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How does your product stack up?

The best product teams use data to drive decisions. But knowing how their product performance stacks up against their peers has eluded even the most sophisticated product managers. Use these benchmarks to measure your digital product's performance against both peers in your industry and top performers.
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Methodology

In this tool, we analyzed aggregated and anonymized product data from 6,800+ applications across 2,500 Pendo customers.

We've explored nine strategic KPIs, broken down by benchmarks for low (25th percentile), median (50th), high (75th), and best-in-class (90th) performance.

You can view the results organized by region, company size, and industry for personalized, relevant benchmarks—whether you're responsible for product at an early stage startup or a global enterprise.

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Monthly active user growth

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The percentage change in the number of active users coming to your product, month over month

Monthly active user (MAU) growth measures how successful your product is attracting users, each month.

Our analysis looks at six-month MAU growth. To measure MAU growth, take the difference between MAU today and six months ago. Then, divide that number by MAU from six months ago.

Best-in-class products have a monthly active user (mau) growth rate of 54 %

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Feature adoption

Feature adoption

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Percentage of features that generate 80% of click volume

By understanding how (or if) customers adopt and use your product, you'll have a clear sense of whether the product is delivering on its intended value. The more features a user adopts, the more value they receive, and the less likely they are to churn. One common way to track feature adoption is by the percentage of features that generate 80 percent of click volume.

Best-in-class products have a feature adoption rate of 15.6 %

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User retention

User retention

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How many users return to your product over time

Since product usage data is most valuable when measured over time, user retention measures how many people continue using an application during a given time period. User retention is one of the most important measures of how successfully you're engaging your user base.

We measure three-month retention by following new visitors in monthly cohorts, and calculate retention rate by whether or not they return in the subsequent 3 months.

Best-in-class products have a user retention of 57 %

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Stickiness

Stickiness

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How frequently your users engage with your product on a daily or weekly basis

Stickiness measures the ratio of daily or weekly active users to monthly active users, showing how habit-forming your product is.

We calculate 30 day average active user stickinesss for both weekly (WAU/MAU) and daily (DAU/MAU) ratios.

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Best-in-class products have a stickiness of 38 %

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Time to value

Time to value

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The time it takes for new users to experience their first moment of value

Time to value measures how quickly new users can achieve their first meaningful outcome with your product.

We anchor time to value around Core Events, which are the ten (or fewer) key features in a product. We measure time to value in days. This timer begins when a user first logs in, and keeps running until they log back in and accomplish their top core event.

Best-in-class products have a time to value of 0.2 days

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Time on app

Time on app

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The average amount of time users spend in your product per session

Time on app measures user engagement depth by tracking how long users actively interact with your product.

Average time on app divides the total number of minutes a visitor spends on any page by unique visitors. We report this metric for mobile and web apps over a 30 day period.

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Best-in-class products have a avg. daily time per visitor per app of 37.2 minutes

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Guide engagement

Guide engagement

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The percentage of users who interact with in-app guides and walkthroughs

Guide engagement measures how effectively your in-app guidance captures user attention and drives desired actions.

In this report, guide engagement rate only considers guides with links or activity buttons (other than "dismiss"). We divide number of users that engage with the guide by total guide views. It is recommended to compare individual guide engagements rates to our benchmarks, rather than overall guide rates.

Best-in-class products have a guide engagement rate of 60.2 %

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NPS response rate

NPS response rate

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The percentage of users who respond to Net Promoter Score surveys

NPS response rate measures user willingness to provide feedback, indicating engagement and sentiment toward your product.

We measure NPS response rate by looking at the percent of NPS guides and emails that users respond to in the last 30 days.

Best-in-class products have a nps response rate of 25.0 %

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Product engagement score

Product engagement score

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A composite score measuring overall product health and user engagement

Product Engagement Score (PES) combines adoption, stickiness, and growth metrics into a single score from 0-100.

Best-in-class products have a pes of 47

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Download the Mind the Product benchmarks report to get the key findings from our 2024 analysis and understand where your business stands in the competitive landscape.

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