What Meetups Tell Us About America
As a on-again&#x2F;off-again user of Meetup, I&#x27;ve always been interested in a couple things.<p>One, what % of meetups survive the first year?<p>Second, what % of users rarely go to the same meetup group more than once or twice but remain subscribed?<p>I&#x27;ve seen Meetups with hundreds of members shut down because of a lack of participation within the group. And I&#x27;ve seen some really cool Meetups just sadly fail to gain momentum after getting the first batch of participants. I wonder what the science is behind creating a successful, sustainable meetup.<p>I&#x27;m also subscribed to Meetup groups which I haven&#x27;t attended for a long time and I&#x27;m just too lazy to unsubscribe to them. Or maybe I&#x27;m wistfully hoping that they&#x27;ll interest me again. Surely I&#x27;m not the only one?<p>On a side note, one of the rarest pairings in America are Asian Men with Black Women. As an Asian man, it sort of touches my heart that Chicago specifically has a Meetup group that encourages Black women and Asian men to meetup with one another (Asian Men and Black Women Persuasion).