# What are Engagement Metrics? Definition and Related Resources | Amplitude

Engagement metrics track user interactions—like session frequency and feature use—to measure product stickiness, content value, and campaign impact.

Source: https://amplitude.com/en-us/glossary/terms/engagement-metrics

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# Glossary

Learn about analytics, product, and technical terms and get their definitions in our Glossary.

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Explore our Glossary of common terms in the analytics, product, and growth space. Learn their definitions and view examples.

### A

- [Abandonment rate](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/abandonment-rate)
- [A/B testing](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/ab-testing)
- [Activation rate](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/activation-rate)
- [Active user growth](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/active-user-growth)
- [Ad hoc analysis](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/ad-hoc-analysis)
- [Adoption rate](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/adoption-rate)
- [Analytics](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/analytics)
- [Anomaly detection](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/anomaly-detection)
- [Application programming interfaces](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/application-programming-interfaces)
- [App metrics](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/app-metrics)
- [Attribution modeling](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/attribution-modeling)
- [Audience segmentation](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/audience-segmentation)
- [Average order value (AOV)](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/average-order-value)
- [Average revenue per user](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/average-revenue-per-user)

### B

- [Behavioral analytics](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/behavioral-analytics)
- [Behavioral cohorting](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/behavioral-cohorting)
- [Benchmarking](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/benchmarking)
- [Bounce rate](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/bounce-rate)
- [Button click](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/button-click)

### C

- [Cart abandonment](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/cart-abandonment)
- [Causality analysis](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/causality-analysis)
- [Channel attribution](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/channel-attribution)
- [Churn](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/churn)
- [Churn analysis](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/churn-analysis)
- [Churn prediction](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/churn-prediction)
- [Churn rate](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/churn-rate)
- [Clickstream data](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/clickstream-data)
- [Click-through rate](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/click-through-rate)
- [Cluster analysis](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/cluster-analysis)
- [Cohort retention](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/cohort-retention)
- [Compound annual growth rate](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/compound-annual-growth-rate)
- [Conversions](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/conversions)
- [Conversion attribution](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/conversion-attribution)
- [Conversion funnel](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/conversion-funnel)
- [Conversion rate](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/conversion-rate)
- [Correlation coefficient](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/correlation-coefficient)
- [Cost per acquisition](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/cost-per-acquisition)
- [Customer acquisition cost](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/customer-acquisition-cost)
- [Customer experience (CX)](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/customer-experience-cx)
- [Customer journey mapping](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/customer-journey-mapping)
- [Customer lifetime value (CLV)](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/customer-lifetime-value)
- [Customer retention rate](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/customer-retention-rate)

### D

- [Daily active users (DAU)](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/daily-active-users)
- [Data cleansing](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/data-cleansing)
- [Data enrichment](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/data-enrichment)
- [Data integration](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/data-integration)
- [Data mining](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/data-mining)
- [Data normalization](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/data-normalization)
- [Data pipeline](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/data-pipeline)
- [Data sampling](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/data-sampling)
- [Data scrubbing](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/data-scrubbing)
- [Data transformation](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/data-transformation)
- [Data visualization](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/data-visualization)
- [Deep linking](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/deep-linking)
- [Descriptive analytics](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/descriptive-analytics)
- [Diagnostic analytics](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/diagnostic-analytics)
- [Drill-down analysis](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/drill-down-analysis)
- [Drop-off rate](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/drop-off-rate)
- [Dynamic segmentation](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/dynamic-segmentation)

### E

- [Engagement metrics](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/engagement-metrics)
- [Event segmentation](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/event-segmentation)
- [Event taxonomy](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/event-taxonomy)
- [Experiment design](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/experiment-design)
- [Exploratory data analysis](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/exploratory-data-analysis)
- [Experimentation](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/experimentation)

### F

- [Feature adoption](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/feature-adoption)
- [Feature usage](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/feature-usage)
- [File download](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/file-download)
- [Forecasting](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/forecasting)
- [Form submitted](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/form-submitted)
- [Funnel analysis](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/funnel-analysis)
- [Funnel drop-off](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/funnel-drop-off)

### G

- [Go to market (GTM) strategy](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/go-to-market-strategy)

### H

- [Heuristic analysis](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/heuristic-analysis)
- [Hypothesis testing](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/hypothesis-testing)

### I

- [In-app messaging](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/in-app-messaging)

### K

- [Key driver analysis](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/key-driver-analysis)
- [K-means clustering](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/k-means-clustering)

### L

- [Lagging indicators](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/lagging-indicators)
- [Leading indicators](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/leading-indicators)
- [Lifecycle analysis](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/lifecycle-analysis)
- [Lifetime value](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/lifetime-value)
- [Link clicks](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/link-clicks)
- [Log-level data](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/log-level-data)

### M

- [Market basket analysis](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/market-basket-analysis)
- [Marketing qualified lead (MQL)](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/marketing-qualified-lead-mql)
- [Mean absolute error](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/mean-absolute-error)
- [Mobile analytics](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/mobile-analytics)
- [Monte carlo simulation](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/monte-carlo-simulation)
- [Monthly active users (MAU)](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/monthly-active-users)
- [Multichannel attribution](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/multichannel-attribution)
- [Multivariate analysis](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/multivariate-analysis)

### N

- [Navigation click](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/navigation-click)
- [Net promoter score](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/net-promoter-score)
- [Net retention rate](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/net-retention-rate)

### O

- [Onboarding](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/onboarding)
- [Operating expenses](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/operating-expenses)
- [Outlier detection](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/outlier-detection)

### P

- [Page view](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/page-view)
- [Path analysis](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/path-analysis)
- [Predictive analysis](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/predictive-analysis)
- [Predictive analytics](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/predictive-analytics)
- [Predictive modeling](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/predictive-modeling)
- [Prescriptive analytics](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/prescriptive-analytics)
- [Product analytics](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/product-analytics)
- [Product features](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/product-features)
- [Product led growth (PLG)](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/product-led-growth-plg)
- [Product management](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/product-management)
- [Product roadmap](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/product-roadmap)
- [Product strategy](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/product-strategy)

### Q

- [Qualitative data](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/qualitative-data)

### R

- [Real-time analytics](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/real-time-analytics)
- [Regression analysis](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/regression-analysis)
- [Retention analysis](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/retention-analysis)
- [Retention curves](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/retention-curves)
- [Retention rate](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/retention-rate)
- [Return on ad spend (ROAS)](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/return-on-ad-spend)
- [Revenue attribution](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/revenue-attribution)
- [Root cause analysis](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/root-cause-analysis)

### S

- [Sales qualified lead (SQL)](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/sales-qualified-lead-sql)
- [Sentiment analysis](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/sentiment-analysis)
- [Session duration](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/session-duration)
- [Sessions](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/sessions)
- [SQL querying](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/sql-querying)
- [Statistical significance](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/statistical-significance)
- [Survival analysis](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/survival-analysis)
- [SWOT analysis](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/swot-analysis)

### T

- [Tag management](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/tag-management)
- [Time series analysis](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/time-series-analysis)
- [Time to value](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/time-to-value)
- [Traffic sources](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/traffic-sources)
- [Trigger-based messaging](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/trigger-based-messaging)

### U

- [Universally unique identifier (UUID)](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/universally-unique-identifier-uuid)
- [User behavior analytics](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/user-behavior-analytics)
- [User engagement](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/user-engagement)
- [User feedback loop](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/user-feedback-loop)
- [User flows](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/user-flows)
- [User ID](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/user-id)
- [User onboarding](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/user-onboarding)
- [User persona](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/user-persona)
- [User properties](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/user-properties)
- [User segmentation](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/user-segmentation)
- [User stories](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/user-stories)

### V

- [Variance analysis](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/variance-analysis)

### W

- [Website analytics](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/website-analytics)
- [Weekly active users (WAU)](https://amplitude.com/glossary/terms/weekly-active-users)
