How do I see who viewed my published links?

This guide shows you how to check your viewership metrics for your published links in Orangedox. You’ll learn how to check overall activity including viewership and summary engagement metrics for specific files.

View General Metrics

Open the Published Files app to see overall metrics.High-level metrics give you a quick snapshot of activity across your published links, so you can see how your content is performing at a glance.

View Summary Metrics 

You’ll be able to see the high level summary metrics for all of your active published links including

1. Trend of active published links over the last 7 days vs. the previous 7 days  
2. Total previews and downloads across all published links

High Level Metrics

View metrics for a specific published link

Browse to the published link to view high level metrics, including

1. Total number of file previews.
2. Total number of file downloads.
3. Total number of users who accessed the content.

This helps you understand at a glance how engaged your audience is with your published links.

Note: Published links with over 1000 views will display high-level metrics only. 

View Page-by-Page Metrics

For supported file types, Orangedox provides page-by-page engagement insights, allowing you to understand exactly how your audience interacts with your content.

Access Page-by-Page Metrics

Open a specific published link and click into Viewership Metrics to access detailed engagement data.

What Metrics are Available

Page-by-page metrics give you a deeper insight into how your document, audio or video file is being consumed, including

1. Time spent on each page
2. Which pages were viewed or skipped
3. Drop-off points where viewers stopped engaging

This helps you identify which sections of your document are most engaging and where viewers may be losing interest.View lead capture metrics

For published links with lead capture enabled, you’ll see a list of email addresses for those who accessed your published content. 

Select an email to view drill-down engagement details for that person, allowing you to qualify how engaged they were.

View detailed metrics for each person

Click the viewership metrics to see more detailed engagement information.

Depending on the file, this can include page-by-page engagement for documents, audio and video files, as well as other detailed activity data tied to previews and downloads.

Detailed metrics include

1. Average page-view times (for documents)
2. Average view time (for audio and video)
3. Previews and downloads by date range

Best Practices

Quick Overview 

Check high-level metrics first to get a quick overview of activity.

Measure Performance 

Review individual file metrics when you want to measure performance for a specific published item.

Deeper engagement

Use detailed metrics when you want to understand deeper engagement.

Follow Up

Review lead capture metrics when you want to follow up with specific prospects.

Focus on the metrics that match your goal, whether that is reach, engagement, or generating a lead list.

Summary

You can view viewership metrics from the Published Files app, then open a specific file to see previews, downloads, and user activity. For deeper analysis, you can review detailed engagement data or captured leads when enabled.