10/29/2026
The strongest app programs aren’t the ones with the most partners. They’re the ones where every partner has room to perform.
Curate, don’t collect. Here’s how to find that sweet spot: https://www.businessofapps.com/insights/more-partners-fewer-conversions-the-hidden-cost-of-cannibalization-in-mobile-acquisition/
Add partner number six to an app campaign and installs should climb. Add partners seven and eight and they should climb again. Instead, total installs flatten, conversion rates fall, and your partners stop bringing in new users and start competing for the same ones. That is cannibalization in a mobi...