When to use Retention
Use Retention when you want to:- Measure product stickiness after a key action
- Compare retention across weekly or monthly cohorts
- Evaluate whether a launch improved long-term user behavior
Build a retention analysis
1
Pick the starting event
Choose the event that defines when a user enters a cohort, such as sign-up or first purchase.
2
Pick the returning event
Choose the event that counts as a return visit. This can be the same as the starting event or a different one, such as any active session.
3
Select the cohort granularity
Group users by day, week, or month. Weekly and monthly views are useful for smoothing out daily noise.
4
Compare cohorts
Review the retention table to see how each cohort performs over time. Look for trends that show improving or declining return rates.
Save and share
Save the retention analysis and pin it to a dashboard as a widget. Set alerts on the widget to be notified when retention for a recent cohort drops below an expected level.Next steps
- Cohorts to build custom user groups
- Engagement Matrix to segment users by depth of engagement