> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://product-guide-starter-replace-template-content.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Enable analytics

> Start tracking page views, search queries, and reader engagement in minutes.

Mintlify tracks a baseline set of metrics automatically — page views, search queries, feedback votes, and AI assistant conversations — all visible in the dashboard without any setup. To get deeper insights, connect a third-party analytics provider.

## What Mintlify tracks natively

Once your site is deployed, the **Analytics** tab in your project dashboard shows:

* **Page views** — Total and unique visitors per page, filterable by date range.
* **Popular pages** — Your most-visited pages, ranked by view count.
* **Search queries** — What readers type into your search bar, including queries that returned no results.
* **Feedback** — Thumbs up/down votes and optional written feedback collected on each page.
* **AI conversations** — Questions asked to your site's AI assistant and whether they were answered.

No configuration required for any of the above.

## Add a third-party analytics provider

For cohort analysis, custom funnels, or data that lives alongside your product metrics, connect a provider in `docs.json`:

<Steps>
  <Step title="Get your tracking ID or API key">
    Log in to your analytics provider (Google Analytics 4, PostHog, Segment, Mixpanel, Plausible, or others) and find your measurement ID or write key.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add it to docs.json">
    Add an `integrations` block to your `docs.json`:

    ```json theme={null}
    "integrations": {
      "posthog": {
        "apiKey": "phc_your_key_here"
      }
    }
    ```

    See [Connect an analytics provider](/analytics/connect-data) for the exact field names for each supported provider.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Deploy and verify">
    Push the change to your repository. After the deployment completes, visit your docs site and confirm events are appearing in your analytics provider's dashboard. Use browser dev tools to verify the tracking script loaded if you don't see events right away.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Next steps

* See [all supported analytics providers](/analytics/connect-data) and their configuration options.
* Learn what the [native analytics dashboard](/analytics/dashboards/create-dashboard) shows and how to use it.