--- title: Don't use Google Analytics | daily.dev description: Using Google Analytics on your website is a bad idea and it may even be illegal. This post explains the reasons why and suggests alternatives like Matomo,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-use-google-analytics-8xpjxzydo twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Don't use Google Analytics | daily.dev og:description: Using Google Analytics on your website is a bad idea and it may even be illegal. This post explains the reasons why and suggests alternatives like Matomo,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-use-google-analytics-8xpjxzydo og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/8xPJxzyDo.png og:image:alt: Don't use Google Analytics og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Don't use Google Analytics **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 2 min read · 16 upvotes · 3 comments ## Summary Using Google Analytics on your website is a bad idea and it may even be illegal. This post explains the reasons why and suggests alternatives like Matomo, Plausible, and Posthog. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@kkurko** · 1 upvotes > At the end of the article, the author mentions a couple of tools that can be used instead of Google Analytics. Another solution that can be used instead of GA is [umami](https://umami.is/), which is used by Hashnode, for example. --- Tags: [#privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/privacy), [#google-analytics](https://daily.dev/tags/google-analytics) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-use-google-analytics-8xpjxzydo) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Don't use Google Analytics","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-use-google-analytics-8xpjxzydo","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-use-google-analytics-8xpjxzydo"},"datePublished":"2024-01-07T16:11:03.159Z","dateModified":"2024-01-07T16:11:02.510Z","description":"Using Google Analytics on your website is a bad idea and it may even be illegal. 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