At Metabase, the team uses its platform internally to analyze their usage patterns and how they have evolved with company growth. They have observed an increase in overall usage, with the number of questions viewed per user rising from 15 per month in 2017 to 20 in 2022, and active user rates climbing to over 90% in 2022. Visualizations like tables, line, and bar charts are most popular, with table usage growing significantly from 28% in 2019 to 55% in 2022. The team manages 81 active subscriptions and alerts, primarily delivered through Slack and email, and organizes their data into collections, with a preference for maintaining one root collection per team. This organization strategy includes standardized sub-collections to simplify navigation and improve accessibility for team members.