How to Check Website Traffic
Access your webpage statistics., Check the number of blog post comments., Go to your homepage's video section.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Access your webpage statistics.
If you're using a platform like WordPress, it's very easy to access your site's stats.
These features come built into the web platform for easy tracking and maintenance, and will give you an accurate picture of your webpage's traffic.
If you're on WordPress, click on Dashboard, to the upper left hand side.
Beneath it, you'll see several categories.Click on My Blogs.
Next to your highlighted primary blog, you'll see a small icon with a graph inside of it labeled Stats.
Open it to reveal your website's over all traffic. -
Step 2: Check the number of blog post comments.
One easy and free way to get a ballpark idea of how many people visit your site is to check how many people leave comments.
Obviously, not everyone who visits your website will leave comments.
But on average, about one in every 200 readers leaves a comment, and knowing that statistic can help you to broadly estimate your website traffic.
Go to the webpage's "comments" section.If the page does not list the number of comments, count them manually.Multiply the number of comments by 200 for a ballpark average of how many viewers your page has had.Remember that this method is not 100 percent accurate.
This is merely to give yourself a rough estimate, based on average percentages., If you embedded YouTube or Vimeo in your website, all you need to do is go to a video and click to play it.
Both YouTube and Vimeo will show how many views your video received, but only if the videos are publicly shared.
If they aren't, you won't be able to see how much traffic was flowing through the site..
Look to the lower right hand side right below the video screen, and you'll see a number.
That number reflects how many visitors your video has had.Keep in mind that the amount of views recorded doesn't necessarily correspond to actual views.
That number includes people who briefly clicked on it and then left as well, but it should help you get a rough idea of your web traffic. -
Step 3: Go to your homepage's video section.
Detailed Guide
If you're using a platform like WordPress, it's very easy to access your site's stats.
These features come built into the web platform for easy tracking and maintenance, and will give you an accurate picture of your webpage's traffic.
If you're on WordPress, click on Dashboard, to the upper left hand side.
Beneath it, you'll see several categories.Click on My Blogs.
Next to your highlighted primary blog, you'll see a small icon with a graph inside of it labeled Stats.
Open it to reveal your website's over all traffic.
One easy and free way to get a ballpark idea of how many people visit your site is to check how many people leave comments.
Obviously, not everyone who visits your website will leave comments.
But on average, about one in every 200 readers leaves a comment, and knowing that statistic can help you to broadly estimate your website traffic.
Go to the webpage's "comments" section.If the page does not list the number of comments, count them manually.Multiply the number of comments by 200 for a ballpark average of how many viewers your page has had.Remember that this method is not 100 percent accurate.
This is merely to give yourself a rough estimate, based on average percentages., If you embedded YouTube or Vimeo in your website, all you need to do is go to a video and click to play it.
Both YouTube and Vimeo will show how many views your video received, but only if the videos are publicly shared.
If they aren't, you won't be able to see how much traffic was flowing through the site..
Look to the lower right hand side right below the video screen, and you'll see a number.
That number reflects how many visitors your video has had.Keep in mind that the amount of views recorded doesn't necessarily correspond to actual views.
That number includes people who briefly clicked on it and then left as well, but it should help you get a rough idea of your web traffic.
About the Author
Sarah Myers
With a background in lifestyle and practical guides, Sarah Myers brings 11 years of hands-on experience to every article. Sarah believes in making complex topics accessible to everyone.
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