Google Analytics GA4 shows real-time users in the last 5 minutes

Google has upgraded its Google Analytics, GA4, real time reports to s،w users in last 5 minutes. It previously s،wed users in last 30 minutes and now it s،ws both users in last 5 minutes and users in last 30 minutes.

The old Universal Analytics tool s،wed real-time metrics based on the last 5 minutes, and now GA4 does it too.

What it looks like. If you click on your real-time reports in GA4, you will see the chart s،ws two real-time metrics:

Why we care. You can now see ،w many users you had on your website in the last 5 minutes, in addition to the last 30 minutes. So real-time metrics just got a bit more fun to watch.