December 9, 2020
Video ads have the lowest cost per payer (CPP) of all formats and drive the most installs per 1,000 impressions served. Those were among the insights revealed in a new mobile user acquisition report published by MOLOCO (http://www.moloco.com), a programmatic advertising and machine learning company. The report, titled “Mobile Ad Formats Performance Report: Benchmarks for Casual Games,” examines the four most common ad formats — banners, interstitials, native ads, and videos — and provides a detailed analysis of their performance based on important metrics such as CPP, Return On Ad Spend (ROAS), and retention. The complete report can be downloaded at http://www.moloco.com/casual-games-benchmark-report.
Moloco's report helps casual game marketers optimize ad campaigns based on post-install metrics rather than on pre-install behaviors. It surfaces a number of valuable findings, including:
“Today’s mobile marketers have to navigate the challenges of an ever-growing, highly-sophisticated programmatic ecosystem,” said Ikkjin Ahn, co-founder and CEO of Moloco. “But at the end of the day, the goal remains the same: Find out which campaigns actually drive incremental revenue. While video ads are a top performer on the Moloco platform, our report shows that each of the four major formats are viable growth tools for casual game marketers. But beyond that, we’ve also provided concrete metrics to help marketers assess the performance of their campaigns and compare the revenue-driving potential across different environments.”
The report aggregates data from over one billion impressions into an invaluable touchstone for casual game marketers. It reviews over 675,000 installs and nearly 163,000 first-time purchases to provide accurate benchmarks for what marketers ought to be spending to attract payers and retain them. The report leveraged data from campaigns with a similar Cost Per Acquisition goal — driving first-time purchases — which allowed it to provide realistic ROAS benchmarks per format.
Programmatic traffic providers have historically offered benchmarks for top-of-funnel metrics such as Cost Per Install, but MOLOCO is the first to openly share data related to its ability to drive incremental revenue for its partners. In a $68.5 billion industry that’s grown ten percent in the last year alone, these insights could help mobile marketers deliver on their games’ full potential.
Moloco's “Mobile Ad Formats Performance Report: Benchmarks for Casual Games” is available to download now from http://www.moloco.com/casual-games-benchmark-report.