Link Analytics
Read Linkyhost view totals, unique visitors, time series, referrers, countries, browsers, devices, and Enterprise exports.
Open analytics for a link
- Open the dashboard.
- Select the link's personal or team workspace.
- Choose Analytics from the link actions.
Analytics are available on all plans. Any current member can view analytics for a team link; edit permissions are separate.
Metrics on the page
| Metric | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Total views | Recorded successful visits across the life of the link |
| Unique visitors | Approximate count of distinct anonymized visitor identifiers in stored view data |
| Recent views | Views recorded during the recent seven-day window |
| Views over time | Daily view counts for 7 days, 30 days, or all available history |
| Top referrers | The sources that sent traffic; missing referrers appear as direct traffic |
| Top countries | Country inferred from hosting-edge request data when available |
| Browsers | Broad browser categories such as Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge, or Other |
| Devices | Desktop, Mobile, or Tablet classification |
Some older views or privacy-limited requests can appear as Unknown or have no referrer. Geographic data appears only when the request includes a usable country signal.
How to interpret the numbers
Link analytics help answer questions such as:
- Did the audience open the link after a campaign or email?
- Which referrers contribute the most traffic?
- Are visitors mainly on mobile or desktop?
- Is a link receiving unexpected traffic?
They do not prove a person's identity. Several people can share a network, one person can switch networks or devices, browsers can withhold referrers, and automated clients can affect raw view counts. Treat unique visitors as an estimate.
Analytics describe requests to the link. They are not delivery receipts, identity verification, or evidence that a person read every page of a document.
Use the time controls
Select:
- 7 days for a recent launch or send;
- 30 days for a monthly trend; or
- All time for the complete stored history.
The headline total remains the lifetime total while the chart changes its visible date range.
Export analytics as CSV
Enterprise workspaces can select Export CSV on the analytics page. The export contains one stored view per row with:
Date,Referrer,Country,UserAgent,Device
The file can be opened in spreadsheet or analytics software. Export before deleting or expiring a link if you need to keep a separate record; link deletion also removes its analytics.
Free monthly views
Analytics totals and the Free serving allowance are related but serve different purposes. Free includes 200 monthly views and has a 250-view hard cutoff for that owner during the monthly period. The lifetime total on an individual link does not reset when the monthly allowance resets.
For team links, serving usage follows the team owner. See Limits.
If analytics look empty or different
- Open the public URL successfully before expecting a new view.
- Allow a short delay and refresh the analytics page.
- Expect direct traffic when a browser or app removes the referrer.
- Expect Unknown country for requests without geographic headers.
- Confirm you opened the correct link and workspace.
- Remember that privacy-preserving unique counts may not equal real people exactly.
For persistent issues, use Troubleshooting.