Malling: Real-time fractional shares drove 60% to 70% DAU/MAU on Public
Jannick Malling · He took on Robinhood & built Public.com into a $1B company with $440M raised. | Jannick Malling, ... · PMF Show · May 12, 2025 · at 21:01
Public.com co-founder Jannick Malling discusses the engagement spike following Public's rollout of real-time fractional share trading.
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“That is really what kind of clicked with people. That's when you start to see, you know, daily active usage that was like 60, 70% on the down mile ratio basis, right? And super, super high retention, super high engagement”
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