Chapter IV · Harbor Almanac Intelligence
Plate 09 · Retention Soundings

Finding from quarterly tide readings

Readers do not churn; they drift below the tide line.

Engaged subscribers by weeks since last letter

Index at week 0 = 100 · paired cohort soundings

+18.6 retained at week 8
Subscriber engagement fades over eight weeks A line chart comparing the old cadence and the tide-letter cadence for retained engaged subscribers from week zero to week eight. 100 80 60 40 20 Tide-letter cadence Old dispatch 58.9 index 40.3 index Week 0 Week 2 Week 4 Week 6 Week 8 Moon marks denote newsletter arrivals; engagement counted as open, save, or paid share within seven days.
This is the Tide Table Almanac design system, applied by Curio Design — a design-style library for AI agents. Full Tide Table Almanac guide → designbycurio.com/learn/tide-table-almanac