Australia's Top 5 Beauty Retail Apps on iOS Show Varied Performance in Q1 2021

In the first quarter of 2021, the performance of the top five beauty retail applications on the iOS platform in Australia presented a mixed bag of trends in terms of downloads and weekly active users. Here's a snapshot of how each app fared, with data sourced from Sensor Tower.

Sephora - Beauty Shopping maintained a steady presence with downloads starting at roughly 3.4K in the last week of December 2020 and peaking at around 3.8K in late March 2021. Weekly active users experienced minor fluctuations, beginning at approximately 14.7K and ending the quarter with roughly 14.6K.

BEAUTY BAY saw a gradual increase in downloads, starting at about 164 and reaching a high of 351 in late February, before settling back to around 171 by the end of March. Weekly active users peaked at 1.4K in late February, with a slight decline to just above 1.1K by the end of the quarter.

Adore Beauty | Shop Beauty Now experienced a modest rise in downloads from 109 to a peak of 178 in late March, indicating a growing interest in the app. However, the data for weekly active users was not available.

Lush Fresh Handmade Cosmetics witnessed a decline in downloads from 215 to 54 by late February, followed by a lack of data for March. The number of active users also saw a downward trend, starting at 233 and dropping to 62 by the end of March.

Nykaa – Makeup/Beauty Shopping showed relatively stable downloads, beginning at 52 and reaching 79 in late March. Weekly active users started at 1.4K, saw a mid-quarter high of 1.6K, and ended the period with approximately 1.5K.

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