Methods, systems, and media for inhibiting the transmission of media content based on frequency and exposure measurements

Abstract

Mechanisms for inhibiting the transmission of media content based on frequency and exposure measurements are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving consumption information of a plurality of content items associated with a plurality of viewers; determining, from the consumption information, exposure frequency for each viewer of the plurality of viewers, exposure time of a set of content items provided to each viewer of the plurality of viewers, and lift for each viewer of the plurality of viewers, wherein the lift corresponds to a difference of an expected number of treated conversions and an expected number of untreated conversions over a sum of the expected number of treated conversions and the expected number of untreated conversions; determining an optimal exposure frequency and an optimal exposure time based on the exposure frequency, the exposure time, and the lift; generating (i) a first user segment in which a plurality of additional content items should be provided to a viewer of the plurality of viewers, (ii) a second user segment in which at least one additional content item should be provided to the viewer of the plurality of viewers, and (iii) a third user segment in which no additional content items should be provided to the viewer of the plurality of viewers; receiving a request for a content item from a user device; determining whether the user device should be assigned with the first user segment, the second user segment, or the third user segment; in response to determining that the user device should be assigned to the first user segment, transmitting the plurality of additional content items until determining that the user device should be assigned to the second user segment based on updated exposure frequency information and updated exposure time information; continuing to transmit the at least one additional content item to the user device while the user device is positioned within the second user segment until determining that the user device should be assigned to the third user segment based on the updated exposure frequency information and the updated exposure time information; and inhibiting the presentation of any additional content items on the user device in response to the user device being positioned within the third user segment.