In this article, we’ll go through the key metrics you should be looking at to evaluate your push notification campaign.

But to save you some scrolling time, here’s an easy-to-read Q&A of the topics we cover:

• What are click-through rates (CTR)?
  This is the percentage of users who clicked on your notifications after they were successfully delivered. It shows how compelling and relevant your notifications are to your audience.

• What are push notification opt-in rates?
  Opt-in rates are the percentage of users who opt-in to receive push notifications. It shows how many people you can reach through your push notifications and your audience’s sentiment regarding this channel. 

• What are push notification view rates?
  These are the number of people who saw your notification out of the total number of people who received your push notification, irrespective of whether they clicked on them or not. 

• What are push notification conversion rates?
  They’re the percentage of users who completed your desired action after receiving your push notification. It helps you identify the messages that encouraged visitors to convert into customers and the messages (or offers) that attracted them to your website.

• What are push notification sales and revenue metrics?
  These are the number of sales, visitors converted to paid plans, and the total revenue generated from a notification. They show the impact of your campaign on your company’s bottom line.

• What is the confirmed delivery metric?
  Confirmed delivery metrics reflect the percentage of notifications that were successfully delivered to users. It’s a more precise metric that will tell you how many impressions a notification has truly received, excluding notifications that have been automatically dismissed.

• What is a push notification delivery rate?
  Delivery rate is the percentage of notifications that were successfully delivered to users out of the total notifications sent. It demonstrates the reliability of your notification platform and compatibility of your users’ devices. 

• What is push notification delivery speed?
  Delivery speed measures the number of messages delivered per interval of time. You can usually find it in your provider’s uptime statistics if they’re publicly available.

• What are subscribers and unsubscribes?
  Subscribers and unsubscribes refer to the number of users who, respectively, have opted in or out of receiving your notifications. They can give you insight into the impact of changes to your strategy and help you identify areas for improvement. 

• What is the monthly active users metric?
  Monthly active users’ represents the number of unique users who have interacted with your app at least once within a given month. It’s an essential metric that sheds light on a range of other trends.

• What is the uninstall rate metric?
  This is the percentage of users who have uninstalled your app after receiving push notifications. It could indicate how relevant or useful your notifications are to your users.

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Click-through rates (CTR)

Click-through rate (CTR) is the percentage of users who clicked on your notifications after they were successfully delivered. For push notifications, an accurate click-through rate excludes users that swiped away a notification, dismissed a notification, or cleared a notification.

A high CTR indicates that your notifications are compelling and relevant to your audience. A low CTR, on the other hand, suggests that your notifications are not resonating with your users. 

According to OneSignal, the average click-through rate for push notifications range from 0.8 to 40 percent, which represents exceptionally high variance across different apps, industries, and user demographics. So, it’s important to benchmark your CTR against industry standards.

Opt-in rate

Opt-in rate refers to the percentage of users who opt-in to receive your push notifications. This metric shows how many people you can reach through your push notifications, while also serving as a proxy for your audience’s sentiment regarding this channel. 

To increase your opt-in rate, it’s crucial to communicate the value of your notifications to users and make the opt-in process as seamless as possible. It can also be helpful to prime new users for push notifications by providing custom opt-in prompts, rather than using generic system prompts.

View rate

View rate is the number of people who saw your notification out of the total number of people who received your push notification, irrespective of whether they clicked on them or not. Still, view rate is an important push notification performance metric to consider. 

A good view rate for push notifications is anywhere between 45-90 percent depending on your industry and target demographic. To increase your view rate, optimize the timing and frequency of your notifications, as well as the content and messaging.

Conversions/Conversion rate

Conversions are the desired actions that you want your users to take after receiving your push notification, such as signing up for a service or making a purchase. Conversion rates refer to the percentage of users who completed the desired action. 

It’s important to define what you consider a conversion depending on your business goals and analyze your push notification strategy using quantitative results. 

This will not only help identify the messages that encouraged visitors to convert into customers, but also the message (or offers) that attracted them to your website. 

Revenue and sales

Push notifications have been shown to have a significant impact on revenue and sales. They encourage users to engage with your app or website, promote special offers or deals, and provide personalized recommendations based on user behavior and interests. 

This metric can include the number of sales, visitors converted to paid plans, and the total revenue generated from a notification. Calculating the impact of a campaign on your business’s bottom line is a great way to learn the effectiveness of your strategy.

Confirmed delivery

Confirmed delivery refers to the percentage of notifications that were successfully delivered to users. For push notifications, confirmed delivery is a more precise metric that will tell you how many impressions a notification has truly received, excluding notifications that have been automatically dismissed.

This metric is particularly important for businesses that rely on push notifications for critical communications, such as healthcare providers and emergency services. 

Delivery rate

Delivery is the number of notifications successfully passed through the FCM/APNS servers and sent to subscribers. Delivery rate refers to the percentage of notifications that were delivered to users out of the total notifications sent.

This metric takes into account factors such as network connectivity and device compatibility that can impact the delivery of notifications. A low delivery rate can indicate issues with your notification platform or your users’ devices. 

Delivery speed

Delivery speed is usually tracked as the number of messages delivered per interval of time. OneSignal, for example, boasts a delivery speed of over one million messages per second. 

Not every provider’s delivery speed and reliability are the same, so make sure to check out your provider’s uptime statistics if they’re publicly available.

Subscribers and unsubscribes

Subscribers refer to the total number of users who have opted in to receive your push notifications. Subscriber trends are a key indicator of the health of your push campaigns and can be influenced by the timing, content, and placement of your opt-ins. 

Unsubscribes refer to the number of users who will no longer receive your notifications. This can happen for various reasons, including users uninstalling your app, opting out of receiving push notifications, or being unsubscribed through the SDK or API device call. 

Monitoring the shifts in these trends can give you insight into the impact of the changes to your strategy and help you identify areas for improvement. 

Monthly active users 

Monthly active users (MAUs) refer to the number of unique users who have opened your notification, opened your app, or received "tags" from your app at least once within a given month. It excludes devices that receive notifications or tag updates from the API, but are otherwise inactive. 

Monitoring your MAUs can shed light on other trends such as the success of your marketing campaigns in attracting new users, your users’ interest in your product or service, your retention rate, churn rate, growth rate, and, ultimately, your app’s revenue growth and potential. That is why MUA is considered a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) by many mobile-first businesses. 

Uninstall rate

Uninstall rate is the percentage of users who have uninstalled your app after receiving push notifications. A high uninstall rate could indicate that your push notifications are not relevant or useful to your users, which could lead to disengagement and decreased revenue. 

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