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How to Use Statistics

Track your ChatBlue earnings, revenue trends, chatter performance, and fan spending. Includes the Statistics Dashboard, KPI Report, Chat Analytics, and Fans sections.

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Statistics gives you a complete view of your ChatBlue performance across four sections: Statistics Dashboard, KPI Report, Chat Analytics, and Fans. Use these tools to track revenue, measure chatter performance, and understand your fan base.

Click Statistics in the left navigation menu to expand the sub-menu and select a section.

Statistics Dashboard

The main Statistics Dashboard is the landing page when you click Statistics. It provides a comprehensive overview of your account performance with charts, breakdowns, and trends.

Summary Bar

At the top of the page, a summary bar displays three key figures:

  • Total Earnings - Combined revenue across all sources

  • Purchase Count - Total number of purchases

  • Average Purchase - Average value per purchase

Earning Metrics

Below the summary bar, four metric cards show key performance indicators. By default these are:

  • All Earnings - Total revenue from all sources

  • MRR - Monthly Recurring Revenue

  • Monthly Active Fans - Number of fans active in the current month

  • ARPF - Average Revenue Per Fan

Each card shows the current value, a percentage change from the previous period, and an information icon with a description of the metric. Click on a card to view it as an interactive line chart below, comparing the current and previous periods.

You can swap out any metric card by clicking on it and selecting a different metric from the dropdown.

Top Fans

A widget on the right side shows your top-spending fans with their name, purchase count, and total spend. Click on a fan to view their profile, or click "View Fans →" to go to the full Fans section.

Earning Types

A line chart showing your revenue broken down by source over time:

  • Tips

  • Content Unlock

  • Number Unlock

Earning Types Overview

A donut chart showing the overall distribution of your earnings across Tips, Content Unlock, and Number Unlock, with totals for each category.

Rolling Monthly Run Rates

Three run rate metrics are displayed together on a comparison chart:

  • 1-Day Rate - Annualized run rate based on the last 24 hours

  • 7-Day Rate - Annualized run rate based on the last 7 days

  • 30-Day Rate - Annualized run rate based on the last 30 days

This helps you compare short-term momentum against longer-term trends.

Best Day

A bar chart showing which day of the week generates the most revenue. Use this to identify your highest-performing days.

Best Hour

A bar chart showing which hour of the day generates the most revenue. Use this to identify optimal times for engagement.

Day/Hour Earnings Heatmap

A 2D heatmap showing earnings by day of the week and hour of the day. Darker cells represent higher earnings, helping you pinpoint your peak earning windows at a glance.

Fan Cohort Retention

A retention table that tracks how fans continue to make purchases over time after their first transaction. Each row represents a cohort of fans who first purchased in the same period, and the columns show what percentage made repeat purchases in subsequent periods.

Toggle between Weekly and Monthly granularity to view retention at different time scales.

KPI Report

The KPI Report provides a high-level overview of your account performance with key revenue and engagement metrics.

Available Metrics

  • All Earnings - Total revenue from all sources

  • Tips - Revenue from fan tips

  • Unlocks $ - Revenue from content unlocks

  • New Subs - Number of phone number unlocks (new fans)

  • New Subs $ - Revenue from new subscriptions

  • Chat AFV - Chat Average Fan Value (tips + message earnings / unique fans who tipped or purchased)

  • AFV - Overall Average Fan Value (total earnings / unique fans who made a purchase)

  • Conversations - Total conversation count

  • Active Conversations - Number of active conversations

  • Unique Fans - Count of unique fans

  • Total Transactions - Number of all transactions

  • Avg Transaction - Average value per transaction

Each metric shows the current period value alongside a previous period comparison with a percentage change indicator (green for increases, red for decreases).

Filters

  • Date Range - Last 24 hours, Last 48 hours, Last week, Last month, or Custom range

  • Accounts -Toggle which accounts to include in the report

  • Revenue Type - Switch between Gross Revenue and Net Revenue

Exporting

Click Export CSV to download the report with all metrics and comparison data.

Chat Analytics

Chat Analytics focuses on messaging performance and lets you track individual chatter productivity.

Chat Performance Metrics

View key chat metrics over time with interactive line charts:

  • Chat Earnings - Revenue generated from chat activity

  • Monthly Chat Earnings - Monthly revenue trend

  • Monthly Chatting Fans - Number of fans actively chatting per month

  • Chat AFV - Average value per chatting fan

Each metric shows the current value, previous period value, and percentage change. The chart adjusts granularity (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly) based on your selected time range. You can swap metrics by clicking on a card and selecting a different metric from the dropdown.

Chatter Comparison

Compare up to 3 chatters side-by-side on key metrics:

  • Employee Sales

  • All Messages Count

  • All PPVs Count

  • Unlocked PPVs Count

  • Tips Count

  • Fans Count

  • Word Count

  • Golden Ratio - PPVs sent / Messages sent (measures PPV frequency)

  • Unlock Ratio - Unlocked PPVs / Total PPVs sent (measures PPV effectiveness)

Select chatters from the dropdown and choose a metric to visualize the comparison on a multi-line chart.

Chatter Performance Report

A detailed table showing per-chatter metrics:

  • Hours Worked, Messages Sent, Messages per Hour

  • All Earnings, Chat AFV, Earnings per Hour, Earnings per Message

  • Fans per Hour, Messages per Fan

  • PPVs (revenue), PPVs Count, Unlocked PPVs Count

  • Golden Ratio (%), Unlock Ratio (%)

  • Tips (revenue), Tips Count

The top row shows aggregated totals across all chatters. All columns are sortable, and you can search by chatter name or email.

Click Export CSV to download the full chatter report.

Fans

The Fans section shows individual fan-level spending data, helping you identify your top spenders and most engaged fans.

Fan Metrics

Each fan displays:

  • Fan Name - Username or display name

  • Total Spend - How much the fan has spent overall

  • Purchases Count - Total number of transactions

  • Avg. Purchase - Average transaction value

  • Avg. Weekly Spend - Average weekly spending (shown after 7+ days of activity)

  • Last Purchase - How long ago the fan last spent (e.g., "3 days ago")

Sorting

Click any column header to sort. Default sorting is by Total Spend (highest first). Toggle between ascending and descending order.

Filtering Fans

Expand the filter panel to narrow down your fan list:

  • Total Spend - Any, >$50, >$100, >$250, >$500, >$1000, or Custom range

  • Purchases Count - Any, >5, >25, >50, >100, >250, or Custom range

  • Avg. Purchase - Any, >$5, >$10, >$15, >$20, >$30, >$40, >$50, or Custom range

  • Avg. Weekly Spend - Any, >$25, >$50, >$75, >$100, or Custom range

  • Last Purchase - Any Time, <3 Days, <7 Days, <30 Days, <3 Months, <6 Months

  • Fan Lists - Filter by specific fan lists

  • Search - Find a fan by name

Click Apply to apply custom filters, or Reset Filters to clear all.

Fan Actions

Click on any fan in the list to:

  • Open their conversation in Messages

  • View Fan Info in the sidebar with full details and spending summary

  • Add to a Fan List for future targeting

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