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Analytics: Engagement - Participation rate data unclear

fsmeier

Heyhey,

I am playing around with analytics data and I dont really understand some data-points.

For example the excerpt from the engagement dashboard reg. participation rate:

(this dashboard is just a copy from the standard engagement one and I removed the other graphs to focus)

So the participation rate for December 2024 was 63 with having 47 Active Users and 16 Contributors. I thought…. BUT: Where is the 47 coming from? In the same dashboard you see an absolute number for the active users displayed as 63. So which number is correct? What is the 47 about?

So far I can query the 16 and 63 via analytics API as well over a timeframe. But the 47 - whatever this number is - i can not grasp.

Any idea?

All the best,

Florian

PS.: This article doesnt really help me either

Participation Rate: Number of unique members that viewed a page on the forum vs the number of visits by unique users.

https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/38-advanced-analytics?utm_source=community-search&utm_medium=organic-search&utm_term=participation+rate

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fsmeier

Ahh, maybe: We have 63 active users of which 16 are also contributors?

BrendanP

Yes that's correct. That graph is showing you the distribution amongst your active users in terms of who was a contributor vs not.

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BrendanP

Hey @fsmeierspryker

you had 63 total active users, of those 16 were contributors and 47 were only active users.

fsmeier

Thanks for the quick reply - yet I dont understand how "47 active users" can be equal to "63 active users" - is the label wrong?

All the best,

Florian

fsmeier

Ahh, maybe: We have 63 active users of which 16 are also contributors?

BrendanP

Yes that's correct. That graph is showing you the distribution amongst your active users in terms of who was a contributor vs not.

fsmeier

Ahh ok, this was a bit confusing but now I understand.

So the number 47 is purely calculated as difference without an extra api call then I guess? (because i did not find any related one which resulted in the 47).

All the best,

Florian