{"id":621666,"date":"2024-05-23T19:57:37","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T16:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/google-analytics-ga4-shows-real-time-users-in-the-last-5-minutes\/"},"modified":"2024-05-23T19:57:37","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T16:57:37","slug":"google-analytics-ga4-shows-real-time-users-in-the-last-5-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-analytics-ga4-shows-real-time-users-in-the-last-5-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"#Google Analytics GA4 shows real-time users in the last 5 minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d265cd56f7\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d265cd56f7\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-analytics-ga4-shows-real-time-users-in-the-last-5-minutes\/#Previously_GA4_only_showed_this_metric_over_the_past_30_minutes\" >Previously, GA4 only showed this metric over the past 30 minutes.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Previously_GA4_only_showed_this_metric_over_the_past_30_minutes\"><\/span>Previously, GA4 only showed this metric over the past 30 minutes.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"bialty-container\">\nGoogle has upgraded its Google Analytics, GA4, real time reports to show users in last 5 minutes. It previously showed users in last 30 minutes and now it shows both users in last 5 minutes and users in last 30 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The old Universal Analytics tool showed real-time metrics based on the last 5 minutes, and now GA4 does it too.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What it looks like. <\/strong>If you click on your real-time reports in GA4, you will see the chart shows two real-time metrics:<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1038259\/SEL_Post-text --><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1693000027709-0\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"post-break\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1218\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/05\/ga4-real-time-5-mins.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Ga4 Real Time 5 Mins\" class=\"wp-image-442526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/05\/ga4-real-time-5-mins.jpg.webp 1218w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/05\/ga4-real-time-5-mins-600x232.jpg.webp 600w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/05\/ga4-real-time-5-mins-800x309.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/05\/ga4-real-time-5-mins-200x77.jpg.webp 200w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/05\/ga4-real-time-5-mins-768x296.jpg.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1218px) 100vw, 1218px\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Why we care. <\/strong>You can now see how many users you had on your website in the last 5 minutes, in addition to the last 30 minutes. So real-time metrics just got a bit more fun to watch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"about-author\">\n    About the author<\/p>\n<div class=\"information\">\n<div class=\"author-module\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-3 text-center\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid rounded-circle avatar-border\" alt=\"Barry Schwartz\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/images\/authors\/BarrySchwartz-lg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid rounded-circle avatar-border\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/images\/authors\/BarrySchwartz-lg.jpg\" alt=\"Barry Schwartz\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\">\n                                            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-9\">\n<div class=\"about\">\n<div class=\"name\">\n                            <strong>Barry Schwartz<\/strong>\n                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"row g-2 pt-2\">\n<div class=\"col-auto twitter\">\n                                    <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/follow?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fsearchengineland.com%2F&amp;region=follow_link&amp;screen_name=rustybrick&amp;tw_p=followbutton&amp;variant=2.0\" aria-label=\"opens in a new tab\"><i class=\"fab fa-x-twitter\"><\/i><\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n<div class=\"col-auto\">\n                                    <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rustybrick\" aria-label=\"opens in a new tab\"><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin\"><\/i><\/a>\n                                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                        Barry Schwartz is a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. 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Google has upgraded its Google Analytics, GA4, real time reports to show users in last 5 minutes. It previously showed users in last 30 minutes and now it shows both users in last 5 minutes and users in last 30 minutes. 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