Trump's ads focus on men; Biden's ads focus on women

From June 1 to Sept. 13, the two presidential campaigns spent tens of millions on social media advertising, often aiming ads specifically at men or women. The Trump campaign spent more on male-focused ads, while the Biden campaign spent more on female-focused ads. Some of each campaigns' ads didn't target either men or women specifically.

This chart has been updated to correct the Biden campaign's spending figures, which were inaccurate due to a data collection error.
Chart: The Conversation, CC-BY-ND Source: Illuminating 2020 project, Syracuse University Get the data