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Real-Time Feature in Newsifier: Monitor Live Traffic and Trends
Real-Time Feature in Newsifier: Monitor Live Traffic and Trends

Learn how to track live traffic, monitor user activity, and analyze top-performing content using Newsifier’s real-time analytics feature.

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Introduction

The real-time feature in Newsifier provides live insights into website traffic, helping you track user activity as it happens. With this feature, you can see how many users are currently active on your site, where they are coming from, and which content is performing best. This data allows news publishers to react quickly, optimize content, and make data-driven decisions to maximize engagement.

For a short explanation of real-time analytics feature, watch this Loom video or continue reading the help article for more details.

Accessing the Real-Time Dashboard

Quick Access from the Header

  1. After logging into the admin panel, locate the real-time feature at the top right corner next to the login profile.

  2. Here, you'll see a live count of active users in the last five minutes.

  3. A bar chart below the number shows traffic sources such as:

    • Direct

    • Google

    • Google Discover

    • Facebook

    • Instagram

    • X (formerly Twitter)

  4. Click on the bar to open a pop-up with more detailed real-time data.

  5. From the pop-up, you can navigate to the full real-time dashboard.
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Access via the Left Menu

  1. In the admin panel, go to the left-hand menu.

  2. Under the Statistics section, select Real-Time to access the dashboard.

Understanding the Real-Time Dashboard

The real-time dashboard is divided into two sections: Left (Live Data) and Right (Detailed Analysis).

Left Section: Live Data (Last 5 Minutes)

  • Displays the number of active users on your site in the past five minutes.

  • Updates every minute to reflect live traffic.

  • The active user count is also visible in the browser tab.
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  • Breakdown of devices used by visitors (mobile, desktop, tablet).

  • Traffic sources, showing where visitors are coming from (Google, Facebook, Direct, etc.).

Key Metrics Displayed

  • Traffic Chart: Displays comparisons over different time ranges (hourly, daily, weekly).

  • Page Views and Visitor Data:

    • Total visitors

    • Total page views

    • Page views per visitor

    • Average page views per minute

  • Top Countries: Lists the countries currently generating the most traffic.

Right Section: Detailed Traffic Insights

Filters and Time Ranges

  • The top right of the dashboard allows you to filter data by:

    • Real-time (last 5 minutes)

    • Today

    • Yesterday

    • Last week

    • Last 7 days (from today)

    • Last month

    • Last 30 days (from today)

    • Last year

    • Last 12 months

    • Custom date range

Analyzing Articles, Tags, and Authors

1. Articles Tab

  • Shows the Trending Tags base on the related article views.

  • Shows the most viewed pages and articles within the selected time range.

  • Displays each article's thumbnail, title, and publication date.

  • Highlights trending articles with a label showing how much higher or lower its traffic is compared to average performance.

  • Click an article to see (based on the selected date range):

    • Number of current visitors

    • Number of unique visitors

    • Total page views

    • Top traffic sources (Google, Facebook, Direct, etc.)

    • Devices used (browsers, operating systems, screen sizes)

    • Geographic location of visitors

    • Chart displaying traffic trends for the selected time frame

2. Sources Tab

Provides a breakdown of where visitors are coming from in real time.

  • Lists the top sources of traffic and the Visitors count , including:

    • Direct (visitors navigating within the site)

    • Google Search (organic search traffic)

    • Google Discover (news recommendations from Google)

    • Facebook, Instagram, X (social media referrals)

    • Other referrers (e.g., Bing, external news aggregators, other websites linking to your content)

Clicking on a source redirects you to the Articles tab, filtering content based on the selected source. This allows you to see which specific articles have been visited from that source and analyze their performance.

3. Tags Tab

  • Displays the most popular tags based on article views.

  • Shows how many articles are associated with each tag.

  • Displays the number of visitors for articles related to these tags.

4. Authors Tab

  • Lists author names and their article performance.

  • Displays:

    • Number of articles published in the selected time frame

    • Most used tags by the author

    • Average views per article

    • Total visitors to the author’s content
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  • Clicking an author reveals their top-performing articles.

📌 In the Article Overview page, you can see how many people are reading your articles at the moment, by checking the "Live" column. These represent the visitors from the last five minutes.

Conclusion

The real-time feature in Newsifier gives you actionable insights into how your content is performing at any given moment. By understanding visitor behavior, sources, and engagement trends, you can optimize your content strategy, adjust headlines, and improve traffic acquisition.

FAQ

  1. Can I create personalized or tracking links to monitor traffic for specific campaigns or collaborations?
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    While Newsifier doesn’t have a dedicated feature for creating personalized tracking links, you can use the real-time analytics dashboard to track traffic for pages created within the CMS or tag pages.
    The dashboard provides visitor sources, so if the page is expected to have many visitors, it will be listed under the "Top Articles" section. Alternatively, you can visit the "Sources" tab to see all traffic sources. If you want to track a specific source, click on it to view the links opened from that source.

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