As of August 2020, the user action that had the highest average acquisition cost in North America was making an-in app purchase. The cost to acquire an in-app buyer amounted to 74.68 U.S. dollars during the measured period. Getting users to subscribe was slightly less expensive at 64.27 U.S. dollars.
Average mobile app user acquisition costs from September 2019 to August 2020, by region
(in U.S. dollars)
Characteristic
APAC
EMEA
Latin America
North America
Install
0.93
1.03
0.34
5.28
Purchase
33.05
42.15
5.31
74.68
Subscribe
21.87
69.44
18.62
64.27
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