Real Growth Metrics

Membership Growth Simulator

Realistic projections for subscription businesses. Adjust growth, churn, and pricing to see real outcomes.

Need a refresher on the terminology? Open the glossary.

Your current paying members or subscribers.

Why it matters: Defines the base you are defending-every churn or acquisition percentage references this starting point.

Why it matters: ARPU/ARPPU determines how much every retained customer contributes to MRR, so small tweaks create large deltas.

Average new signups you expect each month.

Why it matters: Rolls in CAC, campaigns, and referrals-if this dips, you immediately feel it in net growth.

Percent of members who cancel each month.

Why it matters: Retention is the most compounding lever; reducing churn lowers the acquisition treadmill.

Why it matters: Defines how long the math compounds before we summarize totals, helping you compare quarters vs. years.

Reality check: growth

Aggressive growth (8.0% per month). Hard but achievable.

Reality check: churn

Typical churn range for subscription businesses.

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Real scenarios you can load

Use these presets as conversation starters with your team.

$50k MRR SaaS

1,400 members paying $36 with 4% churn and ~90 steady new signups.

Paid community reset

650 members at $28 ARPU, dialing churn down from 7% to 5.5%.

Enterprise cohort launch

200 founding members paying $120 with ambitious acquisition goals.

Recommended reading

These guides and analyses help explain what the simulator is showing and how to think about sustainable growth.

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