Quick scan - about 50% of the the 100+ people I follow are paid users. Have ridden with ~90% of the people I follow, so I do appreciate seeing their routes and keeping up on potential people to join on a ride. Surprisingly noticed 4 paid users that rarely post workouts, they just don’t cycle much anymore for various reasons. The power of auto-renewal I guess.
The post-ride Workout Analysis pic on free is better than what I recall seeing during my trial subscription this summer - maybe I have faulty memory on that. I’m very happy with the free account. Strava’s Series F investors apparently see a business model and investment justification, despite (or because of) what seems like a large number of free users.
Thankfully my cycling technology stack does not revolve around Strava. Strava is purely for socialization in my tech world.