Can you trust the numbers in Algolia?

What does Algolia keep track of?

• Algolia keeps a ranked list of what visitors search for most on the site or app.

  In Algolia's own words: Returns the most popular searches. Retrieve top searches, read 2026-11-12.

• Algolia keeps a day by day rate of searches that found nothing, which shows where visitors looked and came up empty.

  In Algolia's own words: Retrieves the fraction of searches that didn't return any results within a time range, including a daily breakdown. Retrieve no results rate, read 2026-11-12.

What can make Algolia's numbers look wrong?

1. The number of searches on an Algolia bill and the number in its analytics will not match, and Algolia's help pages say the two count different things on purpose.

   In Algolia's own words: Your Billing and Analytics pages count different things on purpose, so the two figures will not match. Why are the search request numbers in my Billing and Analytics pages different?, read 2026-11-12.

2. One visitor typing a word letter by letter can count as a single search, because Algolia's docs say as-you-type searches within 30 seconds are combined.

   In Algolia's own words: As-you-type searches are aggregated if they occur within 30 seconds. Search analytics metrics, read 2026-11-12.

3. User counts can be off when many people share one network or one person moves between networks, since Algolia's docs say it tells users apart by IP address by default.

   In Algolia's own words: By default, Algolia distinguishes users by their IP address. Search analytics metrics, read 2026-11-12.

4. Click and conversion charts in Algolia can sit empty even with plenty of searches, because its docs say those metrics need events from the site or app first.

   In Algolia's own words: Graphs and tables that involve these metrics won't display data until you start sending events. Search analytics, read 2026-11-12.

How do I check Algolia's numbers myself?

1. An owner can download Algolia's search figures as a spreadsheet and check them row by row.

   In Algolia's own words: You can export and download your analytics data as CSV or XLSX files. Search analytics, read 2026-11-12.

2. Comparing one period with another in Algolia's dashboard helps an owner see whether a jump or drop in searches is real.

   In Algolia's own words: You can compare analytics from different days, weeks, months, or use custom time ranges. Search analytics, read 2026-11-12.

3. When a total looks low, including the other indices and replicas in Algolia's view can show searches counted elsewhere.

   In Algolia's own words: If you want to include analytics from other indices (including replicas), select Include other indices. Search analytics, read 2026-11-12.

How does Algolia work with Feder?

Connect Algolia to Feder and it joins your Visits apps. Feder only reads. It never changes anything in Algolia.

When you connect Algolia, Feder checks the connection straight away and shows Connected only when that check passes. If a reading cannot be taken later, Feder shows it as not read, never as zero.

Other apps that feed Visits

• Google Adsad clicks
• Google Analyticspage views and sessions
• Everflowunique clicks
• Pendopage views

Questions owners ask about Algolia

• Why are more Algolia searches showing no results?A search is recorded as it ran at the time, so it can show as without results even though the same words find results today.
• Why did my search count drop in Algolia?If some searches move to a replica index, they are counted under that replica, so the primary index's count can drop.
• Why did my search count jump in Algolia?A loop in the site's code can fire search requests over and over, as Algolia's support team notes.

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Where do these answers come from?

Everything this page says about Algolia comes from Algolia's own pages, quoted above with the date we read them. Last reviewed 2026-11-12. We read them again by 2027-11-12. If one changes, this page changes or comes down.