PostHogPostHog pageviews in the MacBook notch
Pageviews count `$pageview` events, which in a single-page app means whatever your router decided to send.
What PostHog actually counts
A pageview is a $pageview event. On a server-rendered site the snippet
sends one per navigation and the number means what you expect. In a
single-page application it means whatever your router was wired to send: some
apps fire one per route change, some fire one per modal, and some fire none
after the first load because the integration was never finished.
If this figure looks an order of magnitude wrong, check the instrumentation before you check the traffic.
Pageviews against sessions
Pageviews divided by sessions is depth, and it is the pair worth placing together in the notch. Depth rising is people reading more. Depth rising while session count falls is usually a navigation problem, with the same people hunting for something that used to be easy to find.
Buckets follow the project's own timezone.
What PostHog pageviews means, exactly
$pageview events in the window. Repeat views by one person all count.
A whole number.
How the widget behaves
- Buckets
- hourly, daily, weekly and monthly
- Shape
- A figure with a sparkline
- Against last period
- Yes
- Fetched from
- us.posthog.com, eu.posthog.com
This connector is in beta. It connects and returns numbers; the edges are still being worked on.
Pageviews from other sources
Notch Metrics reports pageviews from 2 other sources. Each defines it its own way, so the widgets stay separate rather than being added together.
PlausiblePlausible pageviewsTotal pages viewed in the window, with repeat views by one visitor all counted. Buckets are your Plausible site's reporting timezone, so the figures match its own dashboard.
Google AnalyticsGoogle Analytics page viewsGA4 screenPageViews: every page and screen view in the window.
Questions
- How is PostHog pageviews calculated?
- $pageview events in the window. Repeat views by one person all count. Notch Metrics reports that number, unchanged, in the MacBook notch.
- Can I see PostHog pageviews over time?
- Yes. PostHog pageviews is bucketed hourly, daily, weekly and monthly, so the widget carries a sparkline alongside the headline figure, and a comparison against the previous window.
- What unit is PostHog pageviews in?
- A whole number.
- Which other sources report pageviews?
- Besides PostHog, Notch Metrics reports pageviews from Plausible and Google Analytics. Each provider defines the number its own way, so the widgets stay separate rather than being added together.
- What does it cost to put PostHog pageviews in the notch?
- $9 a month, or $49 a year, with every connector included and no per-integration charge. The seven-day trial needs no card, so you can see your own pageviews before deciding.