Sleighwise
Chapter 04 · The Quiet Drift
Reader Health Report
Winter Issue, 2024
The takeaway
Subscribers don't
churn
—
they fade.
Weekly opens by cohort
% of subscribers opening, weeks 0–24
80%
60%
40%
20%
W0
W4
W8
W12
W16
W20
W12 · 36%
half-life of attention
predicted churn
actual open rate
Actual opens (n = 41,820)
Predicted churn model
Median attention half-life
12
wks
↓ 4.2 wks YoY
vs. 16.2 wks in Q4 2023
68.4%
Open · week 0
11.7%
Open · week 24
2.3%
Hard unsubscribes
56.7pp
Silent decay
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