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Hexfall0284
Hexfall0284

Reputation: 31

Difference between page_view and session_start in Google Analytics 4

I'm really confused by the event defined by Google Analytics 4 (GA4). As the title mentioned, does anyone can explain what's the difference between page_view and session_start.

The point is I got much more counts of session_start event (180) than that of page_view (18) for a particular page on the desktop but more page_view than session_start on mobile.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 3463

Answers (2)

BenFenner
BenFenner

Reputation: 1078

This page explained things enough for me to know what to do with these two event types: https://help.analyticsedge.com/article/misunderstood-metrics-sessions-in-google-analytics-4

What I got out of it is that in general a session_start event and a page_view event are fired when a page loads in a browser tab. Then later on when the user returns to the tab to possibly read more of the page, another session_start event is fired, but not another page_view event.

That was my take-away.

Upvotes: 1

Cửa Nhựa Đà Nẵng
Cửa Nhựa Đà Nẵng

Reputation: 7

Pageviews are the number of times other people view a fixed page, and sessions are how many subpages people viewed. I think so.

Upvotes: -1

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