There are numerous complaints throughout the boards and social media that Google Analytics actual time knowledge is lagging and never reporting precisely. It looks like these complaints are legit after checking numerous websites.
So as an alternative of seeing the conventional variety of actual time guests within the GA4 actual time reviews, you might be seeing a smaller proportion of them being reported.
Here’s a pattern actual time report that appears to reporting a small proportion of site visitors from what it usually exhibits:
This looks like a bug, however Google has not responded to the complaints about this problem but.
I simply wished to put up this to say these of you noticing this drop in actual time site visitors reported in Google Analytics – you aren’t alone. It looks like there’s at present one thing clogging the reporting pipes and hopefully Google will repair it quickly.
Discussion board dialogue at X and WebmasterWorld and loads of different locations.
Replace at 8am – appears to be getting worse:
My GA4 actual time now at ZERO https://t.co/DTL8RGWTOm https://t.co/tvNCkYoWwS pic.twitter.com/OdHC7fjgTt
— Barry Schwartz (@rustybrick) March 27, 2024
Replace at 11:30am – Google has confirmed it as a bug:
Hello Barry, Thanks for flagging. This can be a bug and the staff is engaged on it. Apologies for the inconvenience!
— AdsLiaison (@adsliaison) March 27, 2024
Replace at 11:35 am – it appears it’s now resolving:
Oooo – beginning to see actual time site visitors numbers in GA4 now https://t.co/DTL8RGWTOm pic.twitter.com/tsQA1TMcfG
— Barry Schwartz (@rustybrick) March 27, 2024
And an replace: This has been resolved. Thanks to your endurance!
— AdsLiaison (@adsliaison) March 27, 2024
