I wouldn’t be surprised if the creator has metrics that show that most people drop off around the halfway mark, for the exact same reason

You can see aggregated results on `stats` [1] for every year. In general, half the people drop in the first 3-4 days. For last year, by day 12 there is less than 1/5 of day 01. While the stats do count people that completed later, the shape appears to track well with what I saw during the events since 2021.

[1] https://adventofcode.com/2024/stats