Prelumo Intelligence

What the platforms are rewarding right now.

Algorithm shifts and platform signals, published when they change, not on a content calendar. The brands and agencies that stay ahead of a change do not learn about it in a post-mortem.

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Published on signal, not on a schedule. Some months that is one or two updates. Some months none.

Scoring current as of July 1, 2026
Most recent significant shift

Meta is now rewarding a clearly identifiable intended viewer.

Ads built for a specific person are reaching more people. Ads that could be for anyone are reaching fewer. Scoring updated to reflect this shift.

MetaTikTok
Scoring criteria updated · Algorithm Alignment dimension

What we are tracking, in the open.

Algorithm shifts, creative signals, and platform benchmarks. The reasoning is public. The scoring method is not.

Algorithm Intelligence

Why Meta Andromeda Changed Everything About Creative Strategy

Meta's distribution system now evaluates far more candidates per impression than it did two years ago. Brands running fifteen variations of one concept are not testing diversity. They are teaching the algorithm a single pattern, and wondering why reach is capping.

Read article →Meta · TikTok · 8 min read
Algorithm Intelligence

TikTok's Algorithm Is Making the First 3 Seconds the Most Expensive Real Estate in Advertising

71% of a viewer's watch decision is made in the opening 3 seconds of any TikTok ad. This is not an opinion. It is a distribution mechanic, and most brands are still building ads that ignore it.

TikTok6 min read
Creative Signals

The Creative Diversity Problem Most Brands Do Not Know They Have

A brand can run two hundred active ads and the algorithm will recognize fewer than fifteen as genuinely distinct. The rest are invisible as variety, and no one in the campaign meeting knows it.

Meta · TikTok7 min read
The Creative Intelligence Case

Why Every Underperforming Ad Started With a Guess

The gap between pre-launch intelligence and post-campaign analysis is not a data problem. It is a timing problem. By the time the data tells you what went wrong, the budget is already spent.

Strategy9 min read
Creative Signals

Why Creator-Led Content Outperforms Brand Production by 193% on TikTok

The 193% view-rate advantage is real, but most brands cite it without understanding what it means for how they brief, select, and activate creator content.

TikTok6 min read
Platform Benchmarks

Paid Social Creative Benchmarks 2026: What the Platforms Say Good Actually Looks Like

Hook-rate targets, completion-rate thresholds, hold-rate benchmarks, and 6-second view-rate standards, consolidated directly from Meta for Business and TikTok for Business documentation.

Meta · TikTok5 min read
The Creative Intelligence Case

The Agency Creative Review Is Broken. Here Is What It Costs Your Clients.

Agency reviews rely on the instinct of whoever is in the room. Here is why that matters to client retention, and why the agencies building a systematic pre-launch process are pulling ahead.

Agencies8 min read
Algorithm Intelligence

Sound-Off Viability: Why Captions Are a Performance Driver, Not Just Accessibility

Captions raise TikTok ad completion by an estimated 32%. This is not about accessibility. It is about how the algorithm rewards watch completion as a distribution signal, and what happens when your message only lands with the sound on.

TikTok5 min read
Platform Benchmarks

Format and Placement Alignment: Why 4:5 Outperforms 1:1 in Meta Feed by 15%

Format and aspect ratio are not just production decisions. They are distribution decisions. Meta's Feed responds differently to different aspect ratios, and most brands are still using the wrong one.

Meta4 min read
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Scoring criteria update when the platforms update. Not on a schedule.

Keeping the criteria current is one of the most important things we do. A change that goes unnoticed for a month means the scores from that month are reading against outdated signals.

We run two layers of monitoring: automated weekly checks against public platform documentation, and a quarterly review of the criteria against observed platform behavior.

When the criteria change, we publish what changed and why it matters. We never publish how the scoring works. The method stays internal.

Meta for Business newsroom
Algorithm updates and product announcements
Weekly
TikTok for Business blog
FYP signals and creative performance data
Weekly
Meta developer changelog
API and platform specification changes
Weekly
Scoring criteria review
Scoring criteria reviewed against observed platform behavior
Quarterly

A compliance flag caught before launch is a five-minute fix.

The same flag caught after approval costs days and budget. If your category is regulated, the Policy and Safety dimension catches disclosure gaps, prohibited claims, and platform-policy issues before your content reaches legal review.

Alcohol and beverages

Age-gating and responsible-consumption requirements, and content that could read as targeting underage audiences.

Financial services

Required disclosures, guaranteed-return or misleading-performance claims, and missing regulatory notices.

Supplements and health claims

Substantiation gaps, prohibited disease or cure language, and before-and-after imagery that needs disclosure.

Flags are based on publicly available Meta and TikTok advertising policies and FTC endorsement guidelines. This is not legal advice and is not compliance certification. Consult your legal team before launch.

Intelligence without action is just information. Score yours and see where it stands.

Every piece here connects to a dimension the score reads. The intelligence is real; the score tells you whether your content is acting on it.

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