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App Installs

In one lineMobile downloads.
App Installs illustration

The app installs objective optimizes to drive mobile downloads, sending people to your listing on the App Store or Google Play.

You connect a mobile measurement partner so installs report back, then Reddit optimizes toward users likely to download and bills on impressions. The ad links straight to your store listing, and post-install events can feed back so delivery learns which people install and stay.

Say you launched a habit-tracking app. You run an app installs campaign targeting the productivity and self-improvement communities, wire up the measurement partner, and the report shows cost per install by ad group. The self-improvement group installs at a lower cost, so you shift budget there and let the weaker group wind down.

Cost per install hides what happens after the download. A cheap install that opens once and never returns is money lost, so track activation or retention, not just the install count. Optimize toward users who stay.

An install is a start, not a win.

Sources

  1. business.reddithelp.com · verified August 2026
  2. sproutsocial.com · verified August 2026

Last checked 9th August 2026. Next check 15th August 2026.