Spotify Korea · Q2 2026

Campaign comparison

Product Marketing versus the prior Artist Release flight. Prepared for DMC Media after they asked why X beat last campaign on CTR and CPC, and other platforms on Open & Install.

01

The two campaigns

Young K Fortune Cookie Mix photocard

Current

Q2 Product Marketing

Jul – Aug 2026

Creative
Fortune Cookie Mix · Young K
CTA
Search Fortune Cookie Mix in the app
Scored on
Opens · Installs · CPO
LE SSERAFIM PURE FLOWERS LIVE

Previous

Q2 Kpop Artist Release

Jun 2026

Creative
LE SSERAFIM · PURE FLOWERS LIVE
CTA
Watch exclusive · Premium trial
Scored on
CTR · CPC

02

Performance vs last campaign

DMC compared the two flights on CTR and CPC only. Both moved in the right direction this time. MMP results below are for the current flight.

CTR

Improved

Higher than last campaign

Confirmed by DMC. Previous CTR was not shared as a number.

CPC

Improved

Lower than last campaign

Confirmed by DMC. Previous CPC was not shared as a number.

Current campaign results

Promoted Tweet — Traffic. Source: DMC MMP table.

Opens

122,906

App opens

Installs

2,748

2.2% of opens

CPO

₩580

Blended

Hero posts on X

Same reach band. Current post earned more conversation — useful context for the CTR / CPC lift, not a substitute for ads CTR.

Product MarketingArtist ReleaseChange
Date30 Jul 20266 Jun 2026
Views10.9M12.1M-10%
Engagements1,135430+164%
Quotes51151×
Eng. rate0.010%0.004%+193%

03

Current campaign vs other platforms

DMC did not share other-media line items. They did say X led on Open & Install, and that other platforms are at 84% of their CPO standard.

CPO standard · index

X CPO

₩580

Current flight, blended

Other platforms

84%

Of DMC’s CPO standard

Other platforms are at 84% of DMC’s CPO standard. X led on Open & Install. Indexed here as 100 vs 84 — X is the stronger CPO result. We do not have other-media CPO in KRW.

04

Current campaign · ad groups

Same rows the client sent (Installs, Opens, CPO). Fortune Cookie Mix groups carry most of the volume and the best cost.

FCM share of installs

64%

1,746 of 2,748

FCM share of opens

65%

80,221 of 122,906

FCM blended CPO

₩520

vs ₩1,001 generic edit

CPO by ad group

Green = FCM · Gold = artist · Brown = generic

Installs by ad group

Same colour key

Ad groupInstallsOpensCPO
Fortune Cookie Mix 2fortunecookiemix252225,100483
Fortune Cookie Mixfortunecookiemix1,22455,121537
Yeonjun edityeonjuneditpic21810,233604
Young K edityoungkeditpic22310,216605
RIIZE edit 2riizeeditpic21275,026668
fromis_9 editfromis9editpic1416,319687
RIIZE editriizeeditpic1144,449694
Generic editeditpic1796,4421,001
Total2,748122,906580

05

Recommendations

What they did right

  • Product, not a premiere

    Fortune Cookie Mix gave people something to make and share. Last time the hero was an exclusive to watch. The 사꾸 mechanic is why quotes and CTR moved.

  • The CTA matched the KPI

    “Search Fortune Cookie Mix” is an Open. Last campaign asked for a Premium trial. DMC already scores media on Opens — this flight pointed paid traffic at that number.

  • One product, several fandoms

    Young K, Yeonjun, fromis_9 and RIIZE all resolve to the same present. Spend can move between fandoms without rebuilding the funnel.

  • The winning ad groups were named for the product

    fortunecookiemix and fortunecookiemix2 took 64% of installs at ₩483–537 CPO. The product-named lines did the work.

How to improve further

  • Cut or rebuild generic editpic

    ₩1,001 CPO — more than 2× the best FCM line, for 6.5% of installs. That budget is better on the FCM groups.

  • Put the product name on every artist cut

    youngkeditpic and yeonjuneditpic sit at ₩604–605. Same talent with the FCM name is cheaper. Pair the face with the mix.

  • Scale the two FCM groups first

    They already hold most opens. Next flight should start there, then add talent as a variant — not the other way around.

  • Keep Opens as the buying KPI

    Do not move this product back onto a Premium-trial CTA. That is what last campaign did, and CTR / CPC were worse.