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Retention Index / The Fade Before Exit
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Insight
Subscriber behavior, twelve-month paid cohort
The quiet week is the churn week.
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Weekly reads collapse before cancellation
Six weeks before cancellation, members averaged 8.4 reads per week. During cancellation week, they averaged 1.1 reads per week, an 87 percent drop.
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QUIET QUIET
Before / After: average weekly reads around cancellation
N = 42,318 accounts
Six weeks out
8.4
reads / week
Cancellation week
1.1
reads / week
−87%
attention drop before exit
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