What is the difference between a hit and an event in Google Analytics? - Site Owners Forums

nancy07 · 05-11-2017, 11:34 PM

What is the difference between a hit and an event in Google Analytics?

suchi987 · 05-11-2017, 11:35 PM

A hit is the action by user in Google analytics. It’s how most analytics tools send data to a collection server where as an event is like a counter. It’s used to measure how often a user takes action on a piece of content.

wellliving · 05-14-2017, 09:55 PM

A hit is the action by user in Google analytics. It’s how most analytics tools send data to a collection server.

A hit is a request for a small image file. This image request is how the data is transmitted from a website to the data collection server. There are many different kinds of hits depending on your analytics tool. Here are some of the most common hits in Google Analytics: pageviews, events, transactions.

Event

An event is like a counter. It’s used to measure how often a user takes action on a piece of content.

Hence event is a part of hits

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