Flipsnack statistics

Learn everything you need to know about the integrated Flipsnack statistics.

Table of contents:

Workspace statistics

Individual flipbook statistics

Bookshelf statistics

Google Analytics

With Flipsnack is easy to see how well your flipbooks are performing. Through our built-in tracking system, you can keep track of different statistics for the entire workspace, publication, and each individual page of that publication.

Now let's see what statistics are available in Flipsnack.

Workspace statistics

These statistics will inform you how your flipbooks perform together as a group.

To access these reports, you need to log in, and on the Main dashboard, on the left-hand side, you can click on Statistics.

You'll be able to change the date range if you want using the date selector at the top. By default, it's set to present the data collected in the last 30 days.

This is the information you can find on the page:

Summary and Timeline Report

The information is displayed as an overall summary and as a timeline report. The two contain the following data, presented in different formats:  

• Impressions - counted instantly every time your flipbooks are accessed through an embed or a Flipsnack URL visit.
• Views - counted every time any flipbook is accessed, but only if (1) there is an interaction with the flipbook (click, page flip, etc.) or if (2) the reader spends more than 5 seconds on the page. Neither views nor impressions are unique per user. If I visit a flipbook URL and refresh the webpage while viewing and clicking through, it will count as another impression and another view.
  Bottom line: views indicate a person's engagement at a basic level with publications.
• Average time spent - average for the total time spent reading your flipbooks
• Downloads - total number of times your readers have downloaded PDFs from your flipbooks. Naturally, if this option is not enabled on any of your flipbooks, the downloads will always show 0.

Top 10 flipbooks

In this section, you can see the top-performing flipbooks based on the number of impressions.

Devices and Sources

This is where you can see an overview of how your flipbooks are generally accessed and viewed: through a Flipsnack URL or embed. You can also see what devices are generally used by your readers. 

Global views by top locations

The country reports show the locations your views come from. These reports include the country, the number of views, and the percentage of each location. 

Individual flipbook statistics

To access these reports, search for the flipbook you want to analyze, click on the three dots, and then Stats. If you don't see that option, your flipbook wasn't published.

Here, you can also find source-based statistics for flipbooks that are part of a bookshelf or have individual trackable links added. You have a dropdown list of All statistics on the right of the date selector. View source-based statistics for your chosen flipbook by selecting it from the menu.

Summary and Timeline Reports

You can find the summary and timelines reports at the top of the page, below the date selector. The two contain some of the most important KPIs regarding a flipbook's performance, presented in different formats. 

• Impressions - it shows how many times a flipbook has been accessed either through the direct link or through an embed. This number will always be higher than the number of views because every view starts as an impression
• Views - it shows how many times someone has interacted with or expressed an interest in the flipbook by spending more than 5 seconds on the page. So views are triggered every time someone spends some time with the flipbook or when they start clicking on links, navigating to other pages, etc. 

• Average time spent - metric that reports the average amount of time users spend on your flipbook, expressed in seconds. To calculate your average time spent duration, our system would add together the duration of each visit and divide the sum (seconds) by the number of visits to get the average time spent.

• Downloads - this shows how many times your readers have downloaded the flipbook in PDF format. By default, this option is not activated in the flipbook player.

Page stats report

Here, you can access page-level statistics, which show you the views, clicks, and average time your readers spend on each page. 

Here’s how the page stats report work: 

Let’s say that I will access a flipbook three times today. Two of those times, I will view the cover and not go any further. The third time I will go to the next two pages. The flipbook report will show three impressions and three views. The page report will look like the one just below. The flipbook summary report will not sum up all of the page views (in this case, 3+1+1) because it is not supposed to.

Now, here's another scenario. I will access a flipbook once today. The flipbook will have 1 impression and 1 view. As I read the flipbook, I will flip through pages 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, and then I will go back to pages 2 and 3 to check some information again. This will cause pages 2 and 3 to register two views, and pages 1 and 5 will have just one view. The explanation is simple. I returned to pages 2 and 3, so I viewed them twice. 

For this reason, the page views will always be higher than the flipbook impressions and views.

Engagement statistics

The Engagement statistics section shows more in-depth stats on how your readers engaged with your publications. More specifically, what elements they clicked on, on what page these elements were, and how many times they clicked on them.

Devices and sources report

Find out what percentage of your readers opened your flipbook via desktops, tablets, or mobiles, as well as a percentage of sources, whether it was directly through a Flipsnack page or via an embed on another website.

Country report

The Global view by top locations map shows where the flipbook readers are located, with a number of views from each country and an interactive map.

Form entries report

If you've added a form in Customize and readers have filled it in, you will see all of the collected data here, and you'll be able to see when each form entry was submitted. The download option comes in handy if you want to import the data in CRM or elsewhere.

Bookshelf statistics

If you want to check the performance of your bookshelves, you can view individual bookshelves' statistics. Follow these simple steps: go to the Main dashboard, select the bookshelf you want to view, and click on Stats.

Here, you will find general bookshelf stats for the bookshelf link and for the flipbooks within the bookshelf.

In general bookshelf statistics, you can find information about how your bookshelf performs overall. This includes:

• impressions
• views
• average time spent  

To check statistics of the flipbooks within the bookshelf, go to Flipbooks within and click on each individual flipbook to view complete information about its performance.

Google Analytics

Besides keeping track of integrated statistics, you also have the option to integrate Google Analytics on your profile or with specific flipbooks. 

If you already use Google Analytics tracking, you will see some differences between the GA reports and Flipsnack statistics. These can easily be explained. We're talking about two independent tracking systems that interpret the data differently. View means something in GA and something a little different in Flipsnack.

Your GA filters could also filter some data out of the report. However, the difference between Flipsnack views and GA impressions shouldn't be sky-high. If it is, I'd first look at the selected report dates in both tools to ensure we're looking at the same date range and then investigate further.

Keep in mind that most reports can also be downloaded.

If you want to go even more in-depth and track how your employees interact with a flipbook, we suggest reading about readers statistics. We usually recommend that for internal communication / corporate communication.

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