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52%
52% -- consumers canceling due to lack of use for Consumers (2026)
52% of consumers canceled at least one subscription in the past year due to lack of use according to Recurly's 2026 State of Subscriptions report.
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2026
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75
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Methodology
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95
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Recurly
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https://www.darkroomagency.com/observatory/subscription-churn ↗
Source Article
Subscription Churn: Causes, Benchmarks & Fixes | Darkroom
RETENTION MARKETING
Subscription Churn: Why Subscribers Cancel and How to Stop It
Written by Darkroom leardership
July 29, 2026
Subscription churn is the rate at which subscribers cancel or lapse from a recurring product or membership, measured monthly as lost subscribers divided by the starting num…
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Recurly 2026 State of Subscriptions consumer survey
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Consumers: 52% consumers canceling due to lack of use. Source: Recurly (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/recurly-cancel-lack-of-use
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/recurly-cancel-lack-of-use" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>52%</strong> -- consumers canceling due to lack of use for Consumers<br><small>Source: Recurly (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/recurly-cancel-lack-of-use" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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