Video plays and progress
How many people press play on your videos and how many reach 25%, 50%, 75% and the end.
What it does
A Videos card on your dashboard: every video with its plays and the share of plays that reached 25%, 50%, 75% and the end, plus a bar chart for your most-played video showing where people stop watching.
Why it matters
A product demo or explainer only works if people watch it. Knowing that half of viewers stop before the halfway point tells you to shorten it or put the key message first.
How to use it
- Open your dashboard, find Videos and open How to set it up.
- Copy the video.js line (your site ID is filled in) and paste it next to your quietstats tag. Optionally name each video with data-qs-video="Product demo".
- Read plays and the 25%, 50%, 75% and End columns for each video, then the bars to see where people stop watching. Add an event goal for Video progress to use it in funnels.
<script data-host="https://quietstats.co.uk" data-site="YOUR_SITE_ID" data-dnt="true" src="https://quietstats.co.uk/js/video.js" async defer></script>Replace YOUR_SITE_ID with the ID shown on your site’s Manage page.
How it works
- Add the small video.js add-on next to your quietstats tag (it sends no pageviews).
- The first time a video starts playing in a page view, it counts as one play.
- As playback first passes 25%, 50%, 75% and the end (97% for looping videos), each point counts once for that video in that page view.
- Videos are named by data-qs-video, then their title, aria-label or file name. It works with HTML5 <video> elements, including ones added after the page loads.
Privacy
- Collected: Video name, which point was reached (25, 50, 75 or 100%), page path, day
- Collected: Never a watch history: no seek positions, timings or pauses, nothing linking views together
- No cookies, and nothing stored on the visitor’s device.
- Reports show totals only: never a visitor list, IP address or single visit.
Limits
- Optional add-on: script.js stays 845 bytes
- HTML5 <video> only for now; YouTube and Vimeo embeds are not counted yet
- Skipping ahead counts the points skipped past
- Not affected by dashboard filters
- Rows: up to 5 per video per page view where it was played; 1 read per dashboard view
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
Can I use a finished video as a goal?
Yes. Add an event goal for “Video progress” to count every milestone, or track plays with “Video played”.
Does it work with autoplaying or looping videos?
Yes. Autoplay counts as a play once it starts, and looping videos count the end once at 97% so a loop is never counted twice.
Does it slow my video down?
No. It only listens to the play and time events the browser already fires, and sends at most five tiny requests per video per page view.