The AWStats interface in cPanel connects you with a powerful third-party analytics tool that delivers visual statistics about your website’s visitors. Unlike raw access logs or minimal error data, AWStats provides a rich, visual dashboard with detailed metrics and interactive charts.
🧩 What is AWStats?
AWStats (Advanced Web Statistics) is a feature-packed analytics tool that generates detailed reports about:
- Website traffic volume
- Number of unique and returning visitors
- Most visited pages
- Countries of origin
- Referring websites
- Search engine keywords
- Browser and OS data
- Robots and crawlers
- HTTP status codes (like 404, 301, 500)
✅ How to Access:
- Log in to your cPanel account.
- Scroll to the Metrics section.
- Click on AWStats.
- Choose the domain you wish to analyze.
- View interactive graphs, tables, and trends.
📈 Benefits of Using AWStats:
- Visual insights: Offers charts, tables, and graphs that make analysis easy
- SEO insights: Reveals what search engines and keywords bring traffic
- User behavior: Track peak traffic times, pages with the most visits, and visitor countries
- Bot monitoring: See traffic from bots, spiders, and crawlers
- Error tracking: Find the most common 404s or redirects
🛠️ Use Cases:
- Website optimization: Identify high-traffic pages to improve loading speed
- Content strategy: Learn what content works and where your audience comes from
- Security monitoring: Detect abnormal patterns or bots hammering your server
- Performance review: Compare month-over-month traffic growth and usage
🔒 Pro Tip:
Combine AWStats with tools like Raw Access and Visitors for a full-spectrum understanding of traffic and visitor behavior. If you're on a managed hosting plan with Govaio.com, our team can help you interpret the results and optimize your performance.