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Every metric available in Reporting, grouped by what it measures. Use this page to pick the right metric for a tile, or to check what a number actually means.

Metrics that matter most

If you only watch a handful, watch these:
AudienceMetrics to lead with
Marketing leadNew Customers, New Customer Revenue, Share Rate
CRM opsEnrolment Rate, Share Rate, Purchase Rate, Overall Conversion Rate
Exec / stakeholderTotal Referral Revenue, New Customer AOV vs Non-Referred Customer AOV
Everything else helps you investigate when one of these moves.
Unit is count, currency, percentage, or rate. Metrics with different units cannot be charted together on the same tile.Market filter says whether the metric respects the dashboard’s market filter. Metrics that do not support it are business-wide and ignore the filter.Industry benchmark says whether you can compare the metric against the Mention Me industry average. Only available to brands in benchmarked categories.

Acquisition

The top of the referral funnel. Who is enrolling, being referred, and converting into new customers. Watch this category for early-warning signs: if these numbers shrink, everything downstream will too.

Customers Enrolled

Tells you how many customers are entering the programme at all. A dip here shrinks everything downstream. Technical: customers who enrolled into the referral programme. Unit: count. Market filter: yes. Industry benchmark: no.

Actively Enrolled

Tells you how many enrolled customers explicitly opted in, so they can be actively communicated with. Technical: customers who actively opted in to the referral programme. Unit: count. Market filter: yes. Industry benchmark: no.

Incented Friends

Tells you how many potential new customers are currently “in flight” with an incentive to purchase. Technical: potential referees who have been incented to purchase. Unit: count. Market filter: yes. Industry benchmark: no.

New Customers

The headline acquisition number. Referees who completed a first purchase. Technical: new referred customers who made a purchase. Unit: count. Market filter: yes. Industry benchmark: no.

Confirmed Purchases

Broader than New Customers: includes referees who signed up or purchased, whether or not it was a first order. Technical: referees who have signed up or purchased. Unit: count. Market filter: yes. Industry benchmark: no.

Rewarded Referrers

How many of your existing customers became active advocates by earning a reward. Technical: referrers who were given a reward. Unit: count. Market filter: yes. Industry benchmark: no.

Revenue

The commercial outcome of the programme. The category exec audiences lead with.

Total Referral Revenue

Headline revenue metric. Combines new customer spend and referrer spend after being rewarded. Technical: combined revenue from referred customers and rewarded referrers. Unit: currency. Market filter: yes. Industry benchmark: no.

New Customer Revenue

Revenue from referees’ first orders. Use as the baseline commercial impact of referral. Technical: total spent by new customers on their first orders. Unit: currency. Market filter: yes. Industry benchmark: no.

New Customer AOV

Average spend per first order from a new referred customer. Compare with Non-Referred Customer AOV to test the “referred customers spend more” story. Technical: average amount spent by new customers on first orders. Unit: currency. Market filter: yes. Industry benchmark: no.

New Customer Subsequent Revenue

Revenue from referred customers beyond their first order. A signal of retention and lifetime value. Technical: total spent by new customers on their 2nd and subsequent orders. Unit: currency. Market filter: yes. Industry benchmark: no.

Rewarded Referrer Revenue

Revenue from referrers who went on to purchase shortly after earning a reward. Technical: revenue from referrers who purchased within 45 days of being rewarded. Unit: currency. Market filter: yes. Industry benchmark: no.

Engagement

How often the programme is seen and acted on. Useful for diagnosing why other numbers move; less useful as headline metrics on their own.

Impressions

Every time the referral offer was displayed. If this is low, fix placement or visibility first. Technical: number of times an offer was displayed. Unit: count. Market filter: yes. Industry benchmark: no.

Unique Impressions

Distinct customers who saw the offer. Lower than Impressions because repeat views collapse. Technical: unique customers who saw an offer. Unit: count. Market filter: yes. Industry benchmark: no.

Shares

Total shares sent by customers (one customer can send many). Technical: total shares made by customers. Unit: count. Market filter: yes. Industry benchmark: no.

Sharers

The count of customers behind the Shares number. If Shares is growing faster than Sharers, existing sharers are becoming more active. Technical: customers who shared the offer with friends. Unit: count. Market filter: yes. Industry benchmark: no.

Share Responses

The first external signal of traction: clicks or responses from the recipients of shares. Technical: clicks or responses to a share. Unit: count. Market filter: yes. Industry benchmark: no.

Conversion

The efficiency of each funnel step. Where you focus when volume is fine but outcomes aren’t.

Enrolment Rate

Of everyone who sees the offer, how many enrol. A low rate points at the offer itself, not the placement. Technical: enrolled customers as a percentage of offer impressions. Unit: percentage. Market filter: yes. Industry benchmark: yes.

Share Rate

Of enrolled customers, how many actually share. Low means the call to share is weak. Technical: rate at which enrolled customers share with friends. Unit: percentage. Market filter: yes. Industry benchmark: yes.

Click-Through Rate

The response-to-share ratio at the click step. Technical: rate of customers clicking through the offer. Unit: percentage. Market filter: yes. Industry benchmark: no.

Purchase Rate

Of referees who reach the offer, how many buy. Low means the incentive is off, or the purchase journey is broken. Technical: rate at which referred customers make a purchase. Unit: percentage. Market filter: yes. Industry benchmark: yes.

Overall Conversion Rate

End-to-end: enrolled customers who eventually become new customers. Technical: new customers as a percentage of enrolled customers. Unit: percentage. Market filter: yes. Industry benchmark: no.

Ratios

Per-something averages. Useful for programme-quality comparisons over time and the metrics most likely to be benchmark-eligible against industry.

Impressions per Order

How often the offer is seen per order placed business-wide. A proxy for programme visibility relative to order volume. Technical: number of times the referral offer was shown per order placed. Unit: rate. Market filter: yes. Industry benchmark: yes.

Shares per Sharer

Average shares per active sharer. A motivation signal. Technical: average number of shares made per sharing customer. Unit: rate. Market filter: yes. Industry benchmark: yes.

Responses per Share

Average responses per share. Reflects content quality and channel fit. Technical: average number of responses received per share. Unit: rate. Market filter: yes. Industry benchmark: yes.

Incented Friends per Share Response

How many share responses convert into friends who have been incented to buy. Technical: friends incented to purchase for each share response received. Unit: rate. Market filter: yes. Industry benchmark: yes.

Purchases per Incented Friend

Of friends who have been incented, how many actually buy. The incentive-to-purchase conversion. Technical: referred purchases made for each friend who was incented. Measures incentive-to-purchase conversion. Unit: rate. Market filter: yes. Industry benchmark: yes.

Whole Business

Numbers from your whole business, not just the referral programme. Useful as denominators and as a counterweight to the referral-only view.

Total Orders

All orders placed across the business, not just referred ones. Use as the denominator when calculating programme penetration. Technical: all orders placed by customers across the business. Unit: count. Market filter: no. Industry benchmark: no.

Non-Referred Customer Revenue

Revenue from customers acquired outside the referral programme. The control group for Total Referral Revenue. Technical: revenue from customers not acquired through referral. Unit: currency. Market filter: yes. Industry benchmark: no.

Non-Referred Customer AOV

Average order value for non-referred customers. Compare to New Customer AOV to check whether referred customers are higher-value. Technical: average order value for non-referred customers. Unit: currency. Market filter: yes. Industry benchmark: no.

Benchmark-eligible metrics

Eight metrics can be compared to the industry average, when your category has benchmark data available:
  • Enrolment Rate
  • Share Rate
  • Purchase Rate
  • Impressions per Order
  • Shares per Sharer
  • Responses per Share
  • Incented Friends per Share Response
  • Purchases per Incented Friend
See comparisons for how to turn on the industry benchmark on a tile.

Where to focus

Impressions and Shares move when you put the offer in more places. Purchase Rate, New Customer Revenue, and the funnel ratios are what tell you whether the programme is working.
Last modified on April 27, 2026