Feature Guide

Real-Time Dashboard

Every visit, source, and page — live in one view, no waiting for data to process.

When you make a change — a new blog post, a Facebook ad, a price update — you want to know the same day whether it worked, not next month. The Real-Time Dashboard is where that answer lives. It is the Analytics overview you land on when you open a site in Crafty Meerkat, and it updates within seconds of each visit: no waiting for data to process, no 24-hour reporting delay.

The dashboard shows the full picture at a glance: page views, unique visitors, sessions, bounce rate, top pages, referrers (the sites and searches that sent people to you), device and browser breakdowns, geographic distribution, campaigns, and events. Everything is filterable by date range, page, referrer, country, and device type, so a question like “how many phone visitors did the newsletter bring last week?” takes two clicks, not a spreadsheet.

Because Crafty Meerkat is Website Analytics with a built-in AI Advisor, this same data feeds your AI features: the weekly report and Stats Chat read from the numbers you see here, so what the dashboard shows and what the advisor recommends always match.

How it works

The one-line tracking snippet (under 2KB, loads in the background) sends an event the moment a page loads on your site. Crafty Meerkat processes it immediately and the dashboard reflects it within seconds. There is no sampling and no batch delay — the number you see is the number that happened.

Every card on the overview answers one plain question: “How many people came?” (visitors and page views), “Where did they come from?” (referrers and campaigns), “What did they look at?” (top pages), and “Did they stick around?” (bounce rate and session length).

Step by step

1
Pick your date range
Open your site’s Analytics page and choose a range at the top — today, the last 7 days, the last 30, or a custom span. Every card and chart on the page updates to match, so you are always comparing like with like.
2
Read the metric cards first
The cards along the top — page views, unique visitors, sessions, bounce rate — are your health check. A bakery owner might see “214 visits, 61% from mobile” and immediately know the mobile menu page matters most.
3
Check your referrers
The referrers card shows where visitors came from: Google, social media, other websites, AI assistants, or direct. If Tuesday’s spike traces back to a local news site linking to you, you have found a relationship worth nurturing.
4
Scan your top pages
The top pages list ranks your most-visited pages for the selected range. It updates in real time, so trending content shows up as it happens — useful for spotting which product or article is quietly doing the heavy lifting.
5
Filter to answer specific questions
Click into a page, referrer, country, or device to filter the whole dashboard by it. Stack filters to answer precise questions, like how visitors from your email campaign behaved on the pricing page.

Tips from the den

◆Make the dashboard a Monday-morning habit: five minutes with last week’s range selected tells you what to do more of this week.
◆Compare a launch day against a normal day using the date picker — the difference is your campaign’s real effect.
◆Pin a dated note to the chart (see Chart Annotations) whenever you change something on your site, so future spikes and dips explain themselves.

See it live — no signup

The demo dashboard runs on a real site with real traffic.

Open the live demo →

Common questions

How fast does the dashboard update?

Within seconds. Events appear as they happen — there is no processing delay and no waiting until tomorrow for today’s numbers.

Is the real-time dashboard available on every plan?

Yes. The Real-Time Dashboard is included on Starter, Growth, and Agency, and in the 30-day free trial. AI features that build on this data, like AI Weekly Reports and Stats Chat, are on Growth and Agency plans.

Can I see the dashboard without creating an account?

Yes — the live demo at den.craftymeerkat.com/demo is the real product running on a real site, so you can explore every card and filter before signing up.