Reading your analytics dashboard
The Analytics page brings together audience and performance data for each of your connected accounts, network by network. This tutorial shows where to find what and how to read it.
Open the Analytics page
From the main menu, the Analytics page shows an overview by default, then a detail view per connected account. Pick an account to see its audience and performance curves.
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Perroly screen: Analytics page, overview with the list of connected accounts.
Understand audience and performance
Audience tracks your follower count over time. Performance groups post-level metrics: reach, engagement, clicks, depending on the network.
Curves build up day after day from collected data: the longer the history, the more useful they get.
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Perroly screen: Analytics page for an {{instagram}} account, 30-day audience curve.
Wait before drawing conclusions
A two or three day curve does not tell you anything reliable: daily swings are normal. Give it at least two weeks of data before treating a trend as real.
The YouTube and X special cases
For , stats come from a daily snapshot of subscriber and view counts, not a real-time API: a number reflects the last snapshot, not the current second.
For , reading stats requires a paid X API tier. An account still on the free tier will see a clear message explaining that, instead of a broken screen.
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Perroly screen: Analytics page for an {{x}} account on the free tier, showing the stats-unavailable message.
Frequently asked questions
Why do my stats look empty right after connecting an account?
Curves build up starting from the connection date: give it a few days, ideally two weeks, before expecting a usable history.
Are YouTube stats real-time?
No. They come from a daily snapshot taken by a cron job, not the live YouTube Analytics API. A number reflects yesterday’s state at best.
Why do I not see stats on my X (Twitter) account?
Reading stats requires a paid X API tier. On the free tier, publishing works normally but stats stay unavailable on X’s side, not Perroly’s.
Do all connected networks have stats in Perroly?
Not all of them: LinkedIn, for instance, has no analytics in Perroly today. The Analytics page only shows accounts for which data actually exists.
Can I compare stats from two of my accounts side by side?
The Analytics page shows data account by account rather than side by side; for a real comparison across several accounts, the Reports page is a better fit.
If I disconnect and reconnect an account, do I lose its stats?
No, the history already collected stays in the database. Only new data collection pauses while the account is disconnected.