Marketing Metrics – Page 7

Emails Sent is the total number of contacts who received your email in a given send. The count excludes previous hard bounces and unsubscribes. Depending on your email platform, it may also exclude contacts flagged for chronic low engagement.

The number of sessions where the user was meaningfully active. A session counts as engaged if it lasted longer than 10 seconds, included a conversion event, or had at least 2 page or screen views. This metric represents GA4's approach to measuring quality engagement rather than simply counting all sessions regardless of user behaviour. By filtering out sessions that show minimal interaction, Engaged Sessions provides a clearer picture of sessions where users demonstrated genuine interest in your content or offerings, making it a more reliable indicator of successful user experiences than total session counts.

This metric is the average count of engaged sessions per active user. It's calculated by taking the total number of engaged sessions and dividing it by the total number of active users for a given period. Engaged Sessions Per User reveals the depth of user engagement with your website or app by measuring how many quality sessions each active user generates on average. A higher ratio indicates that users are returning for multiple engaged visits, suggesting strong content value, user experience, or brand loyalty. This metric helps distinguish between sites that attract many one-time visitors versus those that build lasting relationships with their audience.

Engagement Rate is a key metric used in web and app analytics to measure user interaction and the quality of user sessions. It is a modern alternative to the traditional Bounce Rate metric, particularly in Google Analytics 4 (GA4). Engagement Rate is calculated as the percentage of engaged sessions out of the total number of sessions. An "engaged session" is defined as a session that lasts longer than 10 seconds, has a conversion event, or has two or more page views or screen views. This metric provides a more nuanced view of user behaviour than Bounce Rate, helping businesses to understand how effectively their content or platform holds a user's attention and drives meaningful interaction.

Feed Subscribers is the count of the number of people who have indicated they want to receive your content. This metric is essential to bloggers and helps you leverage a blog as part of your marketing initiatives.

Followers is the number of users who have chosen to follow another user’s or company’s posts, such as via Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook or Instagram. It is a quantitative metric used to gauge how well you are building an audience and community around your brand.

Form Completions is the count of unique submissions of a form displayed on a website. Businesses use forms for multiple purposes, ranging from customer support to product inquiries. Tracking this metric is a good way to gather standardized information from customers or gauge interest in a product or brand.

Form Installs is the total count of forms deployed on your website. Tracking this number gives you a high-level view of the possible form-based interactions with your customers.

Form Interactions is the count of distinct actions users take on a web form, including clicks, field entries, and abandonment events. Tracking this metric reveals where users hesitate or drop off, and helps you identify friction that prevents form completions.

Form Views is the total count of times users have loaded a page or pop-up containing a form, regardless of whether they submitted it.

Form Visibles is the count of the number of times hidden forms or form fields are made visible by the click of a button or another trigger action performed by the user. Often, forms can be hidden until the user reveals them. This can be used to measure the extent of the user’s interest in the website and to target certain user segments.

Get Directions Clicks is the count of the number of times people have clicked on a link to get directions to the physical location of your business. You can usually include a link on your social media profiles connected to a map that makes it easier for customers to find you.