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Average revenue per daily active user (ARPDAU) VS Average revenue per paying user (ARPPU)

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.)
Average revenue per paying user (ARPPU)
ARPPU shows how much money, on average, a single paying user generates over a set period of time.
Target audience
Average revenue per daily active user (ARPDAU)
App owners, marketers, and product managers
Average revenue per paying user (ARPPU)
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

Average revenue per paying user (ARPPU)

• Isolates paying users in a freemium model, so you can focus on revenue
• Helps you understand characteristics of paying users so you can attract lookalikes
• Informs campaign decisions around the most effective creatives and channels

How to calculate
Average revenue per daily active user (ARPDAU)
Total daily revenue
Total active daily users
Average revenue per paying user (ARPPU)
Total revenue in time period X
Number of paying users in time period X
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

Average revenue per paying user (ARPPU)

• Convince non-paying users to become paying ones
• Reward and incentivize your “whales” who spend the most
• Adjust your pricing models to encourage higher spend
• Experiment with different ad formats – test different placements, or try playable or rewarded ads

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