Didn't get the custom audience list size updated after uploaded test(fake) data via API

[Chiwan Leung]

We upload 6 lines via excel and 1line via API to the custom audience list in our test account. But the list size didn't updated forever.

Question:

1. Do we need to upload real data for you to match then get the list size updated?

2. Does the list size mean "size" after matching?

[Peter Oliquino (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Chiwan,

Please see below my comments to your queries.

1. For custom audience list in your test account, It doesn't matter if you use real or mock data, however, please note that For privacy purposes, the user list size will show as zero until the list has at least 1,000 members. After that, the size will be rounded to the two most significant digits (refer here).

2. The list size indicates the number of members of the uploaded user list.

Let me know if you have further clarifications.

Thanks,

Peter

AdWords API Team

[Chiwan Leung]

Hi Peter, can I confirm one thing? Does it mean that  I will  get my list update every time withe even a few members(less than 1000) if I already uploaded 1000 members in my list before?

[Vincent Racaza (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Chiwan,

Yes, it should be updated (rounded to the two most significant digits) every time you upload more members since the list already has 1,000 members in it before. However, take note that it may take up to 6 to 12 hours for the list to be populated as you can see in the guide we provided previously.

Let me know if you have further clarifications.

Thanks,

Vincent

AdWords API Team