Analytics & Tracking

Referrer

Quick Definition

Referrer is the previous URL a visitor came from, captured automatically by browsers and visible in analytics.

In context

Referrer data shows organic traffic sources (Google, Bing), social referrals, and other site-to-site traffic. Privacy controls (Brave, Safari, browser extensions) increasingly strip referrer data.

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