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David Lieb
08/30/24
@ Y Combinator
Cohort retention tracks the fraction of new users who continue using your product over time, providing a quantitative measure of user engagement.
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How To Keep Your Users | Startup School
@ Y Combinator
08/30/24
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Adora Cheung
03/20/17
@ Y Combinator
Cohort analysis helps measure user retention over time. By tracking how many users return after their first use, you can assess the effectiveness of your product and identify areas for improvement.
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David Lieb
08/30/24
@ Y Combinator
Visualizing cohort retention trends helps you understand how user engagement changes over time relative to the initial cohort size, allowing for better analysis of user retention. Cohort retention curves are essential for understanding user engagement over time, as they track the percentage of new users who return to use the product repeatedly.
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David Lieb
08/30/24
@ Y Combinator
When measuring cohort retention, track individual groups of new users over time instead of mixing all users together, which provides clearer insights into user behavior.
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Ilya Volodarsky
08/01/19
@ Y Combinator
Retention should be analyzed by looking at cohorts of users over time, assessing how many continue to use your product after signing up.
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David Lieb
08/30/24
@ Y Combinator
To effectively measure cohort retention, define how to group new users into cohorts based on when they first used your product, such as weekly or monthly.
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Adora Cheung
03/20/17
@ Y Combinator
Tracking customer retention is essential; it helps you understand how many users continue to engage with your product over time, which is a key indicator of success.
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David Lieb
08/30/24
@ Y Combinator
The ideal cohort retention curve not only flattens but also increases over time, indicating that users are becoming more engaged with your product.
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David Lieb
08/30/24
@ Y Combinator
Choose a time period for measuring cohort retention that aligns with how frequently you expect users to engage with your product, such as daily for social apps or weekly for utility apps.
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David Lieb
08/30/24
@ Y Combinator
The key insight from cohort retention curves is that the shape of the curve matters more than the absolute number of users; a flat curve indicates potential for user accumulation over time.