What Does This Mean?
The percentage or pattern of an audience continuing to watch a piece of content over time, often treated by creators as the core signal of whether a post is working.
EXPLAINER
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REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"The joke was fine, but viewer retention cratered right after the intro."
LORE & ORIGIN
A platform analytics metric that crossed over into everyday creator slang once dashboards became central to short-form and livestream strategy.
MENTIONS OVER TIME
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