GoatCounter vs Google Analytics
Head-to-head usage across the sites we track.
Top sites by authority
GoatCounter · Google Analytics · how many of each technology's sites sit in the web's highest authority tiers
Open Page Rank scores 0 to 10 from the open web link graph; 9+ covers only a few hundred domains worldwide.
By country
GoatCounter · Google Analytics · share of sites in each country using one or the other
United States
512
1,630,450
Japan
114
653,829
India
269
590,092
United Kingdom
232
519,612
Brazil
150
448,348
France
193
410,196
Germany
186
390,976
Canada
163
372,528
Audience countries from the Chrome UX Report, top markets of either technology.
Real user performance
| Metric | GoatCounter | Google Analytics |
|---|---|---|
| LCP | 1.3 s | 1.9 s |
| INP | 75 ms | 75 ms |
| CLS | 0 | 0 |
| TTFB | 500 ms | 800 ms |
Median site's p75 values from the Chrome UX Report, Aug 2026. Lower is better; green meets Google's "good" threshold. This describes the sites that use each technology, not the technology's own overhead.
Sites that switched
Domains that dropped one technology and adopted the other within about a year, data nobody else gives away free.
GoatCounter to Google Analytics
| Domain | When |
|---|---|
| dndq.live | Jun 2026 |
| radiotsf.fr | Nov 2025 |
Google Analytics to GoatCounter
| Domain | When |
|---|---|
| onursendere.com | Aug 2026 |
| cecif.com | Jul 2026 |
| dndq.live | Jun 2026 |
| valleybread.com | Jun 2026 |
| ryzukomik.my.id | Jun 2026 |
| pisosdemarmol.com.mx | Jun 2026 |
| villagepharmacy.gr | Jun 2026 |
| melles750.fr | May 2026 |
| tabletennisspot.com | May 2026 |
| elzr.com | Apr 2026 |
| redatorchefe.com.br | Dec 2025 |
| schmerzklinik.com | Dec 2025 |
| lezionidiflauto.it | Sep 2025 |