TermCraft conventionFoundational
Retention
How many people keep coming back.
Definition
The proportion of users who continue using a product over time, usually measured by cohort.
Craft convention. True because the industry converged on it. Breaking it costs familiarity, not correctness.
In plain language
How many people keep coming back.
Example
Week four retention by signup cohort, which is more informative than a single overall figure.
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Deeper reading
The full entry behind this definition.
- Endowment EffectCognitive bias
- Product AnalyticsResearch method
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