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Getting started with Vercel Web Analytics

This guide will help you get started with using Vercel Web Analytics on your project, showing you how to enable it, add the package to your project, deploy your app to Vercel, and view your data in the dashboard.

Select your framework to view instructions on using the Vercel Web Analytics in your project.

Prerequisites

  • A Vercel account. If you don't have one, you can sign up for free.
  • A Vercel project. If you don't have one, you can create a new project.
  • The Vercel CLI installed. If you don't have it, you can install it using the following command:
pnpm i vercel
# or
yarn add vercel
# or
npm install vercel
# or
bun add vercel

Enable Web Analytics in Vercel

On the Vercel dashboard, select your Project and then click the Analytics tab and click Enable from the dialog.

note

Enabling Web Analytics will add new routes (scoped at /_vercel/insights/*) after your next deployment.

Add @vercel/analytics to your project

Using the package manager of your choice, add the @vercel/analytics package to your project:

pnpm add @vercel/analytics
# or
yarn add @vercel/analytics
# or
npm install @vercel/analytics
# or
bun add @vercel/analytics

Add the Analytics component to your app

For Next.js (Pages Directory)

The Analytics component is a wrapper around the tracking script, offering more seamless integration with Next.js, including route support.

If you are using the pages directory, add the following code to your main app file:

pages/_app.tsx
import type { AppProps } from "next/app";
import { Analytics } from "@vercel/analytics/next";

function MyApp({ Component, pageProps }: AppProps) {
return (
<>
<Component {...pageProps} />
<Analytics />
</>
);
}

export default MyApp;

For Next.js (App Directory)

The Analytics component is a wrapper around the tracking script, offering more seamless integration with Next.js, including route support.

Add the following code to the root layout:

app/layout.tsx
import { Analytics } from "@vercel/analytics/next";

export default function RootLayout({
children,
}: {
children: React.ReactNode;
}) {
return (
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>Next.js</title>
</head>
<body>
{children}
<Analytics />
</body>
</html>
);
}

For Remix

The Analytics component is a wrapper around the tracking script, offering a seamless integration with Remix, including route detection.

Add the following code to your root file:

app/root.tsx
import {
Links,
LiveReload,
Meta,
Outlet,
Scripts,
ScrollRestoration,
} from "@remix-run/react";
import { Analytics } from "@vercel/analytics/remix";

export default function App() {
return (
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charSet="utf-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
<Meta />
<Links />
</head>
<body>
<Analytics />
<Outlet />
<ScrollRestoration />
<Scripts />
<LiveReload />
</body>
</html>
);
}

For Nuxt

The Analytics component is a wrapper around the tracking script, offering more seamless integration with Nuxt, including route support.

Add the following code to your main component:

app.vue
<script setup lang="ts">
import { Analytics } from "@vercel/analytics/nuxt";
</script>

<template>
<Analytics />
<NuxtPage />
</template>

For SvelteKit

The injectAnalytics function is a wrapper around the tracking script, offering more seamless integration with SvelteKit.js, including route support.

Add the following code to the main layout:

src/routes/+layout.ts
import { dev } from "$app/environment";
import { injectAnalytics } from "@vercel/analytics/sveltekit";

injectAnalytics({ mode: dev ? "development" : "production" });

For Astro

The Analytics component is a wrapper around the tracking script, offering more seamless integration with Astro, including route support.

Add the following code to your base layout:

src/layouts/Base.astro
---
import Analytics from '@vercel/analytics/astro';
{/* ... */}
---

<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<!-- ... -->
<Analytics />
</head>
<body>
<slot />
</body>
</html>
note

The Analytics component is available in version @vercel/analytics@1.4.0 and later. If you are using an earlier version, you must configure the webAnalytics property of the Vercel adapter in your astro.config.mjs file:

astro.config.mjs
import { defineConfig } from "astro/config";
import vercel from "@astrojs/vercel/serverless";

export default defineConfig({
output: "server",
adapter: vercel({
webAnalytics: {
enabled: true, // set to false when using @vercel/analytics@1.4.0
},
}),
});

For further information, see the Astro adapter documentation.

For Create React App

The Analytics component is a wrapper around the tracking script, offering more seamless integration with React.

note

When using the plain React implementation, there is no route support.

Add the following code to the main app file:

App.tsx
import { Analytics } from "@vercel/analytics/react";

export default function App() {
return (
<div>
{/* ... */}
<Analytics />
</div>
);
}

For Vue

The Analytics component is a wrapper around the tracking script, offering more seamless integration with Vue.

note

Route support is automatically enabled if you're using vue-router.

Add the following code to your main component:

src/App.vue
<script setup lang="ts">
import { Analytics } from "@vercel/analytics/vue";
</script>

<template>
<Analytics />
<!-- your content -->
</template>

For Plain HTML

For plain HTML sites, you can add the following script to your .html files:

index.html
<script>
window.va =
window.va ||
function () {
(window.vaq = window.vaq || []).push(arguments);
};
</script>
<script defer src="/_vercel/insights/script.js"></script>
note

When using the HTML implementation, there is no need to install the @vercel/analytics package. However, there is no route support.

For Other Frameworks

Import the inject function from the package, which will add the tracking script to your app. This should only be called once in your app, and must run in the client.

note

There is no route support with the inject function.

Add the following code to your main app file:

main.ts
import { inject } from "@vercel/analytics";

inject();

Deploy your app to Vercel

Deploy your app using the following command:

vercel deploy

If you haven't already, we also recommend connecting your project's Git repository, which will enable Vercel to deploy your latest commits to main without terminal commands.

Once your app is deployed, it will start tracking visitors and page views.

note

If everything is set up properly, you should be able to see a Fetch/XHR request in your browser's Network tab from /_vercel/insights/view when you visit any page.

View your data in the dashboard

Once your app is deployed, and users have visited your site, you can view your data in the dashboard.

To do so, go to your dashboard, select your project, and click the Analytics tab.

After a few days of visitors, you'll be able to start exploring your data by viewing and filtering the panels.

Users on Pro and Enterprise plans can also add custom events to their data to track user interactions such as button clicks, form submissions, or purchases.

Learn more about how Vercel supports privacy and data compliance standards with Vercel Web Analytics.

Next steps

Now that you have Vercel Web Analytics set up, you can explore the following topics to learn more: