Article summary:
Sessions in Google Analytics are a metric that groups a single user’s interactions with your website within a given time period. When a user first lands on your website, they start a session. Google Analytics records the actions they take during this visit (called “hits”) as part of that session. Sessions tell you how much time users spend on your site and what they do on your website during that time. Google Analytics Users vs. Sessions records how many individuals visit your site and sessions metric records how many times those individuals visited your site. Google Analytics Sessions vs. Page Views is a single instance of a page on your website being loaded (or reloaded) by a user. A single user can record multiple sessions, and they can log multiple page views during each session. Google Analytics uses cookies to distinguish individual users and track user sessions. You can adjust how long users must be inactive for their sessions to expire in both Universal Analytics and Google Analytics 4. Google Analytics 4 also provides a new metric referred to as “engaged sessions”. You can find session data for your website in both Universal Analytics and Google Analytics 4. Organic Traffic Insights tool gathers search data for your domain’s top landing pages into one easy-access dashboard.
Key points:
Sessions in Google Analytics:
- Groups a single user’s interactions with your website within a given time period.
- Google Analytics records the actions they take during this visit (called “hits”) as part of that session.
- Sessions tell you how much time users spend on your site and what they do on your website during that time.
- Users metric records how many individuals visit your site.
- Sessions metric records how many times those individuals visited your site.
- Page view is a single instance of a page on your website being loaded (or reloaded) by a user.
- A single user can record multiple sessions, and they can log multiple page views during each session.
Topics:
Sessions in Google AnalyticsGoogle Analytics Users vs. SessionsGoogle Analytics Sessions vs. Page ViewsHow Does Google Analytics Track Sessions?How to Change Session Timeout SettingsDifferences Between Universal Analytics and Google Analytics 4Engaged SessionsHow to Find Sessions in Google AnalyticsHow to Use Google Analytics Sessions with Semrush
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