What’s the most overrated metric in marketing right now?
Feels like every era of marketing becomes obsessed with one number: A few years ago it was follower growth. Then engagement rate. Then ROAS.
Now depending on where you work, it’s CAC, retention, incrementality, view through attribution, etc. Sometimes teams become so focused on optimizing one metric that they lose sight of actual business impact.
Posted May 7, 2026, 12:36 PM UTC
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