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What Does 'Retention Gradient' Mean?

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[ SLANG ][ CREATOR_GROWTH ][ NOUN ]

The rate at which a video's audience drops off as it plays, tracked second-by-second to identify exactly where viewers are losing interest.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"The retention gradient tanks right after the intro, gotta cut that part down."

LORE & ORIGIN

Standard analytics-dashboard terminology, describing the slope of a retention curve rather than a single flat number.

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EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

中文 zh-CN留存梯度EQUIVALENTliterally 'retention gradient' - 留存 = native 'retention', 梯度 = native 'gradient', direct calque
日本語 ja-JPリテンション勾配EQUIVALENTliterally 'retention gradient' - リテンション = borrowed 'retention', 勾配 = native 'gradient/slope'
한국어 ko-KR리텐션 기울기EQUIVALENTliterally 'retention gradient' - 리텐션 = borrowed 'retention', 기울기 = native 'slope/gradient'
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