Google has upgraded its Google Analytics, GA4, real time reports to show users in last 5 minutes. It previously showed users in last 30 minutes and now it shows both users in last 5 minutes and users in last 30 minutes.
The old Universal Analytics tool showed real-time metrics based on the last 5 minutes, and now GA4 does it too.
What it looks like. If you click on your real-time reports in GA4, you will see the chart shows two real-time metrics:
Why we care. You can now see how many users you had on your website in the last 5 minutes, in addition to the last 30 minutes. So real-time metrics just got a bit more fun to watch.
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