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User Engagement, Speaking Verbosity & Retention Analysis

Active Users (Peak) 1,744 Weekly High (Apr)
Completed Conversations 142,398 Historical Total
Avg. Session Duration 2.11 min Median 1.21 min
Avg. Conversation Depth 15.5 turns 8.2 User / 7.3 AI

Weekly Traffic & Engagement

Active Users (left axis) vs. Total Completed Conversations (right axis) since Jan 2026

Conversation Durations

Comparing mean and median session duration weekly

Weekly User Engagement Metrics

Week Start Active Users Total Conversations Mean Duration Median Duration User Msg/Conv AI Msg/Conv User Words/Conv AI Words/Conv User-to-AI Ratio
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June 2026 Model Migration Insights

In mid-June, production migrated from gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview to gemini-3.1-flash-lite. The new model demonstrates a 90% spike in natural output verbosity under unchanged instruction guidelines, resulting in the AI dominating conversation speaking share.

Baseline Speaking Ratio 0.58x Prior model average
Migration Speaking Ratio 0.37x -36% decline (June 14)
Simple Question AI Length 29.9 words +90.4% from 15.7w
Onboarding AI Length 38.4 words Peak verbosity reached

Weekly Speaking Volume

Comparing average total words spoken per conversation by User vs. AI

User-to-AI Word Ratio Trend

User speaking volume divided by AI speaking volume (higher = more balanced)

Simple Question Template Spike

Model transition to gemini-3.1-flash-lite in week of June 14

Onboarding Template Spike

Model transition to gemini-3.1-flash-lite in week of June 7

Week 1 Retention (Avg) 9.5% App-wide baseline
Week 4 Retention (Avg) 1.5% App-wide baseline
Empty Onboarding Rate 38.9% 0 chatlines in first session
Google Ads Cohort Share 85.3% Paid campaign dominated

User Retention Decay

Percentage of returning users from Week 0 to Week 4

Engagement Depth Impact

Week 1 Retention (green) & User share (blue) by first session chatlines

Acquisition Channel Retention

Paid Google Ads CPC vs. Organic/Direct traffic retention

Retention Performance by First Conversation Roleplay Type

Starting Roleplay Cohort Size (Users) Week 1 Retention Week 2 Retention Week 4 Retention Retention Class