Uninstall Rate
The percentage of users who remove an app within a defined period after installing it. High uninstall rate often signals weak acquisition quality, poor onboarding, or a mismatch between ad promise and product experience.
How Uninstall Rate works in practice
Uninstall rate is a blunt but useful signal of whether the product experience lives up to the promise that acquired the install. High uninstall rates often point to one of three issues: poor acquisition quality, poor onboarding, or poor core experience after first open. Looking at uninstall behaviour by campaign, audience, and creative angle helps separate targeting problems from product problems. It is especially important in app growth because low CPI can look good on paper while the actual user base churns out almost immediately.
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Let's talk →This term sits in the Mobile & App category, which means it is most useful when evaluating app acquisition, onboarding, retention, and in-app activation. The goal is not to memorize the label. The goal is to know when it should change a decision, a page, a campaign, or a measurement setup.
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The process of attracting new users to a mobile app or digital product through paid and organic channels. Measured primarily by install volume, CPI, and downstream engagement and retention metrics.
The sequence of setup steps, explanations, and prompts a user experiences after opening an app for the first time. Good onboarding reduces time to value and improves activation and retention.
The average cost to drive one app install through paid advertising. CPI = Total Spend ÷ Total Installs. It is the primary efficiency metric for mobile user acquisition campaigns and varies significantly by platform and category.
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