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App marketing metrics comparison

App marketing is all about the data - but how do you know what to measure? Quickly compare metrics to be sure you're tracking what matters, giving you confidence in your campaign decisions.

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Average revenue per paying user (ARPPU) VS Effective cost per mille (eCPM)

Description
Average revenue per paying user (ARPPU)
ARPPU shows how much money, on average, a single paying user generates over a set period of time.
Effective cost per mille (eCPM)
eCPM is the actual revenue earned by a publisher for every 1,000 ad impressions displayed on their app.
Target audience
Average revenue per paying user (ARPPU)
App owners, marketers, and product managers
Effective cost per mille (eCPM)
Publishers
Benefits
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

Effective cost per mille (eCPM)

• Provides a universal measurement of revenue per served impression
• Helps optimize revenue streams
• Good for evaluating the impact of app changes, and comparing against monthly/annual performance

How to calculate
Average revenue per paying user (ARPPU)
Total revenue in time period X
Number of paying users in time period X
Effective cost per mille (eCPM)
Total earnings
Total number of impressions
x 1,000
How to improve it?
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

Effective cost per mille (eCPM)

eCPM depends on multiple factors including ad placement, geography, user engagement, ad format and channel, and seasonality.

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