Global and U.S. paid app install fraud rate 2018

Published by Statista Research Department, May 30, 2025
This statistic presents the mobile app install fraud rate in the United States and worldwide from January to October 2018. During the last measured month, more than one quarter of paid app installs worldwide were fraudulent.
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Mobile app install fraud rate in the United States and worldwide from January to October 2018

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Release date

May 2018

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

January to October 2018

Special properties

paid app installs; based on 17 billion app installs across 7,000 apps worldwide

Supplementary notes

Represents activity tracked by AppsFlyer, wider industry metrics may vary.

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