See if anyone clicked a link you shared

The stats page shows totals for that link

Open it and you see counts for that one link, added up. You do not get a separate line for each person who clicked.

• Clicks by day. How many times the link was opened each day. The chart can show the last 7 days, the last 30 days, or every day since the link was made.
• Total clicks and unique clicks. Total clicks count every open. Unique clicks count each IP address once, so ten opens from the same connection are ten clicks and one unique click. The day, country, referrer, browser and OS charts can each show all clicks or unique clicks.
• Countries. Which countries the clicks came from. Location is shown by country only, not city.
• Referrers. The site that sent the click, such as a social network or another website, when the click reports one.
• Browser and operating system. Totals for each browser and each operating system.
• Last click. The time of the most recent click, and the browser and operating system it used. Earlier clicks stay in the totals.
• Known bots. A chart of clicks from known bots, by name. Those clicks stay in the total.

Shorten the link, then open its stats

Paste the long link on the homepage and shorten it. On the next screen, choose View Analytics. That opens the stats page for the link you just made.

To open it again later, go to the stats lookup and paste the short link. Anyone with the short link can read the numbers. If the short link has a password, the stats page asks for the same password.

Visitor IP addresses are stored to count unique visitors. They are never shown on the stats page or included in the export.

Download the same numbers

You can download the same counts as CSV, JSON, XLSX, or XML. The CSV download is a zip of CSV files, one for each set of counts, and a summary. XLSX is one workbook with a sheet for each of those. JSON and XML are the same counts in those formats.

If you want those numbers from a program you wrote, the URL shortener API page is the place for that.

FAQ

• Do I need an account to see a link's stats?

  No. Shorten a link, then open its stats page. Anyone with the short link can read the numbers. If the short link has a password, the stats page asks for the same password.

• What is the difference between clicks and unique clicks?

  Total clicks count every open. Unique clicks count each IP address once, so ten opens from the same connection are ten clicks and one unique click. Visitor IP addresses are stored to count unique visitors. They are never shown on the stats page or included in the export.

• How precise is the location?

  Location is shown by country only, not city.

• Does the stats page list every click?

  It lists totals. The time, browser, and operating system are shown for the latest click only.

• Do known bots count as clicks?

  Yes. Known bots are named on their own chart, and those clicks are included in the total.

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