## Metadata - Author: [[Timo Dechau]] - Full Title:: Why I Left Product Analytics: It's Not Dead but Sleeping, and Why It Is Important Where You Focus Your Impact - Category:: #🗞️Articles - URL:: https://timo.space/blog/why-i-left-product-analytics/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email - Read date:: [[2026-09-03]] ## Highlights > When you have a theater of opinions, hard numbers can calm the room down. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01m1hrbbsxy2nmsnks3r8p9rk3)) > the impact of all this was pure frustration. You set up analytics, define good events, and work on the first reports together. All great. But when you come back and check in for the impact of the data, there is nothing. Really nothing. I think I came across 1-2 setups that really impacted the product performance. A low rate of 3-6% of setups I worked on. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01m1hrcrf214zy2vwtpfvkahw6))