# Best way to track site visitors **URL:** \ **Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\ **Created:** [August 13, 2020, 1:41pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-way-to-track-site-visitors/34254 "2020-08-13T13:41:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![svsmailus](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/svsmailus/32/18768_2.png) [@svsmailus](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/svsmailus)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 1:41pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-way-to-track-site-visitors/34254/1 "2020-08-13T13:41:34Z")
I’m looking for an inexpensive way to track the number of visitors to a website each month. It would also be good to know which pages receive the most traffic. No IP or personal data is needed, just numbers. This is simply to get a rough idea of how many people are using the site. ---
**Author:** ![robbeattie](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/robbeattie/32/78_2.png) [@robbeattie](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/robbeattie)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-way-to-track-site-visitors/34254/2 "2020-08-13T13:57:03Z")
This is a nice simple way to do it. [https://www.doobox.co.uk/stacks\_store/demos/stats.html](https://www.doobox.co.uk/stacks_store/demos/stats.html) ---
**Author:** ![svsmailus](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/svsmailus/32/18768_2.png) [@svsmailus](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/svsmailus)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-way-to-track-site-visitors/34254/3 "2020-08-13T14:01:58Z")
Thanks @robbeattie, however, it doesn’t seem to record a timeline or date? ---
**Author:** ![robbeattie](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/robbeattie/32/78_2.png) [@robbeattie](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/robbeattie)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-way-to-track-site-visitors/34254/4 "2020-08-13T14:36:17Z")
No, it’s just cumulative. There’s always Google Analytics or if you don’t like the GDPR implications of that, you can host Matomo on your own site. Both of these may be waaayyy over the top for your needs. ---
**Author:** ![TemplateRepo](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/templaterepo/32/17547_2.png) [@TemplateRepo](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/TemplateRepo)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-way-to-track-site-visitors/34254/5 "2020-08-13T15:06:08Z")
> **[Matomo - The Google Analytics alternative that protects your data](https://matomo.org/)** > > Matomo's the Google Analytics alternative that protects your data and your customer's privacy. A powerful web analytics platform with 100% data ownership. Install it yourself on your own server, then add to as many sites as you wish. It has good GDPR options. ---
**Author:** ![richardnicholls](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/richardnicholls/32/995_2.png) [@richardnicholls](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/richardnicholls)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 3:14pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-way-to-track-site-visitors/34254/6 "2020-08-13T15:14:43Z")
There’s always Statcounter [https://statcounter.com/](https://statcounter.com/) It’s free for the most recent 500 visits I think. ---
**Author:** ![DaveFox](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/davefox/32/129_2.png) [@DaveFox](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/DaveFox)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-way-to-track-site-visitors/34254/7 "2020-08-13T15:35:36Z")
I use Statcounter on 8 sites, excellent as a guide on visitors, pages hit, browser used, screen res, device used, length of time on site etc, easy to add to your site, can integrate with Google Stats, very customisable and, as @richardnicholls says, only the last 500 kept for the free account. Best tracker out there IMO. ---
**Author:** ![svsmailus](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/svsmailus/32/18768_2.png) [@svsmailus](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/svsmailus)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-way-to-track-site-visitors/34254/8 "2020-08-13T16:09:32Z")
Thank you all! Really helpful. I went to look at my hosts options for possibly installing Matomo and low and behold they have a free stats service that I only needed to activate. So I have activated and will see if that does what I need it to. Really appreciate all the help! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/system/32/25301_2.png) [@system](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 2:09am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-way-to-track-site-visitors/34254/9 "2020-09-13T02:09:41Z")
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