Been digging into Nostr retention stats from
Nostr cohorts look like this:
- Week 1 retention: ~5β10%β©
- By Week 4: ~0β3%
This pretty much states that hardly anyone stays around....
For reference: a16zβs benchmarks for consumer social networks say:
- βOKβ apps: 40%+ Week 1, 20%+ Week 4β©
- βGreatβ apps: 75% Week 1, 50%+ Week 4
So yes, our retention is objectively bad right now β and thatβs the point of this post. How can we improve retention?
If we want to make this thing work every nostr app/developer needs to obsess over those retention cohorts


Nostr Stats
Nostr Stats
Real-time analytics for the Nostr network

Haven't figured out how i'll approach encrypted mutes yet but we'll cross that bridge when we get there :)