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Average revenue per daily active user (ARPDAU) VS Daily active users (DAU)

Description
Average revenue per daily active user (ARPDAU)
ARPDAU shows how much money, on average, a single active user generates in a day. (You define what counts as an active user.)
Daily active users (DAU)
DAU measures the number of unique users who engage with your app within a 24-hour window.
Target audience
Average revenue per daily active user (ARPDAU)
App owners, marketers, and product managers
Daily active users (DAU)
App owners, marketers, and product managers
Benefits
Average revenue per daily active user (ARPDAU)

• Shows the impact of your monetization efforts in real time
• Shows how revenue responds to changes, such as a new campaign or a price drop
• Focuses on active users already demonstrating engagement, rather than those with less potential value

Daily active users (DAU)

• Helps you assess the effectiveness of your campaigns
• Helps measure your app’s popularity (its “stickiness”) and user experience
• Indicates your app’s general health and growth potential

How to calculate
Average revenue per daily active user (ARPDAU)
Total daily revenue
Total active daily users
Daily active users (DAU)
Total number of unique users who meet your defined "active" criteria and interacted with your app in a set 24-hour period
How to improve it?
Average revenue per daily active user (ARPDAU)

• Boost ad engagement through offerwalls or rewarded ads
• Delight and entice specific user segments with carefully targeted offers and rewards to drive in-app purchases

Daily active users (DAU)

• Optimize your onboarding strategy so users understand the true value of your app
• Engage and re-engage users through multiple channels: push notifications, in-app notifications, emails, and SMS
• Use deep links for a seamless user experience

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Average revenue per daily active user (ARPDAU)
Daily active users (DAU)
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