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Affinio

Affinio

Social Media Analytics & Audience Intelligenceaffinio.com

Affinio enables marketers to discover and understand hidden audience segments based on shared interests and social behaviors, moving beyond traditional demographics to create more effective targeting and engagement strategies.

Last updated Jun 23, 2026 by the ATDb Editorial Team

Founded
2012
HQ
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Parent
Connections
6

At a glance

Employees
11-50
Funding
$8M
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About

Specialized provider of AI-powered social audience segmentation and intelligence

Affinio is a social marketing intelligence platform that leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning to analyze social media data and identify interest-based audience segments. The platform helps marketers understand their audiences by clustering individuals based on shared interests, behaviors, and affinities rather than traditional demographic data. Operating as a subsidiary of Netbase Quid (now part of Cision), Affinio continues to provide its audience intelligence capabilities to brands, agencies, and media companies seeking to improve their targeting and content strategies. The platform's core technology analyzes billions of social connections and data points to create detailed audience personas and segments, enabling more precise and effective marketing campaigns across social media and other digital channels. Affinio serves enterprise clients across various industries including consumer brands, sports and entertainment, media companies, and agencies looking to enhance their audience understanding and engagement strategies.

Business model

SaaS

Target market

Enterprise

What they offer

  • Audience Intelligence Platform

    AI-powered platform that analyzes social data to identify interest-based audience segments and clusters

  • Persona Builder

    Tool for creating detailed audience personas based on social behaviors and affinities

  • Campaign Insights

    Analytics for measuring campaign performance across different audience segments

Key features

AI-powered audience clustering and segmentationSocial graph analysis across multiple platformsInterest-based audience discoveryVisual audience mapping and personasInfluencer identification within segmentsCompetitive audience analysisReal-time social listening integrationCustom segment creation and export

Use cases

Social media audience targeting and segmentationContent strategy development based on audience interestsInfluencer marketing campaign planningBrand positioning and messaging optimizationCompetitive audience analysisSports and entertainment fan engagementMedia planning and buying optimizationProduct launch audience identification

Customer segments

Enterprise brandsDigital marketing agenciesMedia companiesSports organizationsEntertainment companiesConsumer packaged goods companiesTechnology companies

Tech & specs

Technology stack

Machine LearningArtificial IntelligenceGraph Database TechnologySocial Media APIsData VisualizationCloud Infrastructure

Security & compliance

GDPRPrivacy Shield

Deployment

Cloud

API

Limited

Corporate history
  1. 2012 · Founded
Connection details
See integrations with Affinio (5)

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