# Analytics

Zulip provides [analytics](/stats) for tracking various statistics about your
organization to create a holistic view of its communications. All graphs are
fully updated once a day, except for the **Messages sent over time** graph,
which is updated once an hour.

## Messages sent over time

![Messages sent over time](/static/images/help/messages_sent_over_time.png)

This section shows the number of messages sent by organization users over a
certain period of time in a bar graph.

To view the amount of messages sent over a point of time, hover over a point
on the graph to see its corresponding time period and message count displayed
in the bottom left corner.

By default, messages sent by **Humans** (users) each **week** are shown in the
graph.

* To change the time period that messages aggregate over, click a button next
to the **Aggregation** label in the top left corner.
    * Selecting the **Cumulative** option will transform the graph into a line
    graph representing the total amount of messages sent over time.
* To change the types of users shown in the graph, click one of the labels in
legend in the top right corner.
* To change the total timeframe of the graph, select an option in the bottom
right corner of the graph.
    * You can also choose a custom timeframes by clicking and dragging the
  window frame as shown below.
    ![Sliding window](/static/images/help/stats-sliding-window.png)

### Messages sent by client

![Messages sent by client](/static/images/help/messages_sent_by_client.png)

This section shows the percentage of messages sent by organization users across
each client (platform) over a recent time period in a bar graph.

By default, messages sent by **everyone** (all users in the organization) over
the past **month** are shown in the graph.

* To change the time period of the messages shown in the graph, click one of the
options in the second group of buttons in the bottom right corner.
* Click the **Me** option in the first group of buttons in the bottom right
corner to see the percentage of messages you sent with each client.

### Messages sent by recipient type

![Messages sent by recipient type](/static/images/help/messages_sent_by_recipient_type.png)

This section shows the percentages of messages sent by organization users
over a recent period of time according to their recipient types (public or
private; streams, individuals, or groups) in a pie chart.

The legend in the top right corner shows the percentages of each message
recipient type; to see the specific amount of messages sent by a recipient type,
hover over the type's portion of the pie chart.

By default, messages sent by **everyone** (all users in the organization) over
the past **month** are displayed in the graph.

* To change the time period of the messages shown in the graph, click one of the
options in the second group of buttons in the bottom right corner. The total
amount of messages sent over time is shown in the bottom left corner.
* Click the **Me** option in the first group of buttons in the bottom right
corner to see the percentage of messages you sent with each client.

### Active users

![Active users](/static/images/help/stats-number-users.png)

This section shows the amount of active users (users that logged on at least
once within a day) across a certain period of time in a line graph. Each point
on the graph represents the active user count for a day.

To view the amount of active users on a day, hover over a point
on the graph to see its corresponding date and active user count displayed
in the bottom left corner.

By default, the amount of active users since the creation of the organization
(**All time**) is displayed on the graph. You can view the amount of active
users within the last month by clicking the **Last 30 days** button to the left
of the **All time** button in the bottom right corner.