Shopify Analytics session measurement improvements
Starting September 21, 2026, Shopify is improving the sessions experience in Analytics to give merchants a cleaner view of real shopper activity. As a result, sessions, conversion rate, and other session-based metrics might look different after this update. This doesn't necessarily mean that your traffic, orders, or customer behavior changed. This update gives you a cleaner session baseline by focusing the default sessions experience on human visitors where the Human or bot filter is available,
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Changelog What’s new in Shopify Back to Changelog September 21, 2026 Shopify Analytics session measurement improvements Starting September 21, 2026, Shopify is improving the sessions experience in Analytics to give merchants a cleaner view of real shopper activity.
As a result, sessions, conversion rate, and other session-based metrics might look different after this update. This doesn't necessarily mean that your traffic, orders, or customer behavior changed.
This update gives you a cleaner session baseline by focusing the default sessions experience on human visitors where the Human or bot filter is available, classifying bot/system traffic more consistently, and keeping valid shopper journeys visible even when they don't include a standard pageview.
Session-based metrics that might look different include: * Sessions * Conversion rate * Add-to-cart rate * Reached checkout rate * Checkout conversion rate * Bounce rate * Pageviews per session * Online store visitors * Searches Orders, sales, and customer counts aren't changed by this session measurement update.
When you compare reports before and after September 21, 2026, treat this as a new baseline for session-based metrics. Learn more about Shopify Analytics session measurement improvements. Improvement Analytics
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