# Does a mobile app increase community engagement?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-a-mobile-app-increase-community-engagement/355879
**Category:** Community Building
**Created:** [March 5, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-a-mobile-app-increase-community-engagement/355879 "2025-03-05T16:27:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@rickyfarguson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rickyfarguson)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-a-mobile-app-increase-community-engagement/355879/1 "2025-03-05T16:27:59Z")
I’m managing a community for a professional body. We’re contemplating launching an app, not just for the community, but also to include our podcasts, videos, and other content.
My question is, have any of you noticed increased community engagement by launching a mobile app, or has it had little impact?
Thanks in advance!
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### Author:  [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2025, 11:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-a-mobile-app-increase-community-engagement/355879/2 "2025-03-05T23:13:51Z")
Haven’t done it personally, but I do believe it will help. Users won’t have to go to their browser, open up the website, and go to the forum/watch the podcasts.
If it (the app) were on their homepage, it would attract them there since the forum is a click away, and if they are bored, they can check out the podcasts and videos, increasing community engagement.
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### Author:  [@rickyfarguson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rickyfarguson)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-a-mobile-app-increase-community-engagement/355879/3 "2025-03-06T13:53:00Z")
Yeah that’s what I’m thinking. I guess the only concern is that if people don’t download it, it could be an expensive exercise for no real gain.
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### Author:  [@rickyfarguson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rickyfarguson)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-a-mobile-app-increase-community-engagement/355879/4 "2025-03-06T13:53:24Z")
Does anyone have any data on this?
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### Author:  [@eisammy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eisammy)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2025, 5:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-a-mobile-app-increase-community-engagement/355879/5 "2025-03-06T17:55:44Z")
I’m almost being approved by Play Store and I Imagine that my community will see a great growth
If this really happen I’ll bring here to discuss about.
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### Author:  [@rickyfarguson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rickyfarguson)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2025, 1:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-a-mobile-app-increase-community-engagement/355879/6 "2025-03-10T13:26:19Z")
Congrats! And thankyou, yeah keen to hear how it impacts your community
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### Author:  [@eisammy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eisammy)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2025, 10:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-a-mobile-app-increase-community-engagement/355879/7 "2025-05-30T22:29:10Z")
I was approved on May 26, 2025, and now I need to wait a few weeks to see if Google Play will promote me quickly or not.
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### Author:  [@Mira\_Iranpour](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mira_Iranpour)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2025, 1:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-a-mobile-app-increase-community-engagement/355879/8 "2025-05-31T13:39:14Z")
our engagement more than doubled since launching our app. go for it if you can afford it. we just put discourse as a webview inside the rest of the app. our other parts of the app is totally native. it was approved by both google and apple.
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### Author:  [@joshhabka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joshhabka)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2025, 3:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-a-mobile-app-increase-community-engagement/355879/9 "2025-06-01T03:31:48Z")
Yes. You have to encourage members to use it. I have a mobile app on Google Play and in Testflight for iOS and it definitely helps!