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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
That's the problem. It's heavily skewed when compared to the greater overall engagement statistics.
In my classes on analytics, we were taught to prefer using normalised axes starting at 0 to more accurately put changes into perspective.
I edited the title after their comment, it wasn't that clear at the beginning