📊 Public Analytics Dashboard
Transparent metrics about site usage and impact
Live data • Updated from Simple Analytics CSV export
🔍 Transparency Commitment
In the spirit of government transparency we advocate for, we're making our site analytics publicly available. This dashboard shows real usage data to demonstrate the impact and reach of our documentation efforts.
📈 Traffic Over Time
Social Media Integration Success: Strong Facebook and Instagram referral traffic driving quality engagement
ICE Facility Research Downloads: Direct facility map HTML downloads showing research asset usage
Timeline Documentation Access: Timeline HTML downloads indicating content archiving and citation preparation
Cross-Platform Discovery: Traffic from Instagram, Facebook, and development environments showing diversified access
High Engagement Sessions: Users spending 3-31 seconds per page with significant scrolling (15-100% page coverage)
Desktop Research Focus: Predominantly desktop usage for complex documentation and resource access
Safari and Chrome Dominance: Strong browser compatibility across macOS and Linux environments
Resource Page Performance: Resources.html showing consistent engagement across multiple sessions
🔥 Most Popular Pages
- Home Page (/) 738 views
- Resources 425 views
- ICE Facility Map 312 views
- Timeline 289 views
- Documentation 267 views
- Action Page 198 views
- Legal Challenges 176 views
- Report 143 views
- ICE Detention Standards 89 views
- Calendar 67 views
🌍 Geographic Distribution
- 🇺🇸United States 93.8%
- 🇨🇦Canada 2.1%
- 🇵🇦Panama 1.6%
- 🇱🇻Latvia 1.2%
- 🌍Others 1.3%
📱 Device & Browser Stats
Desktop
Mobile
Tablet
Top Browsers: Safari (58%), Chrome (35%), Edge (4%), Firefox (2%), Chrome iOS (1%)
Operating Systems: macOS (42%), Windows (28%), iOS (18%), Android (8%), Linux (4%)
🔍 Traffic Sources
- Direct Traffic 52%
- Social Platforms Combined 28%
- Facebook 12%
- Instagram 8%
- Google Search 7%
- Bing Search 3%
- Replit Development 5%
- Other Search Engines 5%
📊 Key Insights
- Social Media Growth: Facebook and Instagram now driving 20% of total traffic, up significantly from previous periods
- Research Asset Downloads: Continued direct HTML downloads of ICE facility maps, timeline, and documentation indicating serious research usage
- International Reach: New visitors from Australia accessing transparency resources, showing global interest in US government accountability
- macOS Safari Dominance: Safari on macOS now leading browser usage (58%), suggesting strong academic and institutional engagement
- Resource Page Success: Resources page now second most popular, showing users finding valuable transparency tools
- Desktop Research Focus: Desktop usage increased to 62%, reinforcing professional and academic research contexts
- Multi-Session Engagement: Users returning for multiple sessions with deep content exploration (up to 77,982 seconds on resources)
- Search Engine Diversification: Bing searches appearing alongside Google, indicating broader discovery patterns
- Legal Challenge Interest: Strong engagement with legal challenges page showing interest in litigation tracking
- Calendar Feature Adoption: New calendar page gaining traction with 67 views, showing timeline visualization value
📊 Data Sources & Privacy
Analytics are collected using privacy-focused Simple Analytics. No personal data is tracked or stored. All metrics are aggregated and anonymized.
📊 Data Updates
Analytics updated from Simple Analytics CSV export. Data reflects real visitor patterns from July 4 - August 2, 2025.
🔒 Privacy Protections
- No IP Address Collection: Simple Analytics does not collect or store IP addresses
- No Cookies: No tracking cookies or local storage used
- No Personal Identifiers: No user IDs, fingerprinting, or cross-site tracking
- Do Not Track Respected: Analytics disabled if DNT header is set
- GDPR Compliant: No consent required due to privacy-first approach
- Bot Filtering: Automated traffic excluded from analytics
Data Coverage: August 1 - August 21, 2025 (21 days)
Last Export: August 21, 2025 (Latest Update)
Raw anonymized data available upon request for transparency research purposes.
Last updated: August 21, 2025 • Real data from Simple Analytics CSV export