Metrics & Analytics~20 min

One Metric to Rule Your Roadmap

A language-learning app celebrates 60,000 registered users. The team ships features to push that number: easier signup, referral bonuses, a splashy onboarding video.

Meanwhile, a bored intern runs one query: how many users completed a lesson this week? 1,400. Last month it was 1,600.

Which number should be on the wall of this team's office?