Chapter 03 · Retention
Annual Review 2024 · Reader Lifecycle
The takeaway
Subscribers don’t churn —
they quietly fade.
100%
75%
50%
25%
0%
M0
M2
M4
M6
M8
M10
M12
M6 — 38% still opening
Email opens
−62%
From signup to month twelve, the slow drift no dashboard flags.
Paid retention
88%
Cards still bill while attention has long since wandered.
Cohort size
14,200
New readers tracked across one full calendar year.
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