Why does Linkly show clicks from the wrong country?
The Linkly help pages give 4 common reasons. The first to rule out: Links work for people on a VPN, but Linkly explains that it cannot reliably place those visitors in the right country.
What causes it?
Links work for people on a VPN, but Linkly explains that it cannot reliably place those visitors in the right country.
In the Linkly help:
While Linkly links work with VPN traffic, Linkly cannot reliably support geo-redirection or geolocation for VPN users.
VPN Traffic, read 2026-11-12.Country comes from looking up the visitor's IP address and matching the internet provider to the country it is registered in, so it reflects the connection, not where the person is.
In the Linkly help:
Linkly looks up users' IP addresses in publicly available databases and matches the ISP to its registered country.
VPN Traffic, read 2026-11-12.Clicks from VPN users can be reported under the country of the VPN server rather than the country the person is in.
In the Linkly help:
The Country tab on traffic reports may show the VPN server's location, not the user's real location.
VPN Traffic, read 2026-11-12.Some VPN traffic can be classed as bot traffic, so real visitors on a VPN can drop out of filtered totals.
In the Linkly help:
Traffic from a VPN may be falsely attributed as a bot.
Linkly's Click Data, read 2026-11-12.
How do I check it myself?
Look up the internet provider behind the clicks: if it names a VPN provider, the country shown may be the VPN's.
In the Linkly help:
ISP lookup will show the VPN provider, not the user's real ISP.
VPN Traffic, read 2026-11-12.Use the robot filter on your reports to see how much of the traffic comes from datacenters.
In the Linkly help:
This helps identify traffic from datacenters in your reports.
VPN Traffic, read 2026-11-12.
How does Linkly work with Feder?
- Connect Linkly to Feder and it joins your Visits apps.
- When you connect Linkly, 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.
Some numbers are too quiet to judge daily, such as a form filled in a few times a week. Until there is enough of your own history to judge a change, Feder says it is still learning and scores nothing, rather than guessing.
See whether you can trust the numbers in Linkly, one of your Visits apps. Feder only reads. It never changes anything in Linkly.
What else goes wrong with these numbers?
- Why don't my Linkly clicks match between reports?Linkly
- Why did my Linkly clicks suddenly drop?Linkly
- Why did Google Analytics stop collecting data?Google Analytics
- Why aren't my key events showing in Google Analytics?Google Analytics
- Why does Google Analytics show (not set)?Google Analytics
See every question.
Where do these answers come from?
Every cause and check on this page comes from the Linkly help 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.