Intelligence Walkthrough

Community Benchmarks

See how your finances compare to people like you—without anyone seeing your individual data.

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Overview

What are Community Benchmarks?

Community Benchmarks is an opt-in peer comparison system that lets you see how your financial metrics stack up against other Rikdom users in your cohort. It covers 8 KPIs including savings rate, spending ratios, and more.

Privacy is built into the architecture. A cohort needs at least 50 participants before any data appears. Laplace noise is applied for differential privacy, so individual contributions can't be reverse- engineered. You must explicitly opt in through the Reciprocity Modal before any of your data enters the pool.

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Step by Step

Step-by-Step Guide

1. Opt In

Navigate to Intelligence → Benchmarks. If you haven't opted in, you'll see the Reciprocity Modal explaining what aggregate data is shared and the privacy protections in place. No data leaves your account until you explicitly agree.

2. Select Your Cohort

Choose comparison dimensions: income bracket, age range, or both. Your cohort must have 50+ participants for data to appear. If the cohort is too small, you'll see a message instead of data.

3. Read Your Benchmarks

Each of the 8 KPIs shows your value, the cohort median, and your percentile. Green means you're above median; copper means you're at or near it. Use the percentile to understand where you fall relative to peers.

4. Explore KPIs

Click any KPI to see a distribution chart showing where you fall within the cohort. This gives you a visual sense of how concentrated or spread out the cohort is on that metric.

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Pro Tips

Pro Tips

  • Context matters more than rank: Being below median on every KPI doesn't mean you're doing something wrong. Different life stages have different financial shapes. A 25-year-old building a career looks different from a 45-year-old at peak earning.
  • Narrow your cohort: “All users” is less useful than “25–34, $50K–$75K income.” The more specific your cohort, the more relevant the comparison.
  • Check in monthly: Benchmarks update monthly. A quick check-in shows whether your relative position is improving, holding steady, or slipping.

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