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Involuntary Churn Rate

The percentage of churned revenue caused by failed payments rather than an active decision to cancel.

Formula

MRR lost to failed payments / Total churned MRR x 100

How to measure

Tag every churn event by cause, distinguishing failed-payment cancellations from active cancellations, then calculate the failed-payment share.

Why track it

Involuntary churn is usually the cheapest churn to recover through better dunning and card-update flows, since it requires no product changes.

Example

A company finds 35% of its total churned MRR came from failed payments rather than active cancellations.

Involuntary Churn Rate — Growth metric · Cofounderbase