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Free YoY Growth Calculator

Calculate your year-over-year growth rate for revenue, subscribers, users, or any metric. Compare against industry benchmarks, track multi-year trends, and get CAGR calculations — all in one tool.

Year-over-Year Growth Calculator

Calculate your YoY growth rate, compare against industry benchmarks, and track multi-year trends

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Understanding YoY Growth

  • YoY Growth Rate compares a metric in one period to the same period in the previous year, eliminating seasonal bias
  • CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) shows the smoothed annual growth over multiple years — useful for investment decisions
  • Doubling Time tells you how many years until your metric doubles at the current growth rate (Rule of 72)
  • YoY is preferred over MoM for strategic decisions because it accounts for seasonality (holiday spikes, summer dips, etc.)
  • Compare your growth rate to industry benchmarks, but remember — your stage matters. Early-stage companies should grow much faster than mature ones

About this tool

Year-over-year (YoY) growth is the single most important metric for measuring business momentum. Unlike month-over-month comparisons, YoY growth eliminates seasonal bias — so a holiday spike in December doesn't make your numbers look artificially good compared to November.

Our YoY calculator goes beyond a simple percentage. It gives you industry-specific benchmarks so you know if your 25% growth is "good" or "meh" for your space. It calculates your doubling time (how long until you 2x at this pace), and the multi-year mode gives you CAGR — the number investors and analysts care about most.

For email marketers, tracking YoY subscriber growth and engagement rates is crucial. If your list growth rate is strong but your open rates are declining year-over-year, you might be adding low-quality subscribers. Pair this with our churn rate calculator to get the full picture of your growth health.

If you're tracking monthly trends instead, check out our month-over-month growth calculator for shorter-term analysis.

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