+31% scroll depth
2,419 reading now
3m 48s avg read time
72% loyal readers
New Open source · Privacy-first

Open-source analytics
built for publishers.

Article-level metrics, realtime reader data, and editorial insights. Privacy-first, cookieless, self-hosted or cloud. GA4 was built for marketers — this was built for newsrooms.

Open source  ·  Free to start  ·  Live in 60 seconds

app.publistic.us/dashboard
Publistic.
Realtime
Overview
Articles
your-site.com ▾
Search
Social
Direct
Email
Live visitors
2,419
↑ 318 vs 15m ago
Search1,284
Social621
Direct312
Email202
Article
Trend
Live
Scroll
Read
Score
Why electric cars are winning in Europe
J. van der Berg · 2h ago · Search
↑247%
548
76%
5m 31s
8.7
Interview: the future of local journalism
M. Torres · 4h ago · Social
↓18%
412
52%
2m 14s
5.8
How readers changed after the algorithm update
R. Janssen · 6h ago · Direct
→
289
91%
7m 12s
9.3
The complete guide to newsletter monetization
S. Patel · 1d ago · Email
↓6%
198
84%
6m 45s
8.1
How it works

See your content clearly

Most analytics tools were built for e-commerce. Publistic was built for people who publish.

01
Add one script tag
60 seconds to install
Paste one line before </head>. No plugins, no build tools, no config. Works with WordPress, Ghost, or any CMS. Under 1kb — your site stays fast.
<1kb script size
0ms render block
Free forever
02
Understand your readers
Data flows immediately
Which articles get read to the end? Which sources send engaged visitors? Who's your most impactful author? See it in one place — not buried in GA4 menus.
4m12s avg read
68% scroll depth
42% recirculation
Core product
03
Know what to do next
Insights, not just charts
Publistic learns your site's patterns and surfaces what matters. 'Wednesday content gets 2x engagement.' 'Discover readers scroll 40% deeper than Search.' Actions, not just numbers.
8.4 health score
31% loyal readers
+18% retention
MCP-ready
💡
How the layers connect: Analytics tells you an article got 80K views. Realtime shows that Discover brought 60K of those — with 8 seconds read time and 96% bounce. The Insights engine concludes: the headline works, the content doesn't. That's the difference between counting and understanding.
Built for publishers

Built for newsrooms,
not marketing departments

Every feature exists because a publisher needed it.

Realtime that matters
Not just a visitor counter. See which articles are trending right now, which sources are surging, and how readers engage — as it happens.
Article-first analytics
Every metric tied to your content. Engagement per article, per author, per category. Stories and readers — not sessions and pageviews.
Bot & crawler visibility
GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot crawl your articles daily. Publistic shows you exactly which bots visit, which pages they target, and how often. No other analytics tool does this.
Insights, not dashboards
We don't hand you 50 charts and say good luck. Publistic tells you what changed, why it matters, and what to do about it.
Core Web Vitals
Real performance data from real readers on real devices. Not synthetic Lighthouse scores — actual load times from your audience.
Privacy by default
No cookies. No consent banners. No personal data. GDPR-compliant out of the box. Your readers' privacy is not a feature toggle.
Same article, different story

Not all traffic is
created equal

The same article. Two sources. Completely different reader behavior. Publistic shows you which traffic actually matters.

Google Discover
Algorithmic feed traffic
Views
62,400
Avg. read time
0m 08s
Scroll depth
12%
Recirculation
3%
Loyal readers
1%
Headline works, content doesn't land. High volume, zero retention.
vs
Google Search
Intent-driven organic traffic
Views
4,200
Avg. read time
5m 04s
Scroll depth
82%
Recirculation
38%
Loyal readers
24%
Intent-driven readers who stay, scroll, and come back. This is your real audience.
Open source

Your data. Your servers.
Your rules.

Publistic is MIT-licensed and fully open source. Self-host on your own infrastructure or use our managed cloud. No vendor lock-in, no data hostage situations.

Self-hosted
Run Publistic on your own server. Docker Compose, one command. Full control over your data.
Managed cloud
Don't want to manage servers? We host it for you. Same product, zero ops.
MIT licensed
Fork it, extend it, contribute back. The code is yours. No proprietary black boxes.
Built different

Why publishers are switching

01
Publisher-first
Built by people who understand newsrooms. Every feature, every metric, every insight designed for content teams.
Content-focused metrics
02
Lightweight
Under 1kb script. No cookies. No render blocking. Your site stays fast, your readers stay private.
<1kb tracker script
03
Actionable
Not another dashboard to check. Publistic tells you what to do — which content to double down on, which sources to invest in.
Editorial insights
04
Open
Open source, open data, open API. Export everything. Integrate with anything. No walled gardens.
MIT licensed
Pricing

Pay for hosting,
not for software.

The code is open source. You're paying for servers, SSL, backups, and uptime — not for a license.

Self-hosted
Free, forever
Run Publistic on your own servers. Unlimited pageviews, unlimited sites. Docker Compose, one command.
Self-hosting guide →
Starter
$9 /mo
  • Up to 100K pageviews/month
  • 1 site
  • All features included
  • 1 year data retention
Get started
Growth
$19 /mo
  • Up to 1M pageviews/month
  • 3 sites
  • All features included
  • 2 year data retention
  • Priority support
Get started
Scale
$39 /mo
  • Up to 10M pageviews/month
  • 10 sites
  • All features included
  • Unlimited data retention
  • Priority support
Get started

All plans include: Realtime · Article analytics · Bot visibility · Insights · Web Vitals · MCP support · CSV export · API access

Need more than 10M pageviews? Contact us.

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content clearly?

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Free during beta  ·  Open source  ·  Self-host available