📊 How Statistics Work
Our statistics system provides real-time analytics for your shortened URLs, giving you valuable insights into link performance and audience engagement.
Data Collection
- Real-time tracking: Every click is recorded instantly with timestamp precision
- Geographic data: Country level only, from Cloudflare's country header or a bundled GeoLite2 lookup. No city or region data.
- Referrer information: The referring domain (
google.com), not the full referring URL
- User agent data: Browser and OS names, derived from the user agent string
- IP addresses: Stored per link and used to count unique visitors. Never displayed on the stats page and never included in an export.
Note: Statistics are available immediately after the first click on your shortened URL. Data is updated in real time and persists for the lifetime of the link — there is currently no expiry on click data.
📤 Export and Data Access
Access your statistics data programmatically or export for further analysis.
Export Formats
- JSON: Machine-readable format for integration with other tools
- CSV: Spreadsheet-compatible format for manual analysis
- Excel (XLSX): Full-featured format with multiple sheets
API Access
Integrate statistics into your applications using our REST API:
curl -X GET https://zip1.io/api/stats/your-alias
curl -X GET https://zip1.io/api/export/your-alias?format=csv
Pro Tip: Use the API to build custom dashboards or integrate statistics into your existing analytics tools. Perfect for monitoring multiple links or automating reporting workflows.
🔒 Privacy and Security
Data Protection
- No accounts: Creating a link takes no email, name, or password. There are no user accounts, so nothing ties a link back to a person.
- What we keep about visitors: The visitor's IP address, stored alongside the link so repeat visits count as one unique click. It is only ever counted, never shown or exported.
- Retention: Click data lives as long as the link does. We do not currently expire or delete it on a schedule.
- Who can see the stats: Anyone who knows the short code can open its stats page. Put a password on the link to gate both the redirect and its statistics.
Password Protection
For sensitive links, use password protection to restrict both access to the link and its statistics:
{
"url": "https://internal-docs.company.com",
"password": "team-access-2024",
"description": "Internal documentation"
}
Security Note: Password-protected links require the same password to view statistics. This ensures that sensitive link data remains secure.