Cohorts

Last Updated on: 19 Sep, 2023

A cohort is a group of users who perform a certain sequence of ad events within a specific timeframe.

Some examples of cohorts are:

Users who have seen > N banner ads in the last M days from a Network(s)
Users who have clicked > N interstitial ads in the last M days from a certain category of advertisers
Users who have played > N rewarded ads in the last M days from a certain creative ID.
Users who have completed > N interstitial ads in the last M days from app bidding networks.
New users who have seen > N rewarded ads in the last M days

Cohorts can be used for the following:

Analyzing the impact of ad engagement on retention, and LTV.
Added to a segment definition to control ad exposure and manage LTV.

Define Cohorts

Navigate to Audiences/Cohorts to use cohorts. Select a start event, return event, and event properties to narrow down to the cohort you want to analyze.

You can define cohorts on the basis of the following set of events and properties.

Starting Event

Cohorts are defined using a starting event, which is either the First Launch or App Open.

Event	Description
App Launch	This event is fired the first time a user opens the app after installation.
App Open	This event is fired once per session and for every session.

Return Event

Return events are ad events, which define the returning condition a user must meet to be included in a cohort. Return events can be App Open, Impression, Click, Video Play, and Video Complete.

Event	Description
Impression	This event is fired every time a user sees an ad.
Click	This event is fired every time a user clicks on an ad and goes to a landing page.
Video Play	This event is fired every time a user plays a video ad.
Video Complete	This event is fired every time a user completes watching a video ad.
Interactions	This event is fired every time a user taps an ad and continues to stay in the ad.

Event Property

Ad events can be further qualified by networks, advertisers, Creative, and Format. Only return events support these properties. The properties supported are the following:

Property	Description
Network Name	The network that triggered the event.
Integration Type	The integration type that triggered the event.
ADomain	The advertiser that triggered the event. Please note that coverage of adomain is restricted to S2S networks only. We are working on increasing the coverage across networks.
Creative Category	The category of the creative that trigged the event. Please note that coverage of adomain is restricted to S2S networks only. We are working on increasing the coverage across networks.
Creative Id	The id of the creative that trigged the event. Please note that coverage of adomain is restricted to S2S networks only. We are working on increasing the coverage across networks.
Format	The ad unit format that trigged the event. It can be one of Banner, MREC, Interstitial, Rewarded or Native.

Cohort Analysis

Cohort Analysis you have a 360-degree view of how your monetization strategies and tactics are impacting user retention and LTV. You can analyze cohorts based on experiments you run, segments you create, and so on... Please view the list of using filters to understand the full power of this tool.

To analyze cohorts, in addition to defining the cohort you will have to select specific filters. These filters are listed below.

User Filters

Users within a cohort can be filtered based on the following attributes:

Filters	Description
Date	The timeframe for which you are querying. Possible filters are Today, Yesterday, Last 7 Days, Last 14 Days, Last 30 Days, This Month, Last Month, and custom date range till the beginning of last month.
User Lifetime	The lifetime for which it is meant to track user activity and monitor retention or LTV.
App	The apps are registered and monetized in the account.
Ad Unit	The ad units are configured to monetize different real-estates in the apps.
Country	The markets where the apps are monetized.
Ad Line	The placements and price points are configured for each network across markets, ad units, and apps.
Experiment	The experiment and its variant that is exposed to users.
Segment	The user segment to which users in the cohort belong.

Save Cohorts

You can define cohorts, for the following purposes:

customize ad experience: traffic allocation, frequency caps, timeouts, etc...
customize open auction: add/drop ad lines, add/drop networks, etc...

To save a cohort click on Save Cohort, after selecting the starting event, return event, and event properties.

Please note that report filters are not saved as part of a cohort.