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How to Check Total Website Traffic by Day of the Week using AWStats in cPanel
Introduction
This Knowledge Base article provides a concise, step-by-step guide on How to Check Total Website Traffic by Day of the Week using AWStats in cPanel. Analyzing traffic patterns by day of the week helps you understand when your audience is most active, allowing you to optimize content publishing and marketing campaigns. Use this guide when you need to identify which days of the week generate the most visitor engagement.
Prerequisite
- Access to your cPanel login page.
Step-by-Step Guide
Step 1: Log in to cPanel
- Access and log in to your cPanel account using your username and password.
Step 2: Open AWStats
- In the Home page, under Metrics, click AWStats.
Step 3: Locate Your domain
- From the Domain menu, locate the domain you want to view traffic statistics.
Step 4: Select Your domain
- Click View next to the domain name.
- The AWStats interface will open in a new window or tab.
Step 5: Select the Date
- In the Reported period, select the month and year you want to review.
- Click OK to apply the changes.
Step 6: Locate the Daily History
- In left side of the page, locate and click the Days of weeks.
- You will be directed to the Days of weeks section of the page.
Step 7: Review the Weeks History
- In the Days of weeks section, review the key traffic metrics displayed in the color-coded graph and table.
⚠️ Important Note:
- Understanding Traffic Metrics:
- Day: Represents each day of the week (Monday through Sunday), showing aggregated traffic data for that specific day across the selected period.
- Pages: HTML pages viewed (excludes images, CSS, and JavaScript files).
- Hits: All file requests including images, scripts, and stylesheets.
- Bandwidth: Total data transferred to visitors.
Conclusion
By following these steps, you can check total website traffic by day of the week using AWStats in cPanel. Understanding day-of-week traffic patterns helps you optimize your content strategy by publishing on days when your audience is most active. This insight is valuable for scheduling blog posts, announcements, and marketing activities.
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