Watch a story land
Every reader gets a seat. Watch the house fill as a story takes off, see which stories are rising right now, and how far down the page people really read.
Free while in beta
Know who's in the house.
Live analytics for independent publishers and creators. See how many people are reading right now, what brought them, and which stories and sources lead to subscribers.
Free to start. One script tag. No cookies. See the live demo
sample data
The Northside Post
This is the actual dashboard, shown with sample data
0in the house
In the house right now
In the house
0
Nobody is reading right now
At the door
Waiting for the next reader to walk in.
Conversion rate
Revenue
Bounce rate
Visit duration
Top stories right now
Last 30 minutesSources
Posting a story? to see what that post brings in.
Stories
Goals
Locations
Devices
Type
Browser
Operating system
Social accounts
Funnels
Visitor journeys
Names are random labels. Anonymous visitors are recognised for one day; signed-in users you identify are followed across days.
Everything you check after you hit publish.
Count what matters
Mark newsletter signups, memberships and affiliate clicks with one line. Conversion rate and revenue sit next to your traffic.
Know what brought them
Search, social, newsletter or direct: each seat is coloured by how the reader arrived. Connect Bluesky or Mastodon to see followers and the readers each post sent.
From story to subscriber
Lay out the path from an article to a signup and see where readers drop off. Open any anonymous reader to follow their visit page by page.
Open house
Flip one switch for a read-only link to your numbers, plus a weekly house card image to post for sponsors and your audience.
No cookies. Nothing stored.
Housecount never writes to your readers' browsers. Unique readers are counted with an anonymous hash that changes every day.
Honest numbers
Known bots are filtered out, and Do Not Track is respected. Time on a story counts only while the tab is visible.
One line to install
A single deferred script tag, about 1.2 KB gzipped. It works on WordPress, Ghost, Webflow, Next.js and anything else that serves HTML.
Every site, one chart
Run more than one publication? See all their readers and revenue merged into one chart, then each site side by side.
Live in three steps
- 01
Add your site
Create an account and enter the publication you want to watch.
- 02
Paste one line
Drop the script tag into your site's head. No build step, no config.
- 03
Watch the house fill
Your dashboard switches on by itself when the first reader arrives.
<script defer data-site-id="YOUR-SITE-ID" src="https://YOUR-HOUSECOUNT-DOMAIN/tracker.js"></script>Free while we're in beta
Every feature is included. Paid plans for bigger audiences will come later.
Free beta
$0/ month
- 100,000 pageviews per month
- 10 sites
- Live readers, sources, stories, countries and devices
- Signups, conversion rate and revenue by source
- Funnels and reader journeys
- Open-house links for sponsors