AppsFlyer has launched the IPL 2022 Report, which deep dives into IPL 2021’s peculiar case of two rosters in April -May, and September-October, unveiling the best marketing practices and trends for this year.
Further, this year’s IPL has added franchises from two of the biggest cricket markets in India – Lucknow, and Ahmedabad, creating excitement amongst online viewers and widening the scope for app marketers. Identifying and analysing sustained trends in two legs of IPL across different app verticals last year, the report points to the bright spots for marketers, game day insights, and campaign recommendations.
The IPL report leverages the power of refreshed and expanded format of IPL to uplift their key brand metrics.
The two-month timeline of IPL 2021 is categorised into pre-season, during, and post, drawing insightful trends from app usage. The pre-season stage (2 weeks prior) saw user acquisition campaigns working well in most categories (Education, Entertainment, Food & Drink, Gaming, and Shopping).
Hence, it suggests that marketers must plan awareness campaigns in the initial stages to boost overall campaign performance while incrementally adding revenue campaigns at a later stage. There is a high occurrence of fraud during this period, and marketers need to safeguard much earlier through fraud prevention and detection solutions.
It says that as competition heats up during the matches, user retention drops, and remarketing becomes a critical tool to drive engagement. Entertainment apps achieved maximum retention (with a near-fivefold increase in 30-day retention) owing to remarketing, followed by Food & Drink and Finance. Concentrating the bulk of promotional activity during the hours of the match itself, particularly in the evening, drove purchases across most categories save for Gaming and Finance.
Aditya Maheshwari, Director of Customer Success, INSEA/ANZ, AppsFlyer, said, “Despite a 4-month delay and relocation to Dubai last year, IPL’s brand value has risen by 7% YoY, highlighting the marketing potential that the widely followed and anticipated league will offer in its 15th season. Newer teams from regional markets will allow marketers to acquire and engage with diverse online users while existing users will be critical to retain in the light of increasing competition. Therefore, creatives and experimentation will be the key drivers for marketers to stand out from their peers.”
The share of paying users peak in the mid-season when a bulk of IPL matches are played. Revenue campaigns work well in the mid-to-late season for most of the categories, except for Entertainment which tends to rake in more revenue and log more sessions at the start of each season, it says. Further, campaigns that run for five to eight weeks achieved a 15% higher average impact than campaigns that run for less than two weeks, it added.
Day in the Life: Game Day Mobile User Behaviour as per it are:
