Product Analytics. Part 2 Retention rate basics

188. Retention rate basics

There’s the last R in AARRR metrics we haven’t looked at yet. It’s Retention. We’ll be talking about it for the rest of this chapter. Let’s get it! 🚀

I really like how AARRR metrics follow each other in the logical sequence:

  1. Users are acquired. Via organic channels (blog posts, search engines, marketing campaigns).
  2. Then users are activated. They did something in the app which will (hopefully) make them come back.
  3. Some portion of users is retained. They keep using our app on a regular basis.
  4. Users who really like the app purchased it and...
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