Looking at Google Analytics Real Time tracking.
Why is there such a difference in the two numbers?
It is a Google Analytics bug, it is an accumulation of the number of active users over time without however the total being decreased once the user is no longer in that state. There is nothing to do, it realigns itself.
https://www.analyticstraps.com/bug-numero-anomalo-di-utenti-attivi-in-tempo-reale/
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which one of the following is correct in the Google Analytics dashboard?
The "Right Now" or the "Metric Total"? how many users I actually have??
It is a bug of Google Analytics real time report.
It has been observed that the inflated number of active users, after a more or less expanded period of time, returns to normal, and then eventually resumes the anomalous count and subsequently re-enters the ranks again.
What probably happens is an accumulation of the number of active users over time without, however, the total being decreased once the user is no longer in that state.
https://www.analyticstraps.com/bug-numero-anomalo-di-utenti-attivi-in-tempo-reale/
Every RealTime metric is on my website is showing only 4-5 active users (expected) yet my real time count is 90+ (highly unlikely)?
What exactly would cause this? Bots?
I want to know the total amount of time any one of our users has spent on the site, across sessions. Is there a way to find this stat in Google Analytics?
If you want to track an individual customer through different sessions, it is not natively possible under Google Analytics, and there are quite a few traps you need to avoid to make sure to be complying with the conditions of use of the service. You can find more information here
If you mean tracking the total duration of sessions, Session Duration and Time on Page should give you what you want.
They basically measure the same thing, but can give you slightly different results depending on your implementation.
Background:
I have a Google Analytics account using which I am tracking user activity for web and mobile app. After logging into your account and choosing the web property and the corresponding view, you generally see a dashboard with quick stats like Pageviews, Users, Sessions, Pages/Sessions, Avg. Session Duration, Bounce Rate and percentage of new sessions. You can change the time period (from the top right area of the Dashboard) to get the same stats for that period.
Problem:
Last week, I was interested in the three main stats: Page views, Users and Sessions for a particular day - say, day A. The dashboard showed the following stats:
Pageviews - 1,660,137
Users - 496,068
Sessions - 983,549
This report was based on 100% of sessions.
I go back to the dashboard TODAY and check the same stats for the same day A. Here's what I saw:
Pageviews - 1,660,137
Users - 511,071
Sessions - 1,005,517
This report is also based on 100% of sessions.
Nothing was changed in the tracking code for the web and mobile app. Could someone explain why I have this difference in the stats? Is this normal?
They need some time to update the system, otherwise their system would overwhelm
When you first create a profile it can take up to 48 -72 hours for it to start showing data.
After that time data will appear instantly in the Real-time reports.
Standard reports take longer to finish processing. You need to remember the amount of data that is being processed. Some of the data may appear in the standard reports after a few hours. The numbers have not completed processing for at least 24 hours, so anything you look at then will not be accurate.
When checking Google Analytics never look at todays or yesterdays numbers in the standards reports, if you want accurate information. Things get even more confusing when you consider time zones. When exactly is it yesterday? I have noticed numbers changing as far back as 48 hours. But Google Says in there documentation 24 hours. I am looking for the link in the documentation will post it when I find it.
Found it: Data Limits
Data processing latency
Processing latency is 24-48 hours. Standard accounts that send more
than 200,000 sessions per day to Google Analytics will result in the
reports being refreshed only once a day. This can delay updates to
reports and metrics for up to two days. To restore intra-day
processing, reduce the number of sessions you send to < 200,000 per
day. For Premium accounts, this limit is extended to 2 billion hits
per month.
So try doing the same thing again today but check your last day being Monday. When you check again next week the numbers should be correct.
I can't figure out why there's a quite significant (~30%) difference between new visits figure I get from Mixpanel and GA. Here's how I implemented this metrics with Mixpanel:
if(!mixpanel.get_property("First visit")) {
mixpanel.register_once({ "First visit": $.now() });
mixpanel.track("Visit");
}
Is there anything wrong with this code? Is there any better way to do it? I want to implement a signup funnel with mixpanel (first visit -> sign up form -> sign up), but can't afford tracking every single visit, so I track just the first one. Though daily "Visit" events differ by 30% from New Visitors from Analytics and spoils the funnel.
Your code functioning correctly(i've checked)
Well the difference is due the way both services track users
Google Analytics relies exclusively on keeping track of users via a cookie (the average time of a cookie expires in 30 days).
With Mixpanel, you can utilize a user_id or any other id that makes sense for your business which will always last longer than a cookie.
Here are the differences in mixpanel and google analytics
https://mixpanel.com/help/questions/articles/how-is-mixpanel-different-than-google-analytics
How to improve your first user setup in mixpanel;
https://blog.mixpanel.com/2015/01/06/community-tip-tracking-first-time-users/
Hope this will help you