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Understanding campaign statistics

An overview of what you can find under Activity > Statistics

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Written by Andreas Grosen
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Where do the stats in Playable come from?

It is tracked by our own, internal Playable Analytics. You can connect to your own Google Analytics account if you prefer.

Are the stats "live"?

For general statistics, there can be up to a 2-hour delay. For registration data, there is no delay.

Campaign statistics vs. account statistics

This article explains the statistics you can see when looking at one campaign.

You can also see statistics for all of your active campaigns in the Account dashboard.


Campaign dashboard

The campaign dashboard shows sessions and registrations for the campaign period. You can adjust the view to display a specific period by changing the date range above the graph.

Additionally, you can filter your stats by traffic source to see how different channels perform. For more information on traffic sources refer to this section (Please note that Outbound Clicks and Geolocation Map are not responsive to the source filter)

Note! If you change the campaign period, the default view will adjust to only show statistics from the current campaign period.

After your campaign expires and the data retention period ends (when the registration data is deleted), you will still be able to see the campaign statistics dashboard.


Session and Registration stats

Sessions

Sessions reflect the number of visits to the live URL. A session is initiated when a player accesses the campaign. As a general rule, a session represents one complete journey through a campaign.

A session remains active throughout the entire user journey, unless the player has been inactive for more than 5 minutes and they reload/restart the game.

A session does not take into account whether or not a player completes the game or registers; only if they load the first page of the game.

Note! If the game is iframed/embedded on your website, it will count a session when the iframe is loaded. This means that when someone goes to the URL, where the iframe is embedded, it will count a session, regardless of whether the the person is engaging with the campaign/game.

Registrations

This is the total number of registrations that have been collected via the registration form.

Deleted registrations will be removed from this total. Registrations deleted due to data retention will not be removed from this total.

Every time a player fills out and submits the registration form, it counts as 1 registration. Depending on your registration limit, one player may be able to make several registrations. If you want to limit registrations, read more here: Registration limit.

Unique Registrations

This metric captures the number of unique email addresses registered - meaning that an email address (or another unique identifier) is only counted once. If a player signs up multiple times with the same email, it adds to the total registrations but counts as just one unique registration.

Conversion

The conversion rate is determined by dividing the total number of registrations by the total number of sessions. The conversion rate can be an indicator of the effectiveness of player engagement as it tells us something about how many participants transition from game loading to registration.

Example

If two players load the game but only one proceeds to register, the conversion rate is calculated as 50%. This signifies that half of the players who initiated a session went on to complete the registration process.

In a scenario where a player refreshes the game and registers twice within the same session, the conversion rate is 200% (1 session and 2 registrations - though only 1 unique registration).

If you have a low conversion rate, it may be relevant to evaluate the user journey and consider whether any barriers to registration could be minimized to create a more user-friendly flow. Please note that the need for addressing a low conversion rate is highly dependent on your goals with the campaign.


Highlighted performance indicators

We have updated the performance indicators highlighted in the platform.

Game completion: Shows the amount of people who reached the game page and actually finished the game. This can be used to illustrate if the game was interesting/engaging enough, if it was the proper duration etc.

Reg. page conversion: Show your ability to convert the participants who have seen the registration page into permissions/subscribers. This number will indicate if your registration form is appealing enough, if you ask participants for too much information or the CTA might not be clear enough.

Average game plays: This number illustrates your ability to have replays within the same session. If you have a “try again” button, it will be shown here to what ability you are able to get participants to try again. If it’s a key metric for you in order to boost engagement, consider methods such as leaderboard or additional rewards for replaying.


Data Transfer

This section provides into the data transferred to your ESP, CRM or Storage systems through integrations on your campaign.

The overview shows both how many total records have been transferred as well as how many have been created or updated. The numbers in the overview apply only to the selected campaign and does not take data transfer from other campaigns into account.

Note!

This section will only show if your campaign has one or more integrations.

The statistics available is dependent on which integration and which settings you are using. For example, some systems only allow for creation of new users and the statistics page will not display an updated number in these cases.

These numbers might differ from the unique registrations due to various reasons, such as specific settings within the integration that prevent the sending of emails already present in your database or triggers/filters causing registrations to not be transferred.


Session Distribution & Time Stats

This section gives you an overview of how sessions are distributed by the different data sources. This can be useful for gaining a quick overview of which sources are driving the most traffic to your campaign.

You can also see both the average and total time spent on your campaign, both key metrics in measuring the performance of your campaign.

Read more about sources here.


Overall Performance Funnel

The overall performance funnel shows how well a campaign retains users across the entire flow.


All metrics are calculated against total campaign sessions.

Flow started rate

The percentage of total sessions that progressed beyond the first flow page.

Sign up rate

The percentage of total sessions that resulted in a completed sign up.

Game started rate

The percentage of total sessions that reached the game page.

Completion rate

The percentage of total sessions that progressed to any flow page after the game page.


Outbound Clicks

The outbound clicks refer to CTA's added within your campaign that direct players to different URLs, such as your website or social media pages.

This also includes clicks made on the Social Share Addon, which can be identified through a parameter added to the campaign URL (For example, ?shared_via=linkedin).

Note!

Outbound Clicks are not currently responsive to the source filter.

Statistics on the Social Share Addon is a new feature and only tracks clicks since the feature was released (January 7th, 2026).


Funnel statistics

The funnel statistics display the number of sessions that have been initiated on each flow page.

The funnel stats can be a valuable tool in understanding your game's drop-off rate. By tracking the sessions at each action or flow page, you gain insights into where players may lose interest or face challenges leading them to leave the game.

This data can help pinpoint potential areas for improvement in the user experience, allowing you to optimize and enhance the overall flow of your game.

Sources Funnel

The source funnel graph shows a breakdown of funnel performance by traffic source.

Traffic to campaign

The total number of sessions attributed to a specific source.

Flow started rate

The percentage of total sessions that progressed beyond the first flow page.

Sign up rate

The percentage of total sessions that resulted in a completed sign up.

Game started rate

The percentage of sessions that reached the game page.

Completion rate

The percentage of sessions that progressed to any flow page after the game page.

The summary measures how well participants convert at specific steps in the flow.

Reg. page --> Sign up

The percentage of sessions that completed the registration form, out of all sessions that reached the registration page.

Game started --> Completed

The percentage of sessions that completed the game, out of all sessions that started the game.

Flowpages Funnel

Flow page funnel statistics show how sessions move between individual pages in your flow.

This view gives you a page-by-page breakdown of how participants progress through the flow.

Note! The percentage is calculated based on the total number of sessions that reached the first flow page. If no sessions are recorded on the first flowpage, for example if the flowpage has visibility conditions, the percentage rate will show N/A.


UTM Tracking

The UTM overview allows you to monitor UTM parameters, that have been added to your campaign URL. UTM parameters help identify the specific campaigns or mediums that bring visitors to your Playable campaign. The platform displays the top 10 internal links for quick reference. However, for a complete list, you can export your campaign statistics.

The UTM Source parameter does not show up in the UTM Tracking overview. It is included in the combined Traffic Sources overview as explained below.

UTM tracking for iframed campaigns

When campaigns are iframed, accurate UTM tracking requires our responsive script. The responsive script fetches UTM parameters from the top-level URL. Without the responsive script, UTM parameters may not be captured accurately.


Traffic Sources

The Traffic Sources overview show the top sources from which which visitors have entered your campaign. This is done by combining the UTM Source and referrer into a singular overview of for an accurate view of where your traffic is coming from.

This is how the Traffic Source is identified:

  1. UTM Source comes first

    If a visitor lands on your campaign with a utm_source in the URL (e.g. utm_source=facebook), we use that as the traffic source. This gives you full control and precision.

  2. Referrer as fallback

    If there’s no UTM source, we look at the referrer - which is the site the visitor came from (e.g. https://www.instagram.com/).

Below are the most common sources you may see and what they typically represent.

Traffic source

What it means

Example

Playable

Typically traffic coming from another game or playable experience

A player clicks from one game to another or restarts a game

Direct

No source information is available

A player opens the game via the URL or comes from email or apps that do not pass referrer data

Social media

Traffic from social platforms

A player clicks a link on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, or similar

Search engines

Traffic from search engines

A player finds the game via Google or Bing

Email

Traffic from email clients or apps

A player clicks a link in a newsletter or campaign email

Other websites (domain-based)

Traffic from external websites not in a known category

A link from news.example.com appears as example.com

Note! Referrer stats may not work as effectively on mobile devices due to privacy and security measures implemented by web browsers. On mobile devices, users often access content through apps rather than browsers. In-app browsing may not always pass referrer information, making it challenging to track the source of the traffic accurately.


Session location map

The Session Location Map provides an overview of the geographic locations of your players. Each location on the map represents where players have initiated game sessions.

Note! A location will only be displayed on the map if it has accumulated 25 or more sessions!


Daily Activity

The Daily Activity view shows a day-by-day overview of campaign performance throughout the campaign period.

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