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Mau-Monthly-Active-Users

Description

MAU counts unique users who engage with an app within a 30-day period.

Definition

Monthly Active Users is a metric showing how many individual users open or interact with your app monthly. It indicates the size and health of your engaged audience.

Why Is Mau-Monthly-Active-Users Important for App Marketers?

MAU helps marketers track user base growth, engagement trends, and product traction. It also supports calculations like stickiness (DAU/MAU) and LTV.

Where You Can Use Mau-Monthly-Active-Users

User engagement analysis, KPI reporting, product usage dashboards, retention tracking, performance benchmarks.

What Are the Best Practices

  • Define 'active' clearly, pair with DAU, analyze by source or region, monitor over time, exclude bots/inactive installs, align with retention.
MAU shows whether people come back—not just install. It's a pulse check on your app’s ability to stay relevant month after month.