Simple Analytics Not Working (No Data Showing)

How to fix it

Try these in order — the most common fix is first.

1. 1. Check the script loads

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   1. Open your site, right-click, Inspect, open the Network tab and refresh
   2. Find the latest JS entry and read its Status
   3. 200 means loaded; blocked:other or blocked:csp points to a blocker or CSP
   Did this fix it? Yes No

2. 2. Add the script to every page

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   1. Place the embed script at the end of body in your base template
   2. Use async as in the docs
   3. Verify with view source on an inner page
   Did this fix it? Yes No

3. 3. Allow the hostname for previews or localhost

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   1. Add the exact hostname to your dashboard, or
   2. Add data-hostname set to your site's hostname on the script tag
   Did this fix it? Yes No

Symptoms

Dashboard shows no pageviews or visitors after install.

Why it happens

• Script not on every page
• Ad blocker blocking the script
• Content Security Policy blocking it
• Preview or localhost hostname not added
• Just installed (data can take a moment)

This guide also covers

• simple analytics not working
• simple analytics no data
• simple analytics not tracking

Other Simple Analytics errors

• Simple Analytics Blocked by Ad Blockers
• Simple Analytics Visitors Lower Than Pageviews
• Simple Analytics Events Not Showing
• Simple Analytics Blocked by Content Security Policy
• Simple Analytics Not Counting Do Not Track Visitors
• Simple Analytics Free Plan Badge Missing (Dashboard Locked)
• Simple Analytics Google Analytics Import Not Working
• Simple Analytics Counting My Own Visits