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85% -- share of app founders prioritizing user acquisition early for app founders with significant first-year user growth (2025)
85% of app founders who achieved significant user growth within their first year focused heavily on user acquisition strategies before perfecting every single feature.
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85%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
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B
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60
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20
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30
Methodology
45
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95
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eMarketer
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https://applaunchpartners.com/app-marketing-are-founders-asking-the-right-questions/ ↗
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App Growth: Are Founders Asking the Right Questions?
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app founders with significant first-year user growth: 85% share of app founders prioritizing user acquisition early. Source: eMarketer (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/app-founders-user-acquisition-early-2025
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/app-founders-user-acquisition-early-2025" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>85%</strong> -- share of app founders prioritizing user acquisition early for app founders with significant first-year user growth<br><small>Source: eMarketer (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/app-founders-user-acquisition-early-2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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