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What is Crowd Anonymity?

To protect user privacy, Apple limits the data in SKAdNetwork postbacks based on crowd anonymity. The idea is simple: the more installs a campaign generates, the harder it is to identify any individual user, so Apple shares more data. Apple assigns each app download a postback data tier (0-3). Higher tiers = more data.

How Apple Determines Your Privacy Tier

Apple calculates your tier based on:
  • Crowd size of the app/domain displaying the ad
  • Crowd size of the advertised app
  • Country where the app was installed
  • Hierarchical source identifier provided by the ad network

What Data You Receive at Each Tier

FieldTier 0Tier 1Tier 2Tier 3
source-identifier2 digits2 digits3 digits4 digits
conversion-value (fine)
coarse-conversion-value
source-app-id / source-domain
country-code✅ (if crowd size qualifies)

Tier 3 (Best Data)

  • Full 4-digit source identifier
  • Fine-grained conversion value (0-63) in first postback
  • Coarse conversion value in all postbacks
  • Source app ID or source domain
  • Country code (if crowd size qualifies)

Tier 2

  • 3-digit source identifier
  • Fine-grained conversion value (0-63) in first postback
  • Coarse conversion value in all postbacks

Tier 1

  • 2-digit source identifier
  • Coarse conversion value only (Low/Medium/High)
  • No fine-grained conversion value

Tier 0 (Minimal Data)

  • 2-digit source identifier
  • No conversion value data
  • Only confirms an install happened