What Is Event Count in Google Analytics (GA4)?

The number of times a given event fired during the date range.

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"How many times did the sign_up event fire last week?"

Field details

TypeMetric
GA4 API nameeventCount

Good to know

Includes automatically-collected events (page_view, scroll, click, session_start) right alongside custom ones, unfiltered - a spike in total event count doesn't necessarily mean a custom event fired more; break it down by eventName before drawing a conclusion.

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Sources

  • Google Analytics Data API - dimensions & metrics reference (official Google documentation)