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What is Monthly Active Users (MAU) ?

MAU measures the number of unique users who engage with an app at least once in a 30-day period, providing a broader engagement baseline than DAU.

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Overview

MAU measures the number of unique users who engage with an app at least once in a 30-day period, providing a broader engagement baseline than DAU.

Monthly Active Users (MAU) : Full Definition Monthly Active Users (MAU) counts unique users who open and engage with an app at least once in any rolling 30-day window.

It's the standard top-level engagement metric reported to investors and used for platform monetization benchmarks.

MAU captures the full retained user base, including casual users who engage a few times monthly, and is therefore a larger, less volatile number than DAU.

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