Retention insights to calculate metrics other than just retention rate
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Since Feb 3, 2026.
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Description
Feature request
Is your feature request related to a problem?
Retention insight/visualisation is useful lens to look at not just retention rate. The same visualisation/query structure should also support calculation of arbitrary metrics on an event/property.
Eventually when combined with data ware house support in retention insights, it will also enable users to calculate things like revenue retention.
Describe the solution you'd like
In the retention insight 'Advanced' options, expose ability to toggle between calculating the retention rate or any aggregation/calculation on property values (eventually even hogql expressions)
Describe alternatives you've considered
Just SQL which is very error prone/can't leverage the same visualisation
Additional context
https://posthog.slack.com/archives/C0862M4NJHG/p1769918816714519
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