Marketing & Acronyms

DAU (Daily Active Users)

Quick Definition

DAU is the count of unique users active on a product or website each day.

In context

Standard engagement metric for apps and content publishers. The DAU/MAU ratio (stickiness) indicates how engaged the user base is.

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