# Sharing retention data (Google Analytics cohort analysis)

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**Category:** Data & reporting\
**Tags:** analytics\
**Created:** [January 7, 2017, 3:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sharing-retention-data-google-analytics-cohort-analysis/55305 "2017-01-07T03:35:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 3:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sharing-retention-data-google-analytics-cohort-analysis/55305/1 "2017-01-07T03:35:06Z")

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Not sure if there’s an appropriate category for discussing performance data (perhaps UX), but was curious to hear what others have found.

We seem to do a good job at attracting website visitors, but it very difficult for us to get them to come back (or register). Would anyone else be interested in sharing their weekly cohort analysis report from Google Analytics for benchmarking purposes?

Note that in week 1 after first vist, we see roughly 1/40 users coming back to the site. By week 7, we see less than 1/200 users coming back.

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This very well may be expected behavior for communities, but would love to see what others are seeing, and any ideas for improving these metrics.

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