Feature Request: Add Geographic Metrics to Repository Traffic Insights

[PedroFnseca]

Feature Request: Add Geographic Metrics to Repository Traffic Insights

Problem

Currently, GitHub provides basic traffic insights for repositories, such as views, unique visitors, and referring sites. However, these metrics lack geographic data, which makes it difficult to understand where the interest in a project is coming from. As a repository maintainer, knowing the geographic distribution of visitors can help:

1. Target Contributions: Identify regions with high interest to focus outreach efforts, such as hackathons, meetups, or localized documentation.
2. Understand Community Needs: Tailor the project to better serve users in specific regions (e.g., language support, timezone-friendly collaboration).
3. Measure Global Impact: Track how the project is spreading across different countries and cultures.

Without geographic data, repository maintainers are limited to generic traffic metrics, which do not provide enough context to make informed decisions about community engagement and project direction.

Proposed Solution

Add geographic metrics to the Repository Traffic Insights dashboard. This could include:

• A map visualization showing the distribution of visitors by country.
• A breakdown of views, clones, and contributions by region.
• Optional anonymized data to respect user privacy.

This feature would complement the existing traffic metrics and provide a more comprehensive understanding of the repository's audience.

Benefits

1. Better Community Engagement: Maintainers can identify regions with high interest and engage with local developer communities.
2. Improved Project Direction: Geographic insights can help prioritize features or documentation that cater to specific regions.
3. Enhanced Outreach: Targeted outreach efforts (e.g., localized content, regional events) can be planned more effectively.

Example Use Case

As a maintainer of a REST API C project, I noticed significant traffic to my repository but couldn't determine where it was coming from. After integrating a third-party analytics tool, I discovered that a large portion of the traffic was from Brazil. This insight allowed me to:

• Translate parts of the documentation into Portuguese.
• Engage with Brazilian developer communities on social media.
• Schedule live streams and Q&A sessions at times convenient for that region.

With native geographic metrics on GitHub, this process would be much simpler and more accessible to all repository maintainers.

Conclusion

Adding geographic metrics to GitHub's Repository Traffic Insights would empower maintainers to better understand their audience, tailor their projects to meet regional needs, and foster a more inclusive and engaged global community. This feature would be a valuable addition to GitHub's analytics toolkit.

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Note: If privacy is a concern, this feature could be opt-in or provide only aggregated, anonymized data.

[tuves]

Welcome to the GitHub Community, @PedroFnseca, we're happy you're here! You are more likely to get a useful response if you are posting your question(s) in the applicable category and are explicit about what your project entails--giving a few more details might help someone give you a nudge in the right direction. I've gone ahead and moved it for you. Good luck!

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