Weekly

Post a weekly Kit growth report to Slack

Every Monday Slack shows new subscribers, unsubscribes, net growth and the list total.

Runs: Weekly
Apps: Kit
AI: Not needed
Access: read

Send this to your assistant

Create a ClickRuntime automation: every Monday at 9am, post a 5-line Kit report to #newsletter: new subscribers, unsubscribes and net growth for the last 7 days, plus total subscribers.

Paste it into your assistant. It tells you what it will send or change before it runs live.

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Why use it

Why teams use this automation

Newsletter growth is rarely a straight line, and a total subscriber count hides what is happening underneath. Fifty new subscribers and forty cancellations looks the same on the dashboard as ten and zero, yet one is a leaky bucket. Creators who only glance at the total at random moments miss the churn that tells them a recent issue or a change of topic upset readers.

Every week, ClickRuntime pulls growth stats from Kit for the last seven days: new subscribers, cancellations and net growth. It also fetches the current total, then posts one tidy summary to Slack. You get the same four numbers in the same format every week, so comparison takes seconds.

Newsletter operators who report to a partner, sponsor or editor can use the same Slack post as their weekly update.

What you get out of it

Churn becomes visible next to growth
Net growth of five could mean ten in and five out, or 500 in and 495 out. Seeing cancellations beside new subscribers shows whether a good week was healthy or merely replacing readers who left.
Content changes get a verdict
If you moved to a new format or started sending twice a week, the next report shows whether cancellations jumped. That is faster and more honest feedback than waiting for replies to arrive.
Sponsors get steady numbers
Sponsors ask about list size and trend. A weekly record of total subscribers and net growth gives you a quick, consistent answer, and it saves rebuilding figures from the dashboard each time you write a media kit.
A weekly habit replaces occasional checking
Looking at stats only when you feel anxious produces a distorted view. A scheduled summary at the same time each week sets a rhythm and leaves less room for panic or complacency.
The channel keeps a growth history
Because every report is posted to Slack, you end up with a dated log of totals. Scrolling up shows a year of weekly growth without exporting anything from Kit. It also makes year-on-year comparisons simple when someone asks.

How it works

What happens, step by step

Once a week, ClickRuntime fetches your Kit growth numbers for the last 7 days.
It picks out new subscribers, unsubscribes, net growth and your total subscriber count.
It posts the numbers to #newsletter in Slack as a short report.

Before it runs live

Connect Kit

What you get

RunsWeekly

Post a weekly Kit growth report to Slacktoday, 9:00Succeeded

Slack · #newsletterNew subscribers: 184 Unsubscribes: 21 Net growth: 163 Total subscribers: 12,940

Build your own

Need it to work differently?

This template is a starting point. Copy the prompt and change it, or describe a different automation from scratch, with your own conditions, more apps or an AI step. Your assistant writes it, tests it and runs it on ClickRuntime.

Your own rules
Conditions, thresholds, filters and exceptions, written the way you'd explain them to a colleague.
Any number of apps
One automation can read from one app and update several others. Over 248 apps are ready, and anything with an API works too.
AI where it helps
Summaries, classification, extraction and drafts use ClickRuntime's built-in AI, with no extra key.
On a schedule or on each event
Runs as often as every 5 minutes, or the moment an app sends an event, and keeps track of what it already handled.

Changes you can ask for

Run it at a different time, more or less often, or only on weekdays
Add an AI step, for example to summarize, sort or draft a reply
Add another app, for example also send it to Slack
Combine it with other Kit steps into one automation

Under the hood

The code that runs this automation

This is the Python script that runs each time the automation starts. Your AI assistant writes it for you when you send the prompt, and you allow each step in your assistant. To change how the automation works, describe the change to your assistant and it updates the script for you. For every function it can use, see the script reference.

weekly_growth_report_kit.pyexample

from datetime import date, timedelta
from clickruntime import on_trigger, credentials, notify, http

@on_trigger
def run(event):
    end = date.today() - timedelta(days=1)
    resp = http.get("https://api.kit.com/v4/account/growth_stats",
                    headers={"X-Kit-Api-Key": credentials.secret("KIT_API_KEY")},
                    params={"starting": (end - timedelta(days=6)).isoformat(), "ending": end.isoformat()})
    resp.raise_for_status()
    s = resp.json()["stats"]
    notify.slack(
        f"Kit, last 7 days\nNew subscribers: {s['new_subscribers']}\nUnsubscribes: {s['cancellations']}\n"
        f"Net growth: {s['net_new_subscribers']}\nTotal subscribers: {s['subscribers']}",
        channel="#newsletter",
    )
    return s

FAQ

Common questions

Which seven days does the report cover?

It looks at the last seven days ending when the report runs. If it runs on Monday morning, that is the previous Monday through Sunday. The numbers come from Kit's growth statistics, so they match what Kit shows for the same period.

What is the difference between net growth and total subscribers?

Net growth is new subscribers minus cancellations during the week, so it can be negative. The total is the number of active subscribers at the moment the report runs. The post shows both so one week's movement can be read against the overall list size.

Can the report go to a different Slack channel each week?

It posts to one channel you choose, such as a private one for you or a shared one for the team. Changing the channel later is a quick edit. Posting to several channels, for example a leadership channel and a sponsor channel, is also possible.

What permissions does it need?

read. Nothing else in your accounts is used.

Does it need AI?

No. It runs without AI, so it doesn't use your plan's AI allowance.

How many runs does it use?

One run each time it runs (weekly). Checks that find nothing to do and stop right away aren't counted.

Can I change how it works?

Yes. Describe the change to your AI assistant, for example a different schedule, channel or filter. It updates the automation, tests it and tells you what changed.

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