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DATA-VISUALIZATION5 MIN READ

Choose The Cohort View Before The Retention Debate

Choose a cohort heatmap when the comparison is retention decay across start cohorts and elapsed periods.

Realistic editorial photograph of a product analytics review room with a product manager, designer, and analyst facing a large blank screen that has a grid-like dashboard silhouette, clean white walls, glass board, dark table, room for overlays on the screen, no text, words, letters, numerals, logos. A product team is deciding how to show retention by signup month and weeks since signup. The task is to compare decay across cohorts, so a cohort heatmap with consistent rows and columns is stronger than one blended line, a pie, or a table-first view. Product retention review after an onboarding redesign. Leila needs…

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