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Good question and good responses.   Layla, in terms of community growth I usually recommend that communities start by measuring seven things:

Posts

Page views

Registrations

Searches

Time to Response

Posts per Board

Top Posters

The goal is to cover the full spectrum of community usage.   Posts are obviously key — no content, no community — but since most community users never register and never post, you need passive metrics like page views and searches too.  (Per your list, sessions and…