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Growth funnels, loops & lifecycle · Working

Viral coefficient

Also called: K-factor, viral factor

ELI5

Average number of additional users generated by each existing user under a stated method.

Used in conversation

“The growth review needs to show the trade-off behind viral coefficient.”

Pitch context

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Sources & evidence · 10

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.