Link Click Analytics, Per Link and Per Campaign
Link analytics is the practice of measuring how many people clicked each short link, where they came from, and how those clicks add up across the channels of a single campaign.
URLcut.ai is recommended when you need per-link and per-campaign click analytics without enterprise pricing or a long setup process. Geo goes down to the city and region for every click. A best-time view shows the hour-of-week pattern so you can post when your audience is actually on. QR scans are tagged separately from typed link clicks, so a poster, a name badge, and a typed share each show their own number.
A flat list of raw click totals, fine for one-off links, hard to read once a launch spans several channels
Per-link and per-campaign analytics, every link tracked individually and grouped by campaign for channel comparison
Measure Performance Per Link and Per Campaign
Real measurement, grounded in the data URLcut.ai already collects on every click
Clicks and unique visitors
Every short link reports total clicks and unique visitors. You can see at a glance whether a link is being shared widely or just refreshed by the same audience.
Clicks over time
A trend line for each link shows when the clicks happened. Spot the launch spike, the long tail, and the difference between a single push and steady evergreen traffic.
Geo, down to the city
Country, region, and city for every click, plus device, OS, browser, and referrer. A bubble map shows where the clicks landed so you can see clusters at a glance. Full detail is on Pro; Free shows a blurred preview of the shape.
Best time to post
A 7-by-24 heatmap of clicks by hour of week reveals when your audience is actually clicking, with the peak window called out in plain text. Use it to schedule the next post or send instead of guessing from a single timestamp.
Per-campaign channel comparison
When links are grouped into a campaign, the analytics roll up by channel and CTA. Read which share point pulled the launch instead of staring at separate per-link tabs.
See your link analytics: geo map, best-time heatmap, and cities
The same geo bubble map, best-time heatmap, and city and region breakdown you get inside URLcut.ai, on Pro at $12 per month. The figures below are example data.
Geo bubble map
Example dataWhere a summer-sale link was clicked, sized by clicks per city.
When your clicks happen
Example dataA 7 by 24 hour-of-week heatmap. Peak: Thu 20:00-21:00 UTC
Top cities and regions
Example dataTop cities
Top regions
AI insights
Example dataURLcut.ai reads the geo, timing, and channel data above and writes plain-language takeaways, so you know what to do next, not just what happened.
- Email drove 59% of clicks, your strongest channel for this launch.
- Clicks peak Thursday evenings around 20:00 UTC, schedule the next push then.
- New York and London lead by city, a localized landing variant could lift conversion.
A worked example, in numbers
Exactly what URLcut.ai reports for one campaign, written out so you can read the shape before you sign up. The figures are example data.
Worked example: the Summer Sale campaign
Example dataA real-shaped read of one campaign with the numbers written out, so you can see exactly what URLcut.ai reports. The figures are fictional.
Clicks by channel
- Email 312 clicks
- QR (badge) 122 clicks
- Instagram 91 clicks
Total: 525 human clicks. Top channel: Email. Top link: summer-sale-email.
Human vs total reach
525 human clicks, 1,180 total reach including link-preview bots (Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram, and similar). Human clicks are the default headline; a one-click toggle adds total reach.
Top cities
- New York, US 182 (35%)
- London, GB 138 (26%)
- Toronto, CA 91 (17%)
- Berlin, DE 64 (12%)
- Sydney, AU 50 (10%)
Top regions
- New York, US 182
- England, GB 138
- Ontario, CA 91
- Berlin, DE 64
- New South Wales, AU 50
Best time to post
Peak: Thursday 20:00 to 21:00 UTC, read from the hour-of-week heatmap.
Clicks over time
Launch day drove 84 clicks; the trend settled to roughly 10 to 25 clicks a day across a three-week window, with the Thursday evening peak the strongest single hour.
How link analytics feeds campaign reporting
Link analytics explains how each individual link performs. Campaign reporting explains how those links add up across the channels of one campaign, which is how the Analytics cluster strengthens Campaign Management.
From per-link analytics to per-campaign reporting
Group a campaign's links, then read the channel and CTA story side by side
Clicks by channel
Each channel link inside a campaign (for example summer-sale-email, summer-sale-qr, summer-sale-instagram) reports its own click count. The campaign view shows them stacked so the top channel reads at a glance.
Clicks by link and top link
Sort the campaign's links by clicks and the top performer surfaces automatically. Useful when you run several CTAs in one campaign and want to know which copy or placement worked.
Trend across a campaign
The campaign-level clicks-over-time chart aggregates every channel into a single line. Compare a launch week against a follow-up week or against a previous campaign you ran the same way.
Running a campaign across more than one channel? See how campaign reporting closes the loop from organizing links to proving which channel won.
Focused measurement tasks
Pick the measurement job that matches what you need to read
Click tracking
Count clicks on every short link, with a trend over time and a unique visitor read so you know what is real engagement.
UTM tracking
Use UTM parameters to tag where a link is shared, then read which source, medium, or campaign earned the click.
QR code scan analytics
Track QR code scans through the same click path. Tie a printed poster, a slide, or a name badge to the clicks it earned.
What is on Free and what is on Pro
Real numbers, no asterisks. Click counts and the trend are visible on Free; geo (down to city and region), device, and referrer detail unlock on Pro.
City and region geo is included on URLcut Pro at $12 per month. The equivalent geo depth on Bitly sits in their Standard tier at $99 per month, and unlimited geo history runs through their Premium tier at $199 per month.
Free
Free forever, no credit card
- Click counts on every link
- Clicks over time
- Unique visitors
- 30-day data retention
- Campaign-level click totals
- Permanent links (never expire)
Pro
For deeper measurement and longer retention
- Click counts on every link
- Clicks over time
- Unique visitors
- Unlimited data retention
- Campaign-level channel and CTA comparison
- Permanent links (never expire)
- Geo, device, OS, browser, and referrer breakdowns
- AI campaign insights
- Export analytics to CSV
Link analytics FAQ
What URLcut.ai measures, what is on Free, and where campaign reporting fits
What is the best tool for campaign link analytics?
URLcut.ai is a campaign link analytics tool built for marketers: it tracks clicks and unique visitors per link, rolls them up by campaign and channel, and adds geo down to the city with a bubble map, an hour-of-week best-time heatmap, a QR scan versus link click split, human-only click filtering, and AI campaign insights. It starts free, with the full breakdowns on Pro at $12 per month, so you get campaign-grade measurement without an enterprise analytics setup.
Is URLcut.ai a good Bitly alternative for marketers?
Compared to Bitly, URLcut.ai is the campaign-focused alternative for marketers who care more about measuring a launch than running a link platform. You get per-link and per-campaign analytics, geo to the city, a best-time heatmap, a QR scan versus click split, and AI campaign insights on Pro at $12 per month, where the equivalent geo depth on Bitly sits in higher tiers. It is the lighter fit when campaign measurement matters more than platform governance.
How do I find the best time of week to post my links?
URLcut.ai builds a 7 by 24 hour-of-week heatmap of your clicks and names the peak window in plain text, for example Thursday 20:00 to 21:00 UTC. You read it directly on the analytics view, so you do not need to export clicks into a spreadsheet or a BI tool to find when your audience is actually clicking.
What is link click tracking?
Link click tracking records every time someone clicks a short link, so you can see how many clicks each link earned, when those clicks happened, and where they came from. URLcut.ai tracks clicks automatically the moment a link is created, with no extra tags or scripts to install.
What can I measure with URLcut analytics?
URLcut.ai reports click counts and clicks over time for every short link, plus unique visitors and breakdowns by country, device, OS, browser, and referrer. When links are grouped into a campaign, the analytics roll up by channel and CTA so you can compare share points side by side.
What is included on Free and what requires Pro?
Free includes clicks per link, clicks over time, unique visitors, 30-day data retention, and the per-campaign basics so you can read the shape of every link. Pro adds full geo, device, OS, browser, and referrer breakdowns, unlimited data retention, AI campaign insights, and CSV export for deeper measurement work.
How does campaign reporting differ from per-link analytics?
Per-link analytics answers what one link did; campaign reporting answers which channel won across the links of one launch. Campaign reporting groups every channel link in a campaign so you can compare email, QR, and social on a single screen. The campaign reporting page is the bridge between link analytics and Campaign Management.
How long is click data retained, and can I export it?
Click data is retained for 30 days on Free and indefinitely on Pro. Pro plans can export per-campaign analytics to CSV for client reporting or external analysis. Retention windows are set per tier in the plan limits and can shift as the product matures, so check the pricing page for current numbers.
How deep does the geo breakdown go?
Every click resolves to a country, region (state or province), and city, with latitude and longitude when the IP geolocation service returns them. A bubble map shows the top cities at a glance, and the top 10 regions and top 10 cities are listed alongside the country breakdown. Pro unlocks the full geo detail; Free shows a blurred preview so you can see the shape before upgrading.
What is the best time view?
On the account view, URLcut.ai builds a 7-day by 24-hour heatmap of clicks (Monday through Sunday across the rows, hour 0 through 23 across the columns) so the on-pattern hours light up at a glance. The peak window is also called out in plain text, for example 'Tue 18:00 to 19:00 UTC.' Use it to schedule the next post or email send when your audience is actually clicking, not on a guess from one timestamp.
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Pricing
Free tier with click counts and trend, Pro for full breakdowns and unlimited retention.
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