are the same. Or it can be audience overlap or some ad sets not getting enough initial engagement to exit the learning phase.
 
The algo often pushes budget to the adset it thinks has the best chance, even if budgets are the same.
 
SEO_Maverick said:
hey, i launched 5 different adsets in facebook ads to test new audiences. but for some reason, only 1 adset is spending the budget and getting all the reach. the other 4 are barely spending any cents, they are like totally frozen.

bids and budgets are same for all of them.

is this some fb glitch or am i doing something wrong? should i duplicate the frozen ones into a new campaign or just wait it out? let me know what u think.
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Duplicate the 4 frozen ad sets into 4 entirely separate campaigns (or combine them into a new campaign with Facebook's official A/B Testing enabled, or use ABO and set a minimum spend limit for each ad set)
 
common with Meta and not a glitch when you launch multiple adsets simultaneously Meta’s algo puts budget behind whichever one shows the earliest positive signals.
 
Duplicate 4 underdelivering ad sets into 4 separate campaigns. Alternatively, move them into a new campaign using official A/B Testing, or apply ABO with minimum ad set spend limits.
 
Not really a glitch. FB sometimes pushes budget to the adset it thinks can get results cheaper. I'd wait a day or two before duplicating anything.
 
You probably turned on advantage campaign budget by mistake so facebook is giving all the cash to the one adset it thinks will perform best so just duplicate those frozen ones into a completely new campaign with separate budgets for each adset to force them to spend evenly.
 
bro, that's just facebook choosing its favorite child. even if you set the exact same budget for each adset, the algorithm will still focus on the one with the highest initial engagement and ignore the rest. just turn off the active one for a day to force facebook to look at the other four. if they still don't spend, kill them and make new ones
 
Take a look at your audience settings. Facebook may simply be identifying one segment that's responding better than the others. If you want faster results, you could test that audience in a separate campaign, but in most cases it's worth waiting another 24–48 hours and letting the algorithm gather more data before making changes.
 
ngl u definitely trapped your adsets in an Advantage Campaign Budget (CBO) chokehold where Zuck's algorithm blindly dumps all the cash into the biggest audience whilst completely freezin the rest so stop duplication and instantly switch to ABO (Ad Set Budget Optimization) if you want a fair test, bloody hell
 
If it is a CBO campaign, that's normal Facebook will often push most of the budget to the ad set it predicts will perform best.

I'd give it 24–48 hours before changing anything. If you want equal testing, use ABO or set up a dedicated test campaign rather than duplicating immediately.
 
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