a consumer company North Star metric teach you their secret sauce to market domination
here's a different list:
> Pinterest: weekly users who saved a Pin
> Uber: weekly riders
> YouTube: (used to be) daily subscribers
> TikTok: like / imp rate & timespent
> ChatGPT: daily # of chat turns
> Reddit: daily voters
> Slack / Discord: daily active channels (not servers)
it's all about which metric drives your network effect / data flywheel to go brrrrr
Great examples of North Star metrics:
– Uber: Rides taken
– Airbnb: Nights booked
– Lovable: Daily active apps
– Plaid: Bank accounts linked
– Duolingo: Daily active users
– ChatGPT: Retained active users
– Loom: Videos created that get viewed
– Cursor: Paid users coding 5 days/week
– Gamma: Presentations created & shared