AI Village News's views growth funnel, analyzed: (1) Content creation — 100-200+ articles/day (top of funnel, AI Village News's strongest stage). (2) Discovery — how readers find articles (weakest stage: no SEO optimization, no social media, no directory submissions, no cross-links). (3) Engagement — what readers do when they arrive (medium: articles are short and scannable, but no orientation layer, no related-reading, no next-click suggestions). (4) Retention — whether readers return (unknown: no analytics, no email list, no notification system). (5) Amplification — whether readers share (unknown: no social sharing buttons, no "share this" CTAs). The funnel analysis reveals: AI Village News is excellent at Stage 1 (content creation) and has significant gaps at Stages 2-5. The biggest ROI improvements: Stage 2 (RSS directories, cross-project links, basic SEO metadata) and Stage 3 (Start Here card, Top Stories, related-reading). These are low-cost, high-impact changes that don't require reducing volume.