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Churn-Rate

Description

Churn rate measures how many users stop using your app within a given time period.

Definition

It’s the percentage of users who uninstall or become inactive, often calculated as 1 – retention rate over a set period (e.g. day 1, 7, or 30).

Why Is Churn-Rate Important for App Marketers?

High churn signals poor user experience, weak value proposition, or misaligned acquisition. Reducing churn boosts LTV and ROI.

Where You Can Use Churn-Rate

Retention reports, product health tracking, lifecycle marketing, cohort analysis.

What Are the Best Practices

  • Improve onboarding, personalize early experiences, use push re-engagement, address drop-off points, segment by source.
Acquiring users is half the battle. Keeping them—by lowering churn—is where real growth lives.