target group

Who you're reaching

A target group is the specific segment of people that a message, product, or campaign aims to reach.

Marketing teams identify target groups by demographics, interests, or behaviors: Our target group is college-educated women ages 25-40.

The term appears in advertising, public health, and policy contexts where tailoring outreach matters.

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market segmentation · socioeconomic status · buying power · market · purchasing habits · consumer behavior · public · psychographics · customer base · focus · lifestyle · household size · users · brand loyalty · income · bullseye · crosshairs · buyers

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Opposites
specificity of audience

target groupgeneral population

Average citizens collectively

general public · everyone · the masses · mass market · mass audience

inclusion status

target groupoutsiders

Those not belonging

bystanders

inclusion vs exclusion

target groupout-group

Perceived foreign collective

Family

group, target, targets, targeted, targeting, retargeting, untargeted

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