For a quick look, open cPanel’s Metrics section, which counts visits from your server’s logs. For accurate numbers of real people, where they come from and what they read, add Google Analytics to your site; it is free.
A quick look in cPanel
- Metrics → Visitors shows the most recent requests to each domain: when, from which IP address and for which page.
- Metrics → Awstats, if your cPanel has it, gives daily and monthly summaries of visits, pages, countries and the sites that sent people to you. Click View next to the domain.
- Metrics → Bandwidth shows how much data your site has served, so you can see how close you are to your plan’s monthly bandwidth.
These figures come from the server’s logs, which count search engine crawlers and other bots as well as people. Use them for trends, not exact numbers.
Google Analytics, for real visitors
- Sign in at analytics.google.com with a Google account. Create an account and a property, then add a Web data stream for your domain.
- Copy the Measurement ID, which starts with
G-. - On WordPress, install Google’s Site Kit plugin and connect it, or paste the ID into your theme’s or SEO plugin’s analytics setting. For other sites, add the Google tag that Analytics gives you to every page.
- Visit your site, then open Reports → Realtime in Analytics to check your visit appears.
Analytics only counts from the day you install it, so do it early.
Tip: Analytics uses cookies and collects data about visitors, so add a privacy policy and cookie notice to your site. See How do I add a privacy policy and cookie notice?
Which searches bring people
Google Search Console shows the searches your site appears for and how often people click. Add your site at search.google.com/search-console and verify it with a TXT record: see How do I add a TXT record?
Did we build your site on a web design plan? Analytics was set up at launch. If you don’t have the login, ask us on WhatsApp.
Still stuck? Open a support ticket with your domain and what you are trying to measure, or message us on WhatsApp.
Updated 6 November 2026. Something here out of date? Tell us.