Add Google Analytics to Confluence

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To add Google Analytics to Confluence, open Confluence Settings, then Google Analytics. Select Connect Google Analytics, choose your GA4 property and a Data stream, then select Save configuration. Page views from every reader, including logged-out readers of public pages, start arriving in Google Analytics straight away.

#Before you start

You need

Why

Confluence administrator access

The Google Analytics configuration page is in Confluence settings.

A Google account with access to a GA4 property

Connecting lets the app list your properties and data streams and read reports back into Confluence.

A GA4 web data stream

The stream's measurement ID (G-XXXXXXXXXX) is what page views are sent to. Create one in Google Analytics first if you have none.

#Steps

  1. Open Confluence Settings and select Google Analytics in the left-hand menu.

  2. Under Connect Google, select Connect Google Analytics and sign in to Google in the popup.

  3. Choose your property under GA4 property.

  4. Under View tracking, pick a Data stream. This fills in the Measurement ID for you.

  5. Select Save configuration. You should see Configuration saved.

#What happens next

Readers pick up the new settings within about a minute. Google Analytics Realtime shows page views almost at once, but standard reports, and the reports inside Confluence, can take up to 48 hours to fill. The Feature status panel on the settings page shows what is switched on.

Then consider tracking searches, comments and edits and syncing custom dimensions.

#If it does not work

Five steps, and Confluence is in Google Analytics.