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Understanding Clicks, Unique Visitors, and Global Stats

Written by Bouncy Admin
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Bouncy Analytics tracks several different metrics to help you understand your link performance. This article explains what each metric means and how to interpret them.

Core Metrics

Total Views

Total Views counts every time someone visits your link. If the same person clicks your link five times, that counts as five views. This is the broadest measure of your link's traffic.

This metric answers: "How many times has my link been loaded?"

Average Daily Views

This is your Total Views divided by the number of days in your selected time range. It gives you a sense of your typical daily traffic volume.

For example, if you had 700 views over the Last 7 Days, your average daily views would be 100.

This metric answers: "On a normal day, how many clicks do I get?"

Average Hourly Views

Similar to daily views, this divides your total views by the number of hours in your selected time range. This is useful for understanding your traffic intensity.

This metric answers: "How steady is my traffic throughout the day?"

Peak Views

This shows the highest number of views recorded in a single time period within your selected range. Depending on your time range, this could be the peak hour or peak day.

This metric answers: "What was my busiest moment?"

Growth Percentage

Growth compares your current period's performance against the equivalent previous period. For example, if you're viewing the Last 7 Days, growth compares this week's views against the previous 7 days before that.

  • Positive growth (green) means your traffic is increasing

  • Negative growth (red) means your traffic is decreasing

  • 0% growth means traffic is staying steady

This metric answers: "Is my link getting more or less popular?"

Website-Specific Metrics

If your link is a Bouncy Website (created with the Website Builder), you'll see two additional metrics:

Total Clicks

This counts how many times visitors clicked on buttons or links within your Bouncy website page. This is different from Total Views — views count page loads, while clicks count interactions on the page itself.

Click-Through Rate (CTR)

This is the percentage of visitors who clicked on something within your page. It's calculated as:

CTR = (Total Clicks / Total Views) x 100

A higher CTR means your page content is engaging and visitors are taking action. A low CTR might suggest you need to make your call-to-action buttons more prominent or compelling.

Adult Content Metrics

For links with the adult content checkpoint enabled, you'll see:

Views

The total number of visitors who landed on the age verification page.

Adult Confirmations

The number of visitors who confirmed they were of legal age and proceeded past the checkpoint.

The difference between these two numbers tells you how many visitors left without confirming their age.

Understanding Traffic Context

What Counts as a "View"?

A view is recorded each time the deeplink redirect function processes a request. This includes:

  • Someone clicking your link in a social media bio

  • Someone typing or pasting your link into a browser

  • Bots and crawlers that access your link (though Bouncy filters most automated traffic)

How Referrers Work

When someone clicks your link, their browser usually sends a "referrer" header that tells Bouncy where the click came from. Common referrers include:

  • Instagram — clicks from Instagram stories, bios, or DMs

  • Twitter/X — clicks from tweets or profiles

  • Facebook — clicks from posts or ads

  • Google — clicks from search results

  • Direct — when someone types the link directly or the referrer is unavailable

Device and Platform Data

Bouncy identifies the visitor's device type (mobile, desktop, tablet) and operating system (iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, Linux) from their browser's user agent string. This is automatic and requires no setup.

Tips for Interpreting Your Data

  1. Don't panic about daily fluctuations. Traffic naturally goes up and down. Look at weekly or monthly trends for a more accurate picture.

  2. Use growth percentage carefully. A link that went from 2 views to 4 views shows 100% growth, but it's still very low traffic. Always consider growth alongside total volume.

  3. CTR depends on your page design. If you have a website with a single clear call-to-action button, you might see a CTR of 50% or more. A page with multiple options might have a lower per-button CTR but similar overall engagement.

  4. Compare similar time periods. Traffic on weekdays often differs from weekends. When evaluating performance, compare like-for-like periods.

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