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Google Analytics Alternative for Medium

Medium's built-in stats show you claps, reads, and followers — but not where your readers come from, what devices they use, or how they found your publication. If you run a Medium publication on a custom domain, StatFast gives you the complete traffic picture that Medium's native analytics leave out.

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Why Medium users are leaving Google Analytics

GA4 wasn't built for Medium. Here's what goes wrong.

Medium's built-in analytics are limited to reads, views, and claps — no traffic sources, no geographic data, no device breakdowns

Google Analytics cannot be added to standard Medium profiles — only custom domain publications have any integration option

Medium's stats dashboard updates inconsistently and doesn't provide real-time data about current readers

Writers publishing on Medium have zero insight into how readers discover their content beyond Medium's internal distribution

Why StatFast works better with Medium

Built for speed, simplicity, and privacy.

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Works with Medium custom domain publications to fill the analytics gap Medium's native stats leave

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See traffic sources, geographic data, and device breakdowns that Medium doesn't provide

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Real-time visitor count so you can see the immediate impact of sharing your articles

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Privacy-respecting analytics that don't track your readers across the web

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Add StatFast to your Medium project with one snippet.

Medium setup

<!-- For Medium custom domain publications -->
<!-- Contact your domain provider to add DNS records -->
<!-- Then add to your custom domain's HTML settings: -->

<script
  defer
  data-domain="yourdomain.com"
  src="https://statfast.app/tracker.js">
</script>

<!-- Note: Only works with Medium custom domains -->

StatFast vs Google Analytics

All the insights. None of the bloat.

	StatFast	Google Analytics
Setup time	30 seconds	30-60 minutes
Script size	<1 KB	45+ KB
Cookie-free	✓	✕
GDPR compliant (no banner)	✓	✕

Google Analytics Alternative for Medium

Why Medium users are leaving Google Analytics

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