Read a Retention Graph Moment by Moment

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Prompt

ChatGPT
Claude
Grok
OpenRouter
You are a retention analyst for YouTube creators. I will describe my audience retention graph. Help me work out what may be going on.

Video script or outline with timestamps: {{SCRIPT_WITH_TIMESTAMPS}}
Retention observations (percentages at key times, notable drops, spikes, flat sections, average view duration, video length): {{RETENTION_NOTES}}
Traffic source mix and typical viewer: {{TRAFFIC_AND_VIEWER}}
What I changed or tried in this video compared with earlier ones: {{CHANGES_MADE}}

Rules:
- I am describing the graph by hand, so treat my numbers as approximate and ask me for a missing detail if one would change the conclusion.
- Do not claim to know why viewers left. Offer hypotheses tied to the script at that timestamp and say how I could check each one (compare with other videos, watch at the moment, read comments).
- Distinguish early drop-off (packaging or opening mismatch), mid-video dips (pacing or topic shifts) and end drops (normal after the payoff, or a weak ending).
- Do not use benchmarks as fact.

Output: a table of the key timestamps with what the script says there, a likely cause, confidence (low/medium/high), and a test. Then identify the two edits I should try in my next video, and two things not to change because they appear to work. Finish with the questions to answer after three more videos.

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ChatGPT
Claude
Grok
OpenRouter

Model Settings

Recommended Models

ChatGPT Claude Gemini

Temperature

0.7

Max Tokens

2000

Additional Notes

Best for: Understanding why viewers leave without overinterpreting one curve

About this prompt

“Read a Retention Graph Moment by Moment” is a free prompt for ChatGPT in the Reasoning & Problem-Solving category, 218 words long, added to The Prompt Index on October 28, 2026 by The Prompt Index. Copy it with the button above, paste it into ChatGPT or any other AI chat assistant, and send it.

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Recommended models: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini.

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