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.
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Liftoff. (November 19, 2020). Average mobile app user acquisition costs from September 2019 to August 2020, by region (in U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 08, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/941273/mobile-app-average-user-acquisition-cost-worldwide/
Liftoff. "Average mobile app user acquisition costs from September 2019 to August 2020, by region (in U.S. dollars)." Chart. November 19, 2020. Statista. Accessed June 08, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/941273/mobile-app-average-user-acquisition-cost-worldwide/
Liftoff. (2020). Average mobile app user acquisition costs from September 2019 to August 2020, by region (in U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 08, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/941273/mobile-app-average-user-acquisition-cost-worldwide/
Liftoff. "Average Mobile App User Acquisition Costs from September 2019 to August 2020, by Region (in U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Nov 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/941273/mobile-app-average-user-acquisition-cost-worldwide/
Liftoff, Average mobile app user acquisition costs from September 2019 to August 2020, by region (in U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/941273/mobile-app-average-user-acquisition-cost-worldwide/ (last visited June 08, 2023)
Average mobile app user acquisition costs from September 2019 to August 2020, by region (in U.S. dollars) [Graph], Liftoff, November 19, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/941273/mobile-app-average-user-acquisition-cost-worldwide/