Growth

Wordle’s virality is engineered:

First, the app doesn’t have any barrier to entry. You simply go to the web page and can immediately play. No need to sign-up.

Second, the game is easy to pick up. It has a minimal set of rules.

Third, users get a quick feedback loop. You try one word and immediately know if you’re on or off track. The whole game might... See more

Positive-value cohorts hint at hidden value waiting to be amplified: Usually rests in a small set of high-value customers. e.g. high price point, high retention. How can you delight them and improve their value further? Is there a new set of features or positioning to attract more of these high-value customers? In the next step, we'll amplify the... See more

Streak Wager A/B Test

Our team wanted to make the streak even more motivating. We hypothesized that getting learners to explicitly challenge themselves to maintain a streak would make them more likely to work toward one. We ran an A/B test where we surfaced a “Streak Wager” store item at the end of a lesson and asked learners if they wanted to spend... See more

We had already built a small, passionate, paying customer base, but we found out the hard way that activation looks very different once you open the floodgates and allow anybody to signup.