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What Does 'Retention Recovery Curve' Mean?

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The shape of how quickly a video's audience retention bounces back after a slow section, used to judge whether a dip was forgivable or fatal.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"Lost half the audience at the intro but the retention recovery curve snapped right back once the story started."

LORE & ORIGIN

Emerging analytics concept extending 'attention decay' with the recovery half of the curve, not just the drop-off.

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