Visits, bounce rate and visit duration
How many visits saw only one page, how long visits last, and how many people came back later the same day, all without cookies.
What it does
Bounce rate is the share of visits with a single pageview. Average visit duration is the time from the first to the last pageview of each visit. Same-day returning visitors is the share of visitors who started more than one visit that day.
Why it matters
Traffic only matters if people read. These three numbers show whether a page or a source brings engaged visits or quick exits.
How to use it
- Read Visits, Bounce rate and Visit duration in the headline cards.
- Tap one to chart it over time.
- Compare with the previous period to see whether a change is real.
How it works
- A visit is a run of pageviews from the same daily visitor ID, no more than 30 minutes apart.
- Bounce = visits with one pageview ÷ all visits.
- Duration = last pageview time minus first pageview time, so a one-page visit counts as 0 seconds.
- The visitor ID resets every day, so a return on a later day cannot be linked and is not counted as a return.
Privacy
- Collected: Pageview times you already collect
- No cookies, and nothing stored on the visitor’s device.
- Reports show totals only: never a visitor list, IP address or single visit.
Limits
- Rows: 0 extra per pageview
- Returns are same-day only, by design
Plans
Every plan, including Free. quietstats is free during launch: the Free plan covers 1 site and 5,000 pageviews a month, and no card is needed. See pricing.
Questions
Why is my visit duration lower than in Google Analytics?
GA4 measures engagement time with its own events and cookies. quietstats only sees pageviews, so the last page of each visit adds no time. Turn on scroll depth and engaged time for a closer measure of reading time.
Where are the exact formulas?
On the methodology page, with their limits.