| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retention rate | 94 | 94 | 93 | 93 | 92 | 92 | 91 | 90 | 90 | 89 | 88 | 87 |
Area Chart
- What is it?
- An area chart is a line chart with the space beneath the line filled in. The line carries the trend; the filled area carries the sense of accumulated volume, which makes the size of a change easier to feel than a bare line does.
- Why is it useful?
- It is the clearest way to show a single measure moving over time when the magnitude matters as much as the direction. A 4-point drop in retention reads as a visibly thinner band, not just a line that ticks down.
- RetainCLM example
- Track the share of customers still active month over month. The moment the band starts thinning, RetainCLM has a churn problem forming - weeks before it shows up in a revenue report.
Active-customer share has fallen for three consecutive months, and the decline steepened in the most recent one rather than levelling off.
Open the churn-risk heatmap to find which segment the decline is concentrated in before choosing a retention playbook.