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AARRR Pirate Metrics

The five-stage funnel that turns strangers into evangelists. Track what matters, fix what leaks.

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Acquisition

Where do users come from?

Traffic sources, CPC, CTR, signup rate

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Activation

Do they have a great first experience?

Time-to-value, onboarding completion, aha-moment rate

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Retention

Do they come back?

DAU/MAU, D7/D30 retention, churn rate

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Referral

Do they tell others?

NPS, viral coefficient, invite sends, referral revenue

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Revenue

Do they pay?

MRR, ARPU, LTV, conversion to paid, expansion revenue

How Meridian helps

Meridian instruments every stage of your AARRR funnel. Real-time dashboards surface drop-off points, cohort tables reveal retention decay, and automated alerts flag metric regressions before they hit your bottom line.

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