GA4 Users Explained: New, Active, Total, Returning (And how to make a New vs. Returning Report)

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  • All about Google Analytics 4 users. How are New Users calculated? How about Total Users? How about Active Users, which is a new metric compared to Universal Analytics? All that and more explained in this video, including a way to make a New vs. Returning users report.
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  • @akosan
    @akosan ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this was helpful and really easy to understand, thank you!

  • @deeteekay6859
    @deeteekay6859 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Awesome! was very helpful. Thank you

  • @EMRabago
    @EMRabago ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very helpful! Thanks!

  • @nomadcurate
    @nomadcurate ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Super helpful video. Thanks

  • @JonnaMuurinen
    @JonnaMuurinen ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the video! Do you know how to rearrange the metrics after they have been created? I have the engagement rate on the first column and sessions on the last column and now I´d like the change the sessions on the first column, but I really can´t figure out how to do that!

  • @LauraAmorocho
    @LauraAmorocho ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome explanation! I've tried to create a "returning users" audience. Still, the metric returning user or the dimension established is not available in this section (at least for me), can you please advise on how to create the such audience. Also tried to segment by users with seesion_start >1 but it shows a +400 users difference with the retention report. Thanks!

  • @VishalSharma-lz9qq

    Amazing Video, Best explanation. Instant Subscribe.

  • @ayuannisa2755
    @ayuannisa2755 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi, thank you for the explanation. I have a question and hope you can answer this :), I am trying to create an explore report, and the number of sessions is bigger than the total of users. I have no idea, is any wrong with that? or did I have the wrong setting? Thank you in advance

  • @lamender2
    @lamender2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    so helpful! what about when there are Event Counts but not Total Users? feel like that also doesn't make sense.

  • @JeffBonilla_Author_Songwriter
    @JeffBonilla_Author_Songwriter ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video. If I understand this correctly than can you say that the New User is now a unique user? I'm always getting asked what the uniques are on our different sites.

  • @SamirRifai
    @SamirRifai ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent videos! How does GA4 events behave when dealing with Woocommerce cache for example? If cache is constantly being purged, will this reset GA4 events?

  • @ryanchan7701
    @ryanchan7701 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for your sharing. I have a quick question about User.

  • @amarketing7433

    Thank you for the video! I can't understand why the total number of users (3100) is so much higher than the number of new users (605) and returning users (396). How is that possible? I tried using the report Landing page. Can you also tell me what is actually the difference between this metric new/returning in Segment and only new and returning, because it gives also different numbers? And keep going with the great content!

  • @abhilashamishra3505
    @abhilashamishra3505 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey! Thank you for the explanation. I was wondering why I see "not set" as a third category (established, New & not set) when I click on yes to nested rows? What could I do to fix this?

  • @jericadannasoberano5770
    @jericadannasoberano5770 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In Modeling definition for Returning user: when you say GA will fill in the gap by copying the same users with "same property" that accepted the cookies for those who dont. what does that mean?

  • @sangamithra83
    @sangamithra83 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is there any update for looker studio when we use GA4 as a data source. Kindly can you make a video for this.

  • @jeffsebestyen4666

    I remember when I could do this in 3 Clicks on Google Universal. Why do I need to become a data analyst in GA4 just to get a few numbers.

  • @billchance5308
    @billchance5308 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Does g4 not show the User by Time Of Day?

  • @user-wi9pi7ik7s
    @user-wi9pi7ik7s ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I want to know:How can i see the difference of the new user in every step in funnel exploration?Can you hep me?

  • @christylapp212
    @christylapp212 ปีที่แล้ว

    One metric I currently check weekly is new/returning users to a specific page on a specific date. I can't figure out how to get that data in GA4. I thought this report might help but I'm not getting the result. Suggestions?