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Average revenue per daily active user (ARPDAU) VS Average revenue per user (ARPU)

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 user (ARPU)
ARPU shows how much money, on average, a single 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 user (ARPU)
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 user (ARPU)

• Good indicator of business health and profitability
• Helps you optimize your marketing strategy and refine tactics to maximize profitability
• Highlights revenue opportunities, for example upselling

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

• Adjust your pricing plans
• Know your customers and shape your service to their needs
• Focus on attracting, engaging, and retaining the most profitable users
• Maximize cross-selling and upselling opportunities

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