Active Users (Beta) – New Google Analytics Report!

We’ve recently come across the Active Users Report in Google Analytics. It’s still in Beta and is only available for a few of our clients’ accounts so far.  Spotted it in your account? Wondering what it does? Maybe we can shed some light on it for you.

What is an active user?
“A user that has had at least one session on your website within the time frame set. This includes new and returning users.”

This new report allows us to see 1 Day, 7 Day, 14 Day and 30 Day Active Users.  Each point plotted on the graph is the final day of the given time period – so if you’re looking at 14 Day Active Users, the graph point plotted for November 14^th will show you the total number of Active Users from 1^st-14^th November. And so on.

So what does this report tell us? It’s a simple way of spotting traffic trends while looking at aggregate figures – say you’re looking at your 7 Day Active Users graph and notice a spike, what did you do differently during that week? Can you replicate it?

It’s a more general trend overview than looking at daily user figures – as it’s cumulative, you’ll be able to see more clearly at a glance if your traffic is consistent or if it’s trending up or down.

Let us know if you can access the Active Users Beta report in your Google Analytics account (if you can, it’ll be under ‘Audience’), and if so, how are you using it?

One response to “Active Users (Beta) – New Google Analytics Report!”

1. Raheel says:

   August 4, 2015 at 1:35 pm

   Hi,

   Yes the report is still in (beta) at daily user figures as it’s cumulative numbers shows the general trend which can be manage Faster processing / Higher Precision control the number of sessions used to calculate this report and numbers to see whether you’re targeting the appropriate audiences, and whether your ads are winning auctions and reevaluate your marketing efforts.

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