Who uses web archives: How to collect and share Archive-It analytics

April 17th, 2024

by the Archive-It team

Archive-It partners met online on April 10 to learn about web archive analytics. Internet Archive staff demonstrated new tools to measure traffic from the live web. Attendees discussed their reporting goals and the data helps them the most.

Download the presenters slides (PDF) and watch the recording below to catch up anytime:

The Internet Archive hosts access data with free open source software developed by Plausible Analytics. Partners can collect and share analytics by following the instructions here in the Archive-It Help Center: Track access to your web archives with Plausible Analytics.

Screenshot of Archive-It's analytics dashboard

And watch this space! We look forward to sharing lessons learned from analytics about collection development, workflow improvement, and resource allocation.