Analytics & Performance

Track your content performance with detailed analytics on pageviews, unique visitors, video plays, traffic sources, and engagement trends.

Analytics Dashboard

The analytics dashboard provides a comprehensive view of how your content is performing. Track key metrics, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions to improve engagement.

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Pageviews
Total page loads
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Unique Visitors
Individual readers
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Video Plays
Hero & inline videos
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Trends
Period comparisons

Key Metrics

Pageviews

Total number of times your content has been viewed. Includes repeat visits from the same user. Great for measuring overall reach and content discovery.

Tracked automatically on every page load

Unique Visitors

Count of distinct individuals who viewed your content. Uses privacy-respecting fingerprinting to identify returning visitors without personal data collection.

Deduplicated per time period

Video Plays

Track engagement with embedded videos. Separates hero videos (featured at top) from inline videos (within content) to understand video consumption patterns.

Hero videos + Inline videos tracked separately

Period Comparison

Compare current performance against previous periods. See percentage changes in key metrics to identify growth trends and content momentum.

Automatic comparison with previous period

Traffic Sources

Understand where your readers come from to optimize content distribution:

Direct

Visitors who typed your URL directly or used bookmarks

Search

Traffic from Google, Bing, and other search engines

Social

Visitors from Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, etc.

Other

Referrals from other websites and newsletters

Time Period Analysis

Use the date range picker to analyze performance over different time periods:

Preset Ranges

  • Last 7 days - Recent performance snapshot
  • Last 30 days - Monthly overview (default)
  • Last 90 days - Quarterly trends
  • Custom range - Pick any start and end date

Comparison Period

When you select a date range, the system automatically compares it to the equivalent previous period. For example, selecting the last 30 days will compare against the 30 days before that.

Visualizations

Pageviews Line Chart

Interactive line chart showing daily pageviews and unique visitors over time. Hover to see exact values for each day.

Top Posts Bar Chart

Horizontal bar chart ranking your content by performance. Quickly identify your most successful posts.

Video Plays Area Chart

Stacked area chart showing hero vs inline video engagement over time. Understand video consumption patterns.

Recent Activity Feed

Real-time feed of recent page visits and interactions. See exactly when and where engagement is happening.

Analytics Tips

  • 💡Filter by individual posts to see detailed performance for specific content.
  • 💡Compare 30-day periods to identify seasonal patterns or growth trends.
  • 💡Watch traffic source mix to understand where your audience discovers content.
  • 💡Use video play data to decide where to invest in video content creation.
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