In the first 90 days, creators should focus on directional metrics, not deep analytics. The essentials are:
- Email signup rate — Are people opting into hearing from you again?
- Return visitor percentage — Are people coming back?
- Content resonance signals — Replies, comments, shares, link clicks.
- Audience growth velocity — Not the size of your list, but the trendline.
- Time-to-value — Do subscribers engage within the first few days?
These metrics answer two questions: Is your message reaching people? and Do they care enough to return? Early analytics should guide experimentation, not perfection. High precision comes later once you have enough volume to detect real patterns.