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30%
30% -- user acquisition cost growth for mobile app industry (2026)
The cost of acquiring a new app user increased by 30% over a five-year period according to a 2026 Statista report.
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30%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Statista
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Tier C
https://applaunchpartners.com/launch-scale-apps-a-business-success-guide/ ↗
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App Launch & Scale: Your Business Success Guide
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Statista
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Cited Statista report on app user acquisition costs; secondary citation
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mobile app industry: 30% user acquisition cost growth. Source: Statista (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/app-user-acquisition-cost-increase-2026
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/app-user-acquisition-cost-increase-2026" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>30%</strong> -- user acquisition cost growth for mobile app industry<br><small>Source: Statista (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/app-user-acquisition-cost-increase-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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