Time spent on page
The ‘Time spent on page’ dimension records the amount of time a visitor spent on the page. It uses the following steps to measure calculation:
- For a given hit, look at the timestamp.
- Compare this hit with the timestamp of the next hit in the visit. Both page view and link tracking hits count.
- The amount of time that elapsed between these two hits contributes to the time spent.
This dimension is valuable when you want to understand how long visitors interact with a given metric on your site.
This dimension is hit-based, meaning that the value is different for every hit. Compare this dimension to Time spent per visit, which is a visit-based dimension. Higher time spent means that a visitor stayed longer on a page (hit).
Populate this dimension with data
This dimension works out of the box for all implementations. If a report suite contains data, this dimension works.
Dimension items
Multiple dimensions exist for time spent on page:
- Time spent on page - bucketed: The amount of time is bucketed. Dimension items range from
"Less than 15 seconds"to"More than 30 minutes". Time between hits typically does not last longer than 30 minutes; however, time between hits can exceed 30 minutes if using timestamped hits or data sources. - Time spent on page - granular: Each number of seconds is a unique dimension item.
See Time spent overview for more general information on time spent.