Mobile App Performance Metrics, Worldwide

TimeframeQ4 2018Q1 2019Q2 2019Q3 2019Q4 2019
Cost per mille (CPM)
$3.81
$3.15
$3.50
$3.08
$3.16
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Cost per install (CPI)
$1.88
$1.59
$1.61
$1.52
$1.37
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Cost per click (CPC)
$0.19
$0.17
$0.19
$0.19
$0.16
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Clickthrough rate (CTR)
1.26%
1.21%
1.24%
1.27%
1.40%
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Click-to-install rate
1.59%
1.90%
2.38%
2.45%
2.73%
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Fraudulent install rate
8.43%
6.54%
4.97%
4.25%
4.49%
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Source: Adjust

Note: represents activity on Adjust's platform, broader industry metrics may vary

Additional Note: clickthrough rate = ratio of clicks to impressions on an advertising campaign; click-to-install rate = number of clicks an ad receives against the number of eventual installs; cost per mille = average cost of every 1000 impressions on a single ad; cost per click = average cost of every time a user clicks on an ad; cost per install = average cost to acquire a single paid install from an individual user; fraudulent install rate = total percentage of installs tracked which are known to be fraudulent

Methodology: Data is from Adjust's Global Benchmarks 2.0. More than 4 billion app installs across 7,000 apps were analyzed on Adjust's platform from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2019. Adjust is an attribution and analytics provider for mobile apps.

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