# Import history from Google Analytics or Plausible

> Bring up to 14 months of past traffic into Statsy so charts, channels and pages do not start from zero on the day you switch.

Section: Get started  
Canonical page: https://statsy.co/docs/getting-started/import-history  
Last updated: 2026-09-21

Switching tools usually means a dashboard that starts empty and a year of history stuck in the old one. Statsy imports that history and shows it for the days before it started collecting, so the trend, the channels, the pages and the countries have a past.

## Google Analytics 4

1. Connect with GoogleIn **Site settings › Integrations › Import history**, choose **Connect with Google** and grant read-only access to Analytics. Statsy only reads reports; it never changes anything in your Google account.
2. Pick the propertyChoose the GA4 property for this site. The import starts at once and takes a minute or two for a busy site.
3. Look at a longer periodOpen the dashboard with a range that reaches back into the imported months. A note under the chart says when imported history is included.

Only the days before Statsy’s first real day are used, so the two never overlap. GA4’s default channel groups are mapped onto Statsy’s channels, and its session source lands in the Referrers card. Choosing another property, or importing again, replaces the earlier import.

## Plausible

1. Export from PlausibleIn your Plausible site settings, open **Imports & Exports** and export as CSV. You get a zip of CSV files.
2. Upload the filesUnzip it and upload the `visitors` file, plus any of `sources`, `pages` and `locations`, under **Import history › Plausible**.

The visitors file carries the daily totals and is required; the others fill the Channels, Pages and Locations cards. Files are read on the server and not kept.

## Removing an import

**Remove imported data** deletes the imported rows and the charts go back to Statsy’s own numbers only. Deleting the site removes them too.

> **Tip.** Umami has no stable export format, so it cannot be imported yet. Its CSV event export can often be reshaped into the Plausible layout by hand.

## Frequently asked questions

### Will imported numbers be mixed with the numbers Statsy collects itself?

No. Imported days are only shown for dates before the first day Statsy recorded a visit on the site. From that day on, every number is what Statsy measured. Bounce rate and session length are never taken from an import.

### What does a GA4 import include?

Daily visitors, pageviews and sessions in total and by default channel group, session source, landing page and country, for the last 14 months. Goals, revenue and visitor journeys cannot be imported.

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