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WAU/MAU Ratio Calculator

Enter your weekly active users and monthly active users to get an instant WAU/MAU stickiness ratio, with a read on how habitual your product usage really is.

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WAU/MAU ratio is weekly active users divided by monthly active users, multiplied by 100.

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A WAU/MAU ratio calculator turns your weekly and monthly active user counts into a single stickiness percentage, estimating how many days out of a typical month the average user actually shows up.

What stickiness actually measures

Weekly active users divided by monthly active users approximates the share of your monthly base that returns on a roughly weekly cadence. A higher ratio means usage is concentrated in habitual, recurring visits rather than spread across users who show up once and rarely return, which is why stickiness is tracked alongside raw active-user counts rather than instead of them.

Choosing weekly over daily stickiness

DAU/MAU suits products meant to be opened every day, like messaging or social apps, where a low ratio is a real warning sign. Many B2B and productivity tools have a natural weekly rather than daily rhythm, so measuring stickiness against a week instead of a day gives a fairer read on habit strength without punishing a product for not being a social feed.

Using the ratio without over-indexing on it

A single stickiness number means little without knowing your category's natural usage frequency, so track your own ratio over time and against comparable products rather than chasing a universal target. That trend-over-benchmark approach is the same discipline Rankite applies when tying SEO and content programs to metrics that actually reflect engaged usage, not just traffic volume.

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WAU/MAU Ratio Calculator: questions, answered

What is the WAU/MAU ratio?
WAU/MAU ratio, also called weekly stickiness, is your weekly active users divided by your monthly active users, expressed as a percentage. It estimates how many days out of a typical month the average user is actively engaging with your product, which is a proxy for habit strength rather than just total reach.
How do you calculate WAU/MAU ratio?
Divide weekly active users by monthly active users and multiply by 100. If you have 4,200 weekly active users and 8,000 monthly active users, the ratio is 4,200 divided by 8,000, which is 52.5%.
What is a good WAU/MAU ratio?
Product analytics companies such as Amplitude have published benchmark research showing that stickiness ratios vary enormously by category, with messaging and social apps often exceeding 50 to 60% and many B2B tools sitting lower simply because the underlying task is not a daily or even weekly occurrence. Compare your ratio against products with a similar usage cadence, not against a single universal number.
Why does WAU/MAU differ from DAU/MAU?
DAU/MAU measures daily habit strength and suits products meant to be used every day, like messaging or social feeds. WAU/MAU is the fairer stickiness measure for products with a natural weekly rather than daily rhythm, such as project management or team collaboration tools, where checking in once or twice a week can still represent healthy, habitual usage.
Does a low WAU/MAU ratio always mean a problem?
Not necessarily. Some categories, like tax software or annual reporting tools, are used in short intense bursts rather than steadily throughout the month, so a low ratio there reflects the nature of the task rather than weak retention. Context about your product's expected usage frequency matters more than the raw number.
How can I improve my WAU/MAU ratio?
The most durable lever is usually adding a reason to return weekly that fits naturally into how people already work, such as a digest, a recurring report, or a collaborative feature that pulls other people back in. Notifications and reminders can lift the number short term, but they tend to lose effectiveness fast if the underlying product has not given someone a real reason to come back.

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