API Metrics for Product Managers | API Product Management

📊 API metrics for product managers include business and growth performance metrics, as well as actual performance metrics of the API itself. 🔄 APIs are built to solve specific problems, whether they are external client problems or internal efficiency problems. 📈 Tracking the top three customers and industries using the API helps prioritize growth efforts. ⏱️ Performance metrics for APIs include response time, uptime, and breakdown of failure scenarios by category, providing valuable insights into the health of the API. 📈 You need to know what's the max RP is that Facebook's up and then let's look at the adoption Matrix for this API. 📈 Tracking the percentage change in the number of API calls and new acquired clients is crucial for measuring adoption and growth of the API. 📈 The response time and uptime of internal APIs are crucial for tracking efficiency and ensuring real-time performance of systems. 📉 The API metrics should focus on tracking reduced costs in terms of human cost saved per API call and cost per API call, rather than just revenue.