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no it's not?
you can see the axes and op even mentions that it's a 5% drop
the graph is clearly just fitted to the data
I edited the title after their comment, it wasn't that clear at the beginning
In my classes on analytics, we were taught to prefer using normalised axes starting at 0 to more accurately put changes into perspective.
That's the problem. It's heavily skewed when compared to the greater overall engagement statistics.