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Reporting that finds the next question.

A character catalog is creative work. Understanding how that catalog changes is a reporting problem: define the population, preserve the dates, and ask what the numbers actually measure.

The question

What is growing, and compared with what?

Referral credits are our starting point. A bigger total can reflect more activity, a changing roster, or both. We follow the active catalog at each historical snapshot and keep the same-character weekly comparison clearly labeled.

67referral credits · active catalog · 30 Oct 2026
72active characters · 30 Oct 2026
522,783cumulative conversations · 30 Oct 2026
+10,484messages · 23–30 Oct · same 72 characters
Active catalog at each snapshot / 12 Jun–30 Oct 2026

Referral credits over time

67 recorded credits · active catalog · 30 Oct 2026

Referral credits over time, 12 June–30 October 202622 recorded snapshots of the active catalog at each date. Membership changes from 60 to 72 characters. 18 to 67 recorded referral credits (gift icon). The vertical axis starts at zero. Points are spaced by elapsed days; connecting lines do not add observations. Grandma Teamaker: feature began 24 August; off the main page by 7 September 2026. Exact rotation times unknown. 2026-06-12: 18 recorded referral credits (gift icon); 60 active characters2026-06-19: 20 recorded referral credits (gift icon); 60 active characters2026-06-26: 20 recorded referral credits (gift icon); 64 active characters2026-07-03: 21 recorded referral credits (gift icon); 67 active characters2026-07-10: 21 recorded referral credits (gift icon); 68 active characters2026-07-17: 22 recorded referral credits (gift icon); 68 active characters2026-07-24: 22 recorded referral credits (gift icon); 68 active characters2026-07-31: 23 recorded referral credits (gift icon); 68 active characters2026-08-07: 23 recorded referral credits (gift icon); 68 active characters2026-08-14: 24 recorded referral credits (gift icon); 72 active characters2026-08-21: 25 recorded referral credits (gift icon); 72 active characters2026-08-24: 26 recorded referral credits (gift icon); 72 active characters2026-08-28: 27 recorded referral credits (gift icon); 72 active characters2026-09-04: 41 recorded referral credits (gift icon); 72 active characters2026-09-11: 55 recorded referral credits (gift icon); 72 active characters2026-09-18: 57 recorded referral credits (gift icon); 72 active characters2026-09-25: 60 recorded referral credits (gift icon); 72 active characters2026-10-02: 63 recorded referral credits (gift icon); 72 active characters2026-10-10: 63 recorded referral credits (gift icon); 72 active characters2026-10-16: 66 recorded referral credits (gift icon); 72 active characters2026-10-23: 67 recorded referral credits (gift icon); 72 active characters2026-10-30: 67 recorded referral credits (gift icon); 72 active characters

22 snapshots · active membership 60 → 72

Grandma’s Kindroid feature began 24 Aug; she was off the main page by 7 Sep 2026. Shading marks these calendar dates; exact rotation times are unknown. Timing is context, without causal attribution.

Paid-referral attribution. Kindroid’s gift icon counts referral credits. Eligible credits follow a new user’s first paid subscription spend. We show recorded awards, without calculating dollar revenue or an overall conversion rate.

67 active-catalog credits; 76 across the tracked catalog. The broader ledger retains 9 credits with historical records. Those credits stay separate from this active-catalog chart.

Active catalog at each snapshot / 12 Jun–30 Oct 2026

Template creations over time

9,096 template creations · 30 Oct 2026

Template creations over time, 12 June–30 October 202622 recorded snapshots of the active catalog at each date. Membership changes from 60 to 72 characters. 4,290 to 9,096 template creations. The vertical axis runs from 4,000 to 10,000 (truncated scale). Points are spaced by elapsed days; connecting lines do not add observations. Grandma Teamaker: feature began 24 August; off the main page by 7 September 2026. Exact rotation times unknown. 2026-06-12: 4,290 template creations; 60 active characters2026-06-19: 4,435 template creations; 60 active characters2026-06-26: 4,526 template creations; 64 active characters2026-07-03: 4,688 template creations; 67 active characters2026-07-10: 4,851 template creations; 68 active characters2026-07-17: 4,979 template creations; 68 active characters2026-07-24: 5,099 template creations; 68 active characters2026-07-31: 5,215 template creations; 68 active characters2026-08-07: 5,326 template creations; 68 active characters2026-08-14: 5,483 template creations; 72 active characters2026-08-21: 5,585 template creations; 72 active characters2026-08-24: 5,683 template creations; 72 active characters2026-08-28: 6,009 template creations; 72 active characters2026-09-04: 7,491 template creations; 72 active characters2026-09-11: 8,467 template creations; 72 active characters2026-09-18: 8,547 template creations; 72 active characters2026-09-25: 8,641 template creations; 72 active characters2026-10-02: 8,725 template creations; 72 active characters2026-10-10: 8,816 template creations; 72 active characters2026-10-16: 8,896 template creations; 72 active characters2026-10-23: 8,985 template creations; 72 active characters2026-10-30: 9,096 template creations; 72 active characters

22 snapshots · active membership 60 → 72

Truncated scale: vertical axis starts at 4,000.

Grandma’s Kindroid feature began 24 Aug; she was off the main page by 7 Sep 2026. Shading marks these calendar dates; exact rotation times are unknown. Timing is context, without causal attribution.

Active catalog at each snapshot / 12 Jun–30 Oct 2026

Conversations over time

522,783 recorded messages · 30 Oct 2026

Conversations over time, 12 June–30 October 202622 recorded snapshots of the active catalog at each date. Membership changes from 60 to 72 characters. 299,324 to 522,783 messages. The vertical axis starts at zero. Points are spaced by elapsed days; connecting lines do not add observations. 2026-06-12: 299,324 messages; 60 active characters2026-06-19: 310,300 messages; 60 active characters2026-06-26: 320,598 messages; 64 active characters2026-07-03: 330,159 messages; 67 active characters2026-07-10: 340,408 messages; 68 active characters2026-07-17: 350,042 messages; 68 active characters2026-07-24: 361,696 messages; 68 active characters2026-07-31: 372,007 messages; 68 active characters2026-08-07: 383,073 messages; 68 active characters2026-08-14: 394,515 messages; 72 active characters2026-08-21: 404,508 messages; 72 active characters2026-08-24: 409,228 messages; 72 active characters2026-08-28: 418,001 messages; 72 active characters2026-09-04: 438,396 messages; 72 active characters2026-09-11: 455,095 messages; 72 active characters2026-09-18: 465,320 messages; 72 active characters2026-09-25: 475,251 messages; 72 active characters2026-10-02: 483,901 messages; 72 active characters2026-10-10: 494,024 messages; 72 active characters2026-10-16: 500,031 messages; 72 active characters2026-10-23: 512,299 messages; 72 active characters2026-10-30: 522,783 messages; 72 active characters

22 snapshots · active membership 60 → 72

Active catalog at each snapshot / 12 Jun–30 Oct 2026

Characters over time

60 active characters → 72 active characters

Characters over time, 12 June–30 October 202622 recorded snapshots of the active catalog at each date. Membership changes from 60 to 72 characters. 60 to 72 active characters. The vertical axis runs from 40 to 80 (truncated scale). Points are spaced by elapsed days; connecting lines do not add observations. 2026-06-12: 60 active characters; 60 active characters2026-06-19: 60 active characters; 60 active characters2026-06-26: 64 active characters; 64 active characters2026-07-03: 67 active characters; 67 active characters2026-07-10: 68 active characters; 68 active characters2026-07-17: 68 active characters; 68 active characters2026-07-24: 68 active characters; 68 active characters2026-07-31: 68 active characters; 68 active characters2026-08-07: 68 active characters; 68 active characters2026-08-14: 72 active characters; 72 active characters2026-08-21: 72 active characters; 72 active characters2026-08-24: 72 active characters; 72 active characters2026-08-28: 72 active characters; 72 active characters2026-09-04: 72 active characters; 72 active characters2026-09-11: 72 active characters; 72 active characters2026-09-18: 72 active characters; 72 active characters2026-09-25: 72 active characters; 72 active characters2026-10-02: 72 active characters; 72 active characters2026-10-10: 72 active characters; 72 active characters2026-10-16: 72 active characters; 72 active characters2026-10-23: 72 active characters; 72 active characters2026-10-30: 72 active characters; 72 active characters

22 snapshots · active membership 60 → 72

Truncated scale: vertical axis starts at 40.

Catalog / 30 Oct 2026

Generation mix

72 active characters · count by generation

  • Gen 11
  • Gen 24
  • Gen 320
  • Gen 410
  • Gen 522
  • Gen 615
Read the chart data and comparison method

Each snapshot sums the characters marked Active on that date. Membership changes from 60 to 72, including additions and removals; these are catalog snapshots rather than a fixed cohort. Each Active character is counted once and has recorded conversation and download values. No missing values are treated as zero.

All 22 actual dates from 12 June to 30 October 2026 are plotted using elapsed-day spacing. Connecting lines add no observations between snapshots. Recorded counter changes and roster changes both contribute to movement; these totals do not isolate activity among an unchanged group. Historical counters can also be revised.

Recorded snapshots · active catalog and separately labeled tracked credits
SnapshotActive charactersTemplate creationsConversationsActive referral creditsAll tracked referral credits
2026-06-12604,290299,3241827
2026-06-19604,435310,3002029
2026-06-26644,526320,5982029
2026-07-03674,688330,1592130
2026-07-10684,851340,4082130
2026-07-17684,979350,0422231
2026-07-24685,099361,6962231
2026-07-31685,215372,0072332
2026-08-07685,326383,0732332
2026-08-14725,483394,5152433
2026-08-21725,585404,5082534
2026-08-24725,683409,2282635
2026-08-28726,009418,0012736
2026-09-04727,491438,3964150
2026-09-11728,467455,0955564
2026-09-18728,547465,3205766
2026-09-25728,641475,2516069
2026-10-02728,725483,9016372
2026-10-10728,816494,0246372
2026-10-16728,896500,0316675
2026-10-23728,985512,2996776
2026-10-30729,096522,7836776

The referral-credit chart uses the Active population at each snapshot, matching the other timelines. The separately labeled tracked-credit total also retains credits belonging to historical records; excluded private records remain outside both totals.

Template creations means characters other people created from our shared templates. Kindroid calls these re-creations. The source workbooks label this metric Downloads / Creates; we use the same recorded counts. Conversations count messages sent to those characters. Totals across templates do not identify distinct people.

The shaded dates mark Grandma Teamaker’s Kindroid platform feature: began 24 August; off the main page by 7 September 2026. Exact rotation times are unknown. Snapshot comparisons may straddle rotation; the annotation does not attribute catalog growth to the feature.

Generation mix counts all 72 Active characters by their recorded generation, including characters with a platform feature. These generation groups differ from reporting categories that separate Featured Kins.

Source: Runtime Hex Kindroid weekly and historical snapshot workbooks, 30 October 2026. Figures recalculated from character rows. Historical totals use the active catalog at each date; the seven-day gain above uses the same 72 characters at both endpoints. This is a dated example, rather than a live dashboard.

A closer look / Jamal Bishop / 12 Jun–30 Oct 2026

Two rising counters. Different growth rates.

The catalog’s Template creations over time and Conversations over time charts show the wider movement. Here we follow the same two measures for Jamal Bishop, one shared character, to see how their different growth rates shaped his ratio.

Jamal’s recorded messages grew from 4,100 to 20,490. Template creations grew from 26 to 165. Creations grew faster relative to their starting point, taking cumulative messages per template creation from 157.69 to 124.18.

Compare the growth paths.

Each counter starts at 1× on 12 June. The common scale compares relative growth, rather than the two different count sizes.

Jamal’s recorded messages and template creations relative to 12 June 202622 actual snapshots, 12 June to 30 October, spaced by elapsed days. Both counters begin at one times their initial count. Messages finish at 5.00 times their starting count; template creations finish at 6.35 times their starting count. The vertical scale runs from zero to eight times the initial count. Connecting lines do not add observations.2026-06-12: 4,100 recorded messages; 1.00 times the 12 June count2026-06-19: 5,600 recorded messages; 1.37 times the 12 June count2026-06-26: 7,000 recorded messages; 1.71 times the 12 June count2026-07-03: 7,700 recorded messages; 1.88 times the 12 June count2026-07-10: 8,400 recorded messages; 2.05 times the 12 June count2026-07-17: 9,300 recorded messages; 2.27 times the 12 June count2026-07-24: 9,400 recorded messages; 2.29 times the 12 June count2026-07-31: 10,200 recorded messages; 2.49 times the 12 June count2026-08-07: 10,800 recorded messages; 2.63 times the 12 June count2026-08-14: 10,953 recorded messages; 2.67 times the 12 June count2026-08-21: 12,119 recorded messages; 2.96 times the 12 June count2026-08-24: 12,643 recorded messages; 3.08 times the 12 June count2026-08-28: 13,186 recorded messages; 3.22 times the 12 June count2026-09-04: 13,751 recorded messages; 3.35 times the 12 June count2026-09-11: 14,085 recorded messages; 3.44 times the 12 June count2026-09-18: 15,045 recorded messages; 3.67 times the 12 June count2026-09-25: 15,509 recorded messages; 3.78 times the 12 June count2026-10-02: 15,914 recorded messages; 3.88 times the 12 June count2026-10-10: 16,431 recorded messages; 4.01 times the 12 June count2026-10-16: 16,814 recorded messages; 4.10 times the 12 June count2026-10-23: 18,276 recorded messages; 4.46 times the 12 June count2026-10-30: 20,490 recorded messages; 5.00 times the 12 June count2026-06-12: 26 template creations; 1.00 times the 12 June count2026-06-19: 35 template creations; 1.35 times the 12 June count2026-06-26: 40 template creations; 1.54 times the 12 June count2026-07-03: 43 template creations; 1.65 times the 12 June count2026-07-10: 47 template creations; 1.81 times the 12 June count2026-07-17: 56 template creations; 2.15 times the 12 June count2026-07-24: 60 template creations; 2.31 times the 12 June count2026-07-31: 64 template creations; 2.46 times the 12 June count2026-08-07: 69 template creations; 2.65 times the 12 June count2026-08-14: 75 template creations; 2.88 times the 12 June count2026-08-21: 81 template creations; 3.12 times the 12 June count2026-08-24: 82 template creations; 3.15 times the 12 June count2026-08-28: 83 template creations; 3.19 times the 12 June count2026-09-04: 88 template creations; 3.38 times the 12 June count2026-09-11: 94 template creations; 3.62 times the 12 June count2026-09-18: 101 template creations; 3.88 times the 12 June count2026-09-25: 107 template creations; 4.12 times the 12 June count2026-10-02: 114 template creations; 4.38 times the 12 June count2026-10-10: 120 template creations; 4.62 times the 12 June count2026-10-16: 130 template creations; 5.00 times the 12 June count2026-10-23: 144 template creations; 5.54 times the 12 June count2026-10-30: 165 template creations; 6.35 times the 12 June count

Messages: 5.00×Template creations: 6.35×

22 recorded snapshots. Multiples are recalculated from the recorded counts; this view does not measure distinct people or retention.

12 Jun–3 Jul / An early rise

Messages initially grew faster.

Messages rose 87.8%, while template creations rose 65.4%. Messages per template creation increased from 157.69 to 179.07.

28 Aug–30 Oct / A sustained shift

Creations gained ground.

Template creations rose 98.8%, while messages rose 55.4%. The ratio declined in all nine recorded intervals in this stretch, from 158.87 to 124.18.

23–30 Oct / The final week

The strongest recorded week for messages.

Jamal added 2,214 recorded messages and 21 template creations—the largest seven-day message gain in this series. Messages rose 12.1%; creations rose 14.6%. The ratio moved from 126.92 to 124.18.

What the trend answers

Across the full window, the falling ratio reflects template creations growing faster in percentage terms. Recorded messages increased at every snapshot. Reading the ratio alongside both counters shows that growth clearly.

The final week’s calculation is 18,276 ÷ 144 = 126.92 messages per template creation on 23 October, and 20,490 ÷ 165 = 124.18 on 30 October. Both counters rose; the denominator rose faster.

Read Jamal’s 22 snapshots and calculation method

Each row is the recorded snapshot for the same shared character. Messages per template creation is Conversations ÷ Template creations, recalculated from the exact counts and displayed to two decimal places. Growth multiples divide each counter by its own 12 June count. Historical source counters may be revised; connecting lines add no observations between dates.

Jamal Bishop / 12 June–30 October 2026
SnapshotTemplate creationsRecorded messagesMessages per template creation
2026-06-12264,100157.69
2026-06-19355,600160.00
2026-06-26407,000175.00
2026-07-03437,700179.07
2026-07-10478,400178.72
2026-07-17569,300166.07
2026-07-24609,400156.67
2026-07-316410,200159.38
2026-08-076910,800156.52
2026-08-147510,953146.04
2026-08-218112,119149.62
2026-08-248212,643154.18
2026-08-288313,186158.87
2026-09-048813,751156.26
2026-09-119414,085149.84
2026-09-1810115,045148.96
2026-09-2510715,509144.94
2026-10-0211415,914139.60
2026-10-1012016,431136.93
2026-10-1613016,814129.34
2026-10-2314418,276126.92
2026-10-3016520,490124.18

Source: 22 dated Jamal Bishop records in the Runtime Hex historical snapshot workbook, 30 October 2026, checked against the weekly workbook’s final two snapshots. This is a dated example.

The practical method

Keep the question attached to the measure.

Define the population

Count active catalog members once. Keep private and excluded records outside the public example.

Keep exposure distinct

A homepage feature, carousel placement and a Kindroid platform feature are different events. A placement flag does not establish that exposure caused growth.

Respect the limit

Messages measure activity; template creations count characters made from our shared templates. These totals do not identify repeat users or establish retention.

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