--- title: "Don't use Google Analytics" url: https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-use-google-analytics-8xpjxzydo source_url: https://jak2k.schwanenberg.name/post/google-analytics type: article source: "Community Picks" published: 2024-01-07T16:11:03.159Z updated: 2024-01-07T16:11:02.510Z tags: ["privacy", "google-analytics"] reading_time: 2 upvotes: 16 comments: 3 language: 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. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- 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)