Bin Liu(@liu8in):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

2026.09.15 02:18

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

Sabba Keynejad@sab8a

2026.09.14 20:34

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