Analytic IV
Reader attention study
Plate 09 / 18
Attention does not vanish —
it fractures by the fourth month.
cohort view
Returning reader signal by month
A faceted line chart showing returning reader attention falling from eighty four percent at month one to thirty eight percent at month four, then twenty five percent at month six.
six-month returning-reader signal
The fade is already visible before cancellation.
38%
still returning monthly at month four
−46 pts
Members who stop reading rarely cancel at once.
They move through quieter, fractured visits first.
90%
70%
50%
30%
join
m1
m2
m4
m5
m6
m7
84%
76%
61%
38%
28%
first durable fracture
appears at month four
25%