Analytics Overview

Understand your guide performance metrics.

2 min read · Last updated December 2025

Understand how readers engage with your guides with built-in analytics.

Two ways to view analytics

Insights Dashboard

The Insights tab shows aggregate analytics across all your guides in one place:

  • Total views, completions, and completion rate
  • Daily activity trends
  • Top performing guides
  • Traffic source breakdown (public pages, embeds, widgets)
  • Top referring domains

Per-Guide Analytics

Click the analytics icon on any guide card to see detailed metrics for that specific guide:

  • Views and completions over time
  • Step-by-step funnel showing where readers drop off
  • Completion rate for that guide

Dashboard metrics

Your dashboard shows key metrics for each guide:

  • Views — Total number of times your guide was opened
  • Completions — How many readers finished all steps
  • Completion rate — Percentage of viewers who completed

Pro feature

The Insights dashboard and per-guide analytics are available on Pro and Team plans.

What counts as a view?

A view is counted when someone opens your guide. Views are tracked from:

  • Public pages — Direct visits to your guide URL
  • Embeds — When your guide is embedded on another website
  • Widgets — When opened through a Stepsies widget

What counts as a completion?

A completion is counted when a reader reaches the final step of your guide. This helps you understand how engaging your content is.

Understanding your metrics

High views, low completions

This might indicate:

  • Content is too long
  • Steps aren’t engaging enough
  • Technical issues on certain steps

Low views, high completions

Your content is great! Focus on:

  • Sharing more widely
  • Improving discoverability
  • Creating more guides on similar topics

Free vs Pro analytics

Feature Free Pro/Team
Total views per guide Yes Yes
Total completions per guide Yes Yes
Completion rate Yes Yes
Insights dashboard No Yes
Per-guide analytics No Yes
Step funnel analysis No Yes
Traffic source breakdown No Yes
Daily activity trends No Yes

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