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🔥 Tier 1 - Must KnowID: viralCoefficientKFactor

Viral Coefficient / K-Factor

The average number of new users generated by each existing active user

In Simple Words (Zero Jargon):

How many new friends one user invites to your app on average. If $K > 1.0$, your app grows virally on its own without paid ads.

Official Mathematical Equation
K-Factor = (Number of Invites Sent per User) × (Conversion Rate of Those Invites)

Why It Is Critical

Even if $K = 0.4$, every 100 paid users bring in 40 free users, dropping your blended CAC by almost 30%.

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