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Watch your traffic grow with Sparklines

We have two quick announcements about new Stats features. The first one affects everyone with a WordPress.com blog. The second is just for those who have marked their blogs Private.

The WordPress.com Admin Bar (visible at the top of your screen if you are logged into WordPress.com) now shows a tiny stats chart called a sparkline. You will only see the sparkline on your own blogs. Here’s a screenshot of my admin bar:

Admin Bar with Stats Sparkline

The chart consists of 48 upright bars representing the last 48 hours of page views for the current blog. Darker lines indicate nighttime according to the blog’s time zone setting. This is just to give you a rough overview of recent activity. The chart is also a link to the Site Stats page so you’re that much closer to the full picture. The sparkline has been available to self-hosted WordPress.org users through Jetpack for several months.

Private blogs, which can be viewed only by users chosen by the administrator, now track the page views of all of their users. Traditionally we have omitted the views attributed to a blog’s own users because stats were meant to reflect the activity of the general public. However, this meant that private blogs had no useful stats reports. This change will be especially useful for private blogs that have many users.

How are your stats looking today? To get those numbers moving, check out Scott’s recent post on How to Get More Traffic.

Update: We increased the contrast and added a scale that appears when you place your mouse cursor over the chart.

Sparkline with Scale

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by Andy Skelton

Posted: Thursday, August 18th, 2011 at 7:52 pm. Filed in Admin Bar, Privacy, Stats.

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  1. Liam Wise
    Aug 18th at 7:58 pm

    Awesome, always wanted this feature!

  2. rawmultimedia
    Aug 18th at 8:11 pm

    i really don’t see what it does except be an easy clickable link to see your views. I am not complaining. I am just not grasping its major effect. But any additions to wordpress is cool with me. :)

  3. Mo (@mjangda)
    Aug 18th at 8:12 pm

    I had no idea that the darker lines indicated nighttime! Sparklines are so cool!

  4. xenonlit
    Aug 18th at 8:18 pm

    I like these! They will help to find out when the traffic is at a peak time.

  5. thisblindman
    Aug 18th at 8:25 pm

    Cool.

  6. timethief
    Aug 18th at 8:28 pm

    Thanks for the sparklines. As I’m visually challenged and the sparklines are gray and placed on the gray navigation bar, and as day and night are depicted as other shades of gray, I’m wondering if you would please consider choosing to use color as I’m having so much difficulty discerning the multple shades of gray.

  7. helar
    Aug 18th at 8:40 pm

    Cool. Love the possibility to have stats for private blogs, too!

  8. GADEL
    Aug 18th at 8:47 pm

    This is a great feature. I love checking my blog stats frequently to know my visitors and see how and what to write. Thanks again.

  9. Debra Elizabeth Archibald
    Aug 18th at 9:05 pm

    Brilliant! Thanks x

  10. Jose Carlos Angulo Fotografía
    Aug 18th at 9:05 pm

    Nice detail, helps. well done. usefull

  11. konaexpress
    Aug 18th at 9:08 pm

    Way cool, I just had to go and click on it.

    -John

  12. RM - Lucifer´s Angel
    Aug 18th at 9:24 pm

    perfekt

  13. beyondanomie
    Aug 18th at 9:29 pm

    Very fun!

    I just started a second, new, blog recently at http://www.getintomedicineuk.com so it should be fun to see it grow.

  14. The Awkward List
    Aug 18th at 9:36 pm

    I was wondering what that was.. sounds really awesome!

    Edwin

  15. V.Kirillin
    Aug 18th at 10:02 pm

    Thank you so much! ;) when are going to make stats about location of our users? and where do they come from? :)

  16. MsAidyl
    Aug 18th at 10:08 pm

    amazing!! i love the day/nightime aspect of it

  17. Jennifer
    Aug 18th at 10:18 pm

    Cool! Hoping this is the appetizer to an expanded stats reporting feast. :)

  18. raincoaster
    Aug 18th at 10:20 pm

    FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!

  19. TheOfficialMsSpicy
    Aug 18th at 10:22 pm

    I love everything about this website!!!! & the new feature is great because, I keep track of my site stats daily.

    God Bless,

    Ms Spicy

  20. nazareen
    Aug 18th at 10:29 pm

    Thank you it’s a hard to do so kinde of jobe

  21. SaniAgung
    Aug 18th at 10:46 pm

    i love this !!
    nice work :D

  22. Brittany
    Aug 18th at 10:50 pm

    I was wondering what that was. Great addition ^.^

  23. freethepen
    Aug 18th at 10:57 pm

    Wonderful idea — thank you

  24. modytt
    Aug 18th at 11:01 pm

    I hope the stats say which countries visit my BLOG, this would be perfect

  25. gianghayenchi
    Aug 18th at 11:03 pm

    Thanks.

  26. jakesprinter
    Aug 18th at 11:16 pm

    Cool very nice one

  27. Bayoor
    Aug 18th at 11:32 pm

    The sparkline is a wellcome idea as it will enable one to know how one is fearing.Also,the placement is okay because it will be easily located.Well done.

  28. thiskidreviewsbooks
    Aug 19th at 12:16 am

    Very Cool!

  29. ♡ tHe TaLe Of My HeArT ♡ Ơ̴̴̴̴̴̴͡.̮Ơ̴̴͡
    Aug 19th at 12:16 am

    Great that’s cool……

  30. Spectra
    Aug 19th at 12:43 am

    I just noticed this new feature this morning. I like that we can follow the hours of peak views. It will help me to decide what time of day to post. I already know pre-morning ‘seems’ best, but it will be nice to have proof. I suspect people are all reading blogs from their office desks anyway, during office hours. WAY TO STICK IT TO DA MAN, people!

  31. tenbrokenbullets
    Aug 19th at 12:56 am

    Truth is, it’s kind of awesome.

  32. Stephanie
    Aug 19th at 1:02 am

    Nice. Sounds like it will be a very useful feature.

    And on a side note, I’m digging your epic ‘stache!

  33. Chorwin
    Aug 19th at 1:13 am

    Kind of cool. Actually the Stats do help me alot for per day visit rate…
    By the way, from the bar height, we can’t really know how many visit on that particular hour, just a guess that is the peak… lol.

  34. omawarisan
    Aug 19th at 1:16 am

    I love the idea, hope it can be moved to the stats page so it is readable! It is realllllly hard to see.

  35. Raise Expectations
    Aug 19th at 1:49 am

    Very cool. One of the best new features WordPress has added.

  36. Mikalee Byerman
    Aug 19th at 2:19 am

    I noticed that today! Thank you for clarifying…that’s quite a fun little snapshot of activity. :)

  37. sisterwithstyle
    Aug 19th at 2:45 am

    sounds great! thanks!!

  38. Darren Poke
    Aug 19th at 4:15 am

    I love it. A nifty new addition.

    Thanks guys, you do an awesome job!

  39. SorrentoMoon
    Aug 19th at 4:21 am

    I suppose I need traffic to understand the feature better. I am sure I will appreciate it one day! Cheers

  40. shekharonline
    Aug 19th at 4:51 am

    Is that available with Zones / Countries too? This feature looks good. Keep up with the good work. you guys \m/ .Loving it.

  41. peregrine
    Aug 19th at 4:57 am

    It is remarkable how hard working and ingenious the WordPress people are. I feel awfully lucky. -Peregrine

  42. Pearlie
    Aug 19th at 6:16 am

    Nice feature, gives me a quick update.
    But as Timethief said, it would really help if the colour of the stats/background was changed from grey to something more discernable..

    Thanks,
    Pearlie.

  43. veehcirra
    Aug 19th at 6:21 am

    Interesting it will make it faster to link to the site stats now especially for those obsessing with views like yours truly :)

  44. yousef59
    Aug 19th at 6:21 am

    very good…

  45. paddylastinc
    Aug 19th at 6:28 am

    I was actually waiting for any updates from WP team. This one would do. haha :)

  46. Mike Hardisty
    Aug 19th at 6:29 am

    I saw the sparklines last night and thought that’s new, but as I had a date to photograph the ISS as it passed over the UK last night, I didn’t really have time to investigate what they were about

  47. Einna/Annie Fileiros
    Aug 19th at 6:33 am

    J’aime cet article. Bises à toute la communauté.

  48. Liz
    Aug 19th at 7:25 am

    I wondered what it was for till I read it here. Although ok at a quick glance of the eye. I will always use my Dashboard and look from there.

  49. tatankawins
    Aug 19th at 7:34 am

    great tool!
    thanks

  50. goosetea
    Aug 19th at 8:34 am

    Oh, how i love statistics!! thank you guys) too bad there is not much to look at :) )

  51. wbcoach
    Aug 19th at 8:35 am

    Thank you for this new feature. Very nice! I like WordPress more every day!

  52. MsGenealogist
    Aug 19th at 8:42 am

    Interesting. Will have to wait and see how I use it, but it’s very pretty :) (although I am rather surprised the accessibility issue highlighted by TimeThief wasn’t spotted during the design process).

  53. Butterfly Jewel
    Aug 19th at 8:47 am

    I like it!

  54. The Modern Language School
    Aug 19th at 9:38 am

    Very useful. Thanks!

  55. cj wright
    Aug 19th at 9:46 am

    I noticed the sparklines right away. Love ‘em!! What a great tool to take a look at international (nighttime) readership, too. Great addition.

  56. Jayant Raj
    Aug 19th at 10:29 am

    A fun thing, cool. :) But I don’t think it’s of much use to me.

  57. nelson RN
    Aug 19th at 11:09 am

    Now I know what that was for! Thanks! Very cool!!!!

  58. Tomis the Cat
    Aug 19th at 11:45 am

    Thank you very much, dear friends from WordPress ! You are the best !!! :)

  59. Lisa
    Aug 19th at 11:56 am

    Hey, that’s kinda funky. :D

  60. Jörn Backes
    Aug 19th at 12:23 pm

    :-)

  61. Mina
    Aug 19th at 12:44 pm

    Muito bom, gostei ainda bem que recebemos atualizações para melhorar os posts!
    Parabéns a todos que se preocupam conosco!
    Abraços Mina!

  62. John Fanai
    Aug 19th at 12:49 pm

    WP is getting better and better!

  63. whatsaysyou
    Aug 19th at 12:51 pm

    Great feature.

  64. Brandon
    Aug 19th at 12:51 pm

    Cool feature!

  65. amandaenglishteacher
    Aug 19th at 1:06 pm

    Thanks for the information.

  66. Island Heat Products
    Aug 19th at 1:27 pm

    Great reference tool. can see many quick uses.

  67. socialingilizce
    Aug 19th at 1:43 pm

    so so

  68. Margie
    Aug 19th at 1:47 pm

    Nice idea, but a bit difficult to read with shades of grey on grey.

  69. FIKRI SHARE
    Aug 19th at 1:50 pm

    awesome.. i love wordpress

  70. omel07
    Aug 19th at 1:54 pm

    So that’s what it was. Nice feature! :D

  71. naveedashaikh
    Aug 19th at 1:55 pm

    Sounds interesting! and more than interesting after trying it!

  72. mthoffman
    Aug 19th at 2:00 pm

    Thanks for adding that feature! It’s really interesting :D

  73. rebeccasretreat
    Aug 19th at 2:34 pm

    Brilliant feature, useful and looks interesting at the top!

  74. AnnJoo
    Aug 19th at 2:43 pm

    Nice ones! Especially the one for private blogs.

  75. carstickerss
    Aug 19th at 3:02 pm

    I like these! They will help to find out when the traffic is at a peak time

  76. lazorg
    Aug 19th at 3:30 pm

    cool, i like it))

  77. summerfield84
    Aug 19th at 3:44 pm

    Thank you, very much.

  78. fengshuiMAE
    Aug 19th at 3:54 pm

    This is a great way to see when we get views! I love the idea! Bravo!

  79. eof737
    Aug 19th at 4:03 pm

    Neat feature… :-)

  80. jm.maksiu
    Aug 19th at 5:03 pm

    Nice feature. Quick and easy.

  81. Joanna Aislinn
    Aug 19th at 5:12 pm

    Depending on the day, Sparklines are awesome…or depressing.

  82. Potamotrygorgeous Mäh
    Aug 19th at 8:00 pm

    Nice feature.Thanks.

  83. The Scottie Chronicles
    Aug 19th at 8:38 pm

    Very cool! We just noticed this today. Thank you!
    Arrrooooo, Stuart

  84. lollipopsvscigarettes
    Aug 19th at 11:13 pm

    So cool of an idea. :D

  85. sn2snblog
    Aug 20th at 12:36 am

    I like this feature too.
    The fact my blogs pretty new so traffics low atm, This will make it easier to see it progress as time goes on :D

  86. Adrian Pantonial
    Aug 20th at 1:42 am

    I just love WordPress so much for continually improving and always coming up with cool features like this one.

    Keep up the good work Team WordPress!

  87. elenaramirez
    Aug 20th at 4:14 am

    Thanks all of this is very helpful. Blessings, Elena

  88. tinaannlear
    Aug 20th at 7:02 am

    This is just great!

  89. evilnymphstuff
    Aug 20th at 11:34 am

    Cool feature! :)

  90. pepper cookie
    Aug 20th at 12:32 pm

    I am shocked seeing that there are hits on my private blog today. It takes me a while to finally come to a thread (http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/statistics-do-i-count-as-a-reader?replies=8#post-675087) that directed me to this announcement that explains what has happened. I would appreciate giving bloggers a choice to decide if they want the stats, particularly for private blogs. Hope to see that soon!

  91. keeptrade
    Aug 20th at 1:24 pm

    Thanks,very nice feature.

  92. bshortland
    Aug 20th at 2:25 pm

    This is crazy convenient!

  93. Cristiana
    Aug 20th at 8:39 pm

    Awesome, I was wondering what it was until I clicked it and now that I’ve read the post I know more about it. It’s very nice, thanks!

  94. MkMiku
    Aug 21st at 4:15 am

    So THAT’S what the dark lines mean! Cool feature. I’m glad it’s in an easy spot to see.

  95. rypostsit
    Aug 21st at 4:54 am

    love it!

  96. Giorgio
    Aug 21st at 9:23 am

    Think that is a terrific feature :-p Really a good job to keep track of everythink “on the fly”

  97. K & T
    Aug 21st at 6:46 pm

    I like this – I’m always glad I switched over to wordpress when I see the new features you guys come up with.

  98. محمد العتيبي
    Aug 21st at 8:02 pm

    Very nice; appreciate your efforts.

  99. rmiglobal
    Aug 21st at 8:58 pm

    Many Thanks for all your efforts WordPress Team ;-)

  100. symone1176
    Aug 22nd at 12:59 am

    Thx. for the info.; anything positive is always helping me learn a little more everyday.

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