Know which stories keep readers — and which turn them into subscribers
Read-through rate, engagement and subscriptions per article and series, the search terms and AI assistants that send readers, and the AI crawlers that read without sending anyone back.
- Read-through and engagement
- Subscription funnel
- AI search and crawlers
Where content growth leaks
Page views say nothing about reading
A view counts the same whether someone read every line or bounced in four seconds.
AI search is changing traffic
Search clicks flatten while AI assistants cite your work. Few sites can see either side of that shift.
Readers rarely become subscribers
Without the path from first article to subscription, paywall changes are guesswork.
The numbers an editorial team uses
From the content & media template — per article, author, section and series.
Three questions editors answer here
Each one runs on the content & media template.
Which content keeps readers?
Read-through rate and time per article, by section, author and series — on human readers only, with crawlers removed.
- Read-through funnel per article
- Engagement per section and author
- Content decay alerts
- Subscriptions started from each article
| Page | Views | Entries | Exit rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| / | 41,200 | 28,310 | 38% |
| /pricing | 18,204 | 6,920 | 24% |
| /blog/ai-search | 12,930 | 10,880 | 71% |
| /docs/install | 8,410 | 3,020 | 19% |
| /404 | 1,126 | 1,126 | 64% |
What does AI search do to us?
Visitors from ChatGPT, Perplexity and other assistants as their own source, next to the AI crawlers reading your archive — and the ratio between them.
- AI referrals and landing articles
- Crawl volume per AI company
- robots.txt compliance
Which path leads to a subscription?
Journey maps and funnels from first article to subscription show which series and how many visits it takes.
- Subscription funnel
- Visits before subscribing
- Paid-content unlocks
What the content & media template sets up
Content, readers and engagement events, with funnels for reading and subscribing.
Events
12Funnels
3Goals & milestones
3Dashboards
2Install the template in one click from the console, then rename, add or remove anything.
Answer readers where they read
AskCub adds a light chat window for subscription and account questions, with an AI agent that answers from your help pages.
Content & media questions
Anything else — open the chat in the corner and ask.