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Intermediate ~12 hours

Cohort Retention Analysis

Build a cohort retention analysis on a real (or simulated) SaaS or consumer dataset — uncover the actual shape of retention.

SQLPython (pandas) OR Tableau / Power BI

About this project

Cohort retention is one of the most-asked analyses in product / SaaS roles. This project teaches the methodology: cohort definition (signup vs purchase vs first-value), period granularity (day / week / month), and the visualization (heatmap vs survival curves). Use a public dataset or simulate one with realistic decay.

Why build this in 2026?

Retention work is one of the most-protected data analyst skills — judgement-heavy and AI-resistant.

What you'll ship

  • Cohort heatmap
Survival-curve chart
Writeup explaining cohort definition + findings
Code in GitHub

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Skills you'll practice

sqldata analysisdata visualization